Category Archives: Books

Expat in Japan experiences all things Japanese as ordered online! Dirk lived in Tokyo, had a comics blog where he had people dare him to try all sorts of different things, exotic, disgusting, revealing, whatever!, in this land of the … Continue reading →

Oliver Jeffers has a new book, "The Heart and the Bottle." In this video he describes his work process. Penguin Books on the latest publication: "There is a wonder and magic to childhood. We dont realize it at the time, … Continue reading →

The Dewey Divas is a group of Canadian publishers’ reps based in Ontario, who "book talk our favourite reads of the upcoming season to librarians and school teachers." Their blog feature recommendations, and have become an online meeting place for … Continue reading →

Young Guns is an the competition established by the Art Directors Club seven years ago, selecting the best portfolios submitted by designers, illustrators, photographers, advertisers and art directors worldwide. From entries coming from 84 countries, 50 creative professionals are picked … Continue reading →

A novel written in the form of letter, diary entries, encyclopedia entries, conversations with various people,notes sent home from teachers, newspaper articles, psychological evaluations, weather reports, a missing person flyer, a eulogy, a last will and testament, and other fragments, … Continue reading →

We recently heard from travel writer Lavinia Spalding about her new book, with very kind mention of our blog: "Just wanted to let you know my book about keeping a travel journal is finally out! It's called WRITING AWAY: A Creative … Continue reading →

Instructables has come up with a compilation of the best notebook mods around: "Notebooks and Moleskines are a very useful way of keeping track of projects, steps, notes, ideas, and dates. However, in times when you and several other people … Continue reading →

Young Guns 6 and The Undiscovered Letter — This two-volume set explodes with creative inspiration. The first volume, Young Guns 6, is a compilation of the groundbreaking visual media and design chosen by ADC through their annual design challenge to … Continue reading →

Our friend Simonetta Capecchi wrote to tell us about her most recent project, "Sguardi su Napoli. Giro della città in 30 taccuini di viaggio" (Looking at Naples. Around the city in 30 travel sketchbooks)" she curated for"   curated for Liguori … Continue reading →

Danny Gregory’s new book will be released next month and Elisa Bartels sent us this interesting video link: "A quick flip through the pages of my new book, An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration From The Private Sketchbooks Of Artists, Illustrators … Continue reading →