'Onsen' by Carl Randall

Onsen, an oil painting by Daiwa Scholarships alumnus and artist Carl Randall, has been used on the cover of  the book Skinship published by Salt Publishing.

Skinship is a collection of poems by author Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana, who like Carl, spent 10 years living in Japan.

The title Skinship comes from a Japanese loan word fusing ‘skin’ and ‘kinship’.

The book explores themes of “cross-cultural dynamics, motherhood, abuse, relationships between women, and relationships with partners”, and is the sequel to the author’s 2022 Salt bestseller Sing me down from the Dark.