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Queen of The Mist (2024)
Book
Cauchi, C. (2024). Queen of The Mist. HarperCollins Publishers

US and Canadian Editions. There is also a exclusive edition for Indigo Books.

School teacher. Widow. Legend.
It’s 1901 and the mists of change are swirling. Queen Victoria’s reign is about to come to an end, and an obscure widow in Buffalo, New Y... Read More about Queen of The Mist.

An der Seite van Goghs (2023)
Book
Cauchi, C. (2023). An der Seite van Goghs. HarperCollins Publishers

1888 zieht die Niederländerin Johanna Bonger nach Paris. Sie saugt das dortige Savoir Vivre auf und fällt durch ihren scharfen Verstand und ihr Kunstverständnis auf. Als sie den Galeristen Theo van Gogh heiratet, ist sie aus der pulsierenden Pariser... Read More about An der Seite van Goghs.

La signora Van Gogh (2023)
Book
Cauchi, C. (2023). La signora Van Gogh. Piemme

From the publisher:
Quando Johanna Bonger arriva a Parigi non ha idea di cosa possa riservarle il destino: in fuga dalla bigotta Amsterdam dopo una relazione clandestina con un uomo che non l'avrebbe mai sposata, con l'onta dello scandalo che la seg... Read More about La signora Van Gogh.

The Role Of The Creative In Addressing The Political (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cauchi, C. (2023, March). The Role Of The Creative In Addressing The Political. Presented at Craft, Creativity, Critique: A Department of English Postgraduate Symposium, University of Malta

This lecture considers the question of creativity as a form of political and ethical discourse. In it, I focus on my latest novel – Mrs van Gogh (Cauchi, 2023) – which voices the role Vincent van Gogh’s sister-in-law played in his rise to fame. Thus,... Read More about The Role Of The Creative In Addressing The Political.

Mevrouw Van Gogh (2023)
Book
Cauchi, C. (2023). Mevrouw Van Gogh. HarperCollins Holland

From the publisher:
Zij vertelde Vincents verhaal; nu is het tijd voor dat van haar. Gebaseerd op een waargebeurd verhaal.

Om het uitlekken van een schandaal te voorkomen verhuist de Nederlandse Johanna Bonger in het jaar 1888 naar haar broer in... Read More about Mevrouw Van Gogh.

Mrs Van Gogh (2023)
Book
Cauchi, C. (2023). Mrs Van Gogh. HarperCollins Publishers

From the publisher:
She’s been painted out of history…until now
Who tells her story?

In 1890, Vincent Van Gogh dies penniless, unknown, a man tortured by his own mind.

Eleven years later his work is exhibited in Paris and his unparalleled tal... Read More about Mrs Van Gogh.

HERstory: Johanna Van Gogh-Bonger. A Creative and Critical Exploration of the Role a Woman Played in Vincent van Gogh’s Rise to Fame (2022)
Thesis
Smailes, C. HERstory: Johanna Van Gogh-Bonger. A Creative and Critical Exploration of the Role a Woman Played in Vincent van Gogh’s Rise to Fame. (Thesis). Liverpool John Moores University. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4481731

Taking Nochlin’s view that, ‘We will need our wit and courage to make sure that women’s voices are heard, their work seen and written about’ (Nochlin, 2015, p. 321), this two-volume thesis by practice addresses why creative women became invisible in... Read More about HERstory: Johanna Van Gogh-Bonger. A Creative and Critical Exploration of the Role a Woman Played in Vincent van Gogh’s Rise to Fame.

The Drowning of Arthur Braxton - film (2021)
Digital Artefact
Cutforth, L., Otsmane-Elhaou, H., & Smailes, C. (2021). The Drowning of Arthur Braxton - film. [Film]

The film, which picked up the award for Best UK Feature at the 2021 Raindance Film Festival, is based on Caroline Cauchi/Smailes’ 2013 cult novel of the same name.

Seeking to escape his alcoholic-depressive father and the constant humiliation and... Read More about The Drowning of Arthur Braxton - film.

Disraeli Avenue (2014)
Book
Smailes, C. (2014). Disraeli Avenue. HarperCollins Publishers

From the publisher:
A novella from Caroline Smailes featuring characters from her critically acclaimed debut, In Search of Adam.

The houses on Disraeli Avenue all looked the same, the same shape, the same size but behind each coloured front door... Read More about Disraeli Avenue.