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Tag Archives: Publishing
A Book Is An Altar
The Portable Mayan Altar was created by Taller Leñateros (The Woodlander’s Workshop), an indigenous publishing house in Chiapas, Mexico founded by poet Ámbar Past in 1975. This book features a cardboard case in the form a traditional Mayan house that opens up … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, South America, Writing
Tagged artists' books, Chiapas, Mayan culture, Mexico, Publishing
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Anthony Bourdain and the Magic of Print
Although he was best known for his hit travel and food shows, Anthony Bourdain also made a series of videos with Balvenie Distillery celebrating American crafts and craftspeople. In Episode Five he visited San Francisco’s famed Arion Press to meet … Continue reading
Be More Pirate
First-time author San Conniff Allende’s new book Be More Pirate: Or How to Take On the World and Win is all about audacity and risk taking. To prove that he walks the walk, Allende, disguised as a contractor, plastered an eight-meter-long … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged Bookselling, London, Penguin Books, Publishing
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Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel
The Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel (Les songes drolatiques de Panatgruel) is a bizarre, Brueghel-esque volume of humorous and grotesque woodcuts published in Paris in 1565. Based on the satirical Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel by François Rabelais, the book … Continue reading
Words Have Power
Libraries, booksellers, publishers, schools, writers’ groups, and other organizations in North America are gearing up to mark Banned Books Week 2017, which runs from September 24 to the 30th. Many bookshops and libraries have gotten a jump on the upcoming … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, Museums, USA, Writing
Tagged Banned Books Week, Bookstores, censorship, Publishing
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Little Books
British illustrators Emma Ehrling and Michael Driver created this amusing animation for Penguin Random House to promote the publisher’s imprint Vintage Minis. Cleverly summarizing twenty books in two minutes , the short film covers big subjects, with single word titles … Continue reading
Small World, Little Planet
Petite Planète is a series of iconic travel guides by the French publishing house Edition du Seuil published between 1954 and 1964.Early on, filmmaker/novelist/graphic artist/World War II resistance fighter Chris Marker was recruited as the editor for the experimental series. He was also … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Photography, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Chris Marker, Publishing, Travel Guidebooks, Travel literature
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Dystopian Literature Sells Bigly
Since the election of the bloated, orange pustule, dystopian fiction has become so popular that George Orwell’s iconic novel 1984 has jumped to the top of bestseller lists around the world. Penguin publishing has announced that it is rushing another … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Freedom of Speech, USA, Writing
Tagged 1984, Bookselling, George Orwell, Margaret Atwood, Princeton, Publishing
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