Book Launch: Childish Palate by Shariff Burke

Join Unity Books & Tender Press for the launch of Childish Palate: Stories by Shariff Burke.

About the book-
Childish Palate follows a cast of outsiders in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, searching for hope in a country caught in an identity crisis.

A philosophy student makes a striking proposal to the imam of the Kilbirnie mosque; flatmates ignite a flame over a bowl of chicken ginseng soup; an office worker finds a sense of purpose in the brightly lit aisles of Thorndon New World.

Across eleven stories, Shariff Burke wrestles with possibility, ignorance and the ways we compromise in order to survive. Childish Palate savours the richness and warmth of community, rejecting easy answers about whose tastes should define our world.

About the author-
Shariff Burke is an artist based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington. He has just completed an MA in Creative Writing at the IIML crafting ‘Childish Palate’ ; a whimsical collection of short stories set in the city about the constant re-constituting of identity.