Mensch to publish its first graphic memoir
All Things Connect By Andrew Squire
Mensch, 26 January 2026
£15 paperback, ISBN 978-1-912914-91-3
‘This we know: the earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites one family. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life: he is merely a strand in it.’ Attributed to Chief Seattle (1854)
All Things Connect is a luminous graphic memoir about love, resilience, and the search for meaning in turbulent times. Spanning two decades, it follows Andrew and Ise from their early days in Glasgow – bonded by a shared passion for nature – to their life in a carbon‑neutral home in the Scottish Highlands and their frontline activism with Extinction Rebellion.
As global crises mount and personal losses deepen, their story shifts from collective struggle to intimate reckoning: the pandemic, the passing of their parents, and Ise’s devastating diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease. Told with striking simplicity and honesty, the memoir reveals how they learned to let go of despair, embrace the fleeting beauty of existence, and find agency in small, deliberate acts of care.
At once a meditation on mortality and a celebration of life, All Things Connect reminds us that while we cannot control the storms around us, we can choose how we dance within them.
Richard Charkin, Founder of Mensch Publishing, commented: “Publishing a graphic memoir is something of a departure for Mensch, as it is not a genre we had previously explored. But when we saw Andrew Squire’s moving and beautifully illustrated manuscript we simply had to publish it. It finds profundity in simplicity, and humour in sadness. We are also delighted to launch it on the 26th January 2026, which is UN International Day of Clean Energy, as this seems in keeping with the environmental themes of the book.” https://menschpublishing.com/books/all-things-connect/
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About the author
Andrew Squire is an architect, and award-winning visual artist, living in the West Highlands. His art has been a journey towards minimalism, seeking to say a lot with a little, and allowing space and silence to define the form. www.andrewsquire.com
