‘OOO… YOU SHOULD HEAR WHAT THEY’VE BEEN SAYING ABOUT YOU, LOVE…’ SHE WHISPERED, PINCHING HER FACE TIGHT in poorly masked glee.
‘GO ON…’ Tallon sighed, as he twitched and ripped off a nail with his eroded teeth. even the spray of january road water on tyres seemed to be whispering about him.
“Ben writes like he draws: vivid, instinctive, and intense. He lands the reader straight in the story and marches you through a cityscape that is simultaneously humdrum and horrific. All told in big, confident splodges of prose that stick in the mind.”
NICK ASBURY, AUTHOR OF REALTIME NOTES
“A BRILLIANTLY WARPED MIND”
KATY COWAN, CREATIVE BOOM
“YA MUM is an extraordinary book. Ben Tallon is a creative artist who has produced a narrative menagerie for the 21st century.”
candice hensen
“STORIES FOR THE APOCALYPSE IS THE KIND OF ‘DID I JUST SEE THAT?’ SUBURBAN HORROR I LOVE.”
CHARLIE ADLARD, THE WALKING DEAD
AUSTIN COLLINGS ON ya mum
“A sleazy dervish of kerb-comedy, transcendence and epiphanies: all seen through the crumpled mirror of a Bruce Lee drug baggie.”
“I WAS AMAZED AT THE IMAGES YA MUM PULLED FROM MY HEAD IN SO FEW WORDS. LIKE SEEING YOUR REFLECTION IN A DIRTY PUDDLE.”
DAN KIERAN, author & CO-FOUNDER / FORMER CEO, unbound
“BEN TALLON HAS WRITTEN THE BOOK THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY NEEDED.”
PIERS Roberts, DESIGNERSBLOCK ON CHAMPAGNE AND wax crayons
“BEN TALLON offers a perspective of this crappy world with its crappy people that’s nothing quite like yours.”
LISA, BOOK REVIEWER, OWLBESATREADING
“BRUTAL AND DIRECT WRITING”
GRAHAM WOOD, FOUNDING MEMBER, tOMATO.
YUSUKE NAKAMURA ON EIJI PRESS’ JAPANESE EDITION OF CHAMPAGNE AND WAX CRAYONS:
“This is not SOME fantasy in a far AWAY country.
You will find yourself after a few pages, and you will see your future self through this book.”
“YA MUM IS PROPER MOODY AND HORRIBLE STUFF.”
SHAUN RYDER, HAPPY MONDAYS
“Dirty, honest, funny and raw writing. Certain bits of ya mum had me laughing out loud and other bits had me feeling physically sick. a quick, visceral read.”
adelaide damoah
“BEN TALLON’S YA MUM REFERTILISES THE BRITISH WASTELAND.”
STEPHEN BAYCROFT, AUTHOR & CURATOR
“Champagne And Wax Crayons is a funny and informative guidebook for anyone wishing to break into the creative industries.”
MARK RADER, CHANNEL 4/MTV
“YA MUM IS DIRTY AND TRAGICALLY BEAUTIFUL, FULL OF EXTREMELY VISUAL STORIES.”
KYLA PAOLUCCI, HBO
