{"product_id":"zine-the-hiraeth-club","title":"Zine - The Hiraeth Club","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The Hiraeth Club is a 68-page comic about grief and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Hiraeth’ is a Welsh word which apparently has no direct English translation, while it is linked to the general feeling of longing, it also evokes an irretrievable loss – a unique blend of place, time and people that can never be recreated. Being Welsh myself, it seemed a good fit for the tone of this story. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eMy sister died around 20 years ago, but I still find myself going to text her about something in the news. Part of me knows exactly what she would think about a news story but, of course, 20 years would have passed for her too, so it’s entirely possible that she would be a completely different person to the one I knew all those years ago. Thoughts like this sometimes keep me up at night. In all honestly, the story I am writing is my second attempt at it - I abandoned an earlier version as it was just too emotionally difficult. With this second attempt, I have drawn it from the point of view of a representational figure - Gerald - with whom I can voice my thoughts, while also having a story of his own, which is somewhat removed from what I went through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI hope the following tale resonates with readers.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHC made the shortlist for the 1st Graphic Novel Award in November 2023: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brokenfrontier.com\/first-graphic-novel-2023-shortlist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.brokenfrontier.com\/first-graphic-novel-2023-shortlist\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGareth Cowlin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gareth Cowlin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47374657454315,"sku":"ZINEGARETH\/thehiraethclub","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/0464\/4247\/files\/Zine_TheHiraethClub.jpg?v=1769450091","url":"https:\/\/cartoonmuseum.shop\/products\/zine-the-hiraeth-club","provider":"The Cartoon Museum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}