The lovely Gimme Me Some Reads interviewed me and are offering a print as a giveaway.
Click here to go to there.
Really?!
V&A Clothbound
This clothbound edition of The Pearl is published on the occasion of the major V&A exhibition 'Pearls' and is exclusive to the V&A shop for the duration of the show. Available from the V&A Shop.
Other new clothbounds from Penguin are:
Far From the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy – 9780141393384
Frankenstein – Mary Shelly – 9780141393391
The Canterbury Tales – Geoffrey Chaucer – 9780141393216
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain – 9780141199573
Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe – 9780141393407
Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy – 9780141199610
Neon
Connected
I have been very quiet with news as I have been moving every book I own to a new place to live. But before I started the packing process Reading University came to visit and do an article on me for their Alumni magazine Connected. Oh how I miss my old bookshelves.
Talking at TAL 2013
I am talking at Thame Arts & Literature festival on Friday the 18th October. I will be at the Thame Museum talking about the 10 books that have influenced my career and life so far. Here is a sneak peek of the books:
D&AD
Penguin English Library got In Book Award for Branding in the 2013 Annual.
Check Out Viki
As you might already know, I worked with Viki Ottewill on The Penguin English Library series last year. She was a design rock star who helped me manage keep track of the 100 book covers that were scattered here, there and everywhere around the Penguin office. Well, she finally has a website and deserves a post here to promote her fab design skills. Below is her cover design and illustration for Tristram Shandy.
The Penguin Collection
The Penguin English Library series has become part of The Penguin Collection which is printed and made by Easy Art. Penguin have teamed up with Easy Art and released the first twenty Penguin English Library covers as framed prints or canvases.
Lisa Bu: How books can open your mind
Lisa is the first TED staffer ever to be invited to speak on the mainstage at the TED Conference. I was really moved when I listened to her talk about her love of books.
Bickford Smith & Johnson
And Finally...
We Are Fools For Ink
Cooked
Observed in the Wish List
I am so happy, thanks to the Observer Magazine for taking time to feature our William Blake print in their wish list of prints. Its made my weekend plus I remembered the joys of reading the Sunday paper - bonus.
Jane Austen Print
Bickford smith & Johnson now have a home on the web. Click through to have a look.
Plus our proofs are in for the next print. Available in dark blue ink and dark rose ink. I have taken a few snap shots so you can get a look at the print job. The pantone swatches might be more use for colour reference just incase anyone has a pantone book lying around. Dark rose: Pantone 694U and Dark blue: Pantone 540U.
Please have a look on our etsy shop: BSJ Prints
Malmo, Sweden
Photograph by Andreas Wilnerzon
Next Stop Sweden
Berlin
In Berlin I met some great people and visited some interesting bookshops. The super star Kristen Harrison from The Curved House was on hand to show us a local bookshop Shakespeare & Sons. It is run by two lovely people, Roman and Laurel, who bake fresh bagels and things and had a rather big supply of Penguin English Library titles. Its well worth a visit as you could while away hours sitting on the lovely chairs choosing which books to buy.
Then Matthias, who is an editor at Gestalten introduced us to Motto, a bookshop with all sorts of art books, limited editions and a very sweet cat that was dancing on top of all the books, I am unsure if this was allowed or if it was just breaking all the rules.
Obviously the Gestalten Space was a total book fest as well and the exhibition was a real treat as I got my hand on many books that I had only ever met on the internet. Plus they stock all sort of beautifully design goodies. Thanks so much to everyone at Gestalten for being so kind and giving me a brilliant opportunity, it was a real honour.
An evening with Me and Robert Klanten (Gestalten)
I am off to Berlin to meet the publishers Gestalten and speak along with Robert Klanten. Should be an interesting evening and I am excited to get to see all the books in the exhibition in the flesh, some of which I have only seen on blogs. So if it sounds like your cup of tea click the links to find out more.
This event will be held in English. Free entrance.
Book and Exhibition:
http://news.gestalten.com/new/all/25990
http://news.gestalten.com/event/fully-booked-ink-paper
