(SHIPS FROM UK UK equivalent price is £6.99 (= $9), sorry the site only does dollars but you pay in pounds!) This is the latest release from the cultural collective HardArt, a network of artists, musicians, activists, makers, doers and others, who meet at Brian Eno’s studio twice a month to stand in solidarity in the face of climate collapse, genocide and authoritarianism. The release is made up of:

Sounds: Brian Eno (arranged by Alex Lockwood) Front cover: Turner Prize winner, Jeremy Deller Foreword: author of Wild, Jay Griffiths Illustration: artist, educator and author Bette Adriaanse Alarm Clock concept: Leon Oldstrong and Hard Art Alarm Clock animation: Josh Knowles Portraits: artist, singer and performer Mr Ian Bruce Words and family dynamics: Alex Lockwood

At the first HardArt in 2022, in response to the question "what work should we be making now?" one group came up with the idea of the ALARM CLOCK, a piece of immersive environmental art, where the installation rooms get hotter and hotter as participants pass through it.

That idea now lives (with permission and with other contributions) at the centre of this novel. Brian Eno provided five short pieces of music to arrange as the soundtrack to the ALARM CLOCK section of the novel; the arrangement, "ALARM CLOCK", is included as an original and separate MP3 in the limited edition of the Full Digital Pack release. It also soundtracks the section in the full audiobook.

Daddio! is a climate comedy wrapped inside a family drama. As John Lennon said, the only two things the forces of control can’t deal with are nonviolence and humour. So let's be funny with our grief, and see what happens.

Profits are split across contributors and will also go to support Hard Art’s mission.

FURTHER DETAILS: "Daddio!" Published by Hard Art Paperback, 132 pages / 12 x 18 cm ISBN: 978-1-906180-25-6