Bibliophilia

A new reader in Spain voted for a post about The Book as Art . And since she has one of the most delightful bibliophiliac websites I've...

The first nomination for Magnolia of the Year has been received from E . Nominations are still open, despite the magnolia flowers being repl...

Talking with my mother this evening I realised that in both my paid work and my creative work I am immersed in hugely steep learning curves....

"Perhaps the essential quality desirable in a compositor* is an infinite capacity for taking pains, whatever kind of work is to be done...

Printing creamy white, Incisioni 350gsm 50% cotton paper, light and white and foamy and stiff as a Pavlova. A Pavlova is bland until scatte...

The other day I was doing a bit of surfing/research into the printing press at Pompallier House in Russell. I have written about Pompallie...

Terry Fleming, one of my posse of retired printers, gave me his journeyman's toolbox last week. I almost burst into tears, overwhelmed ...

One of my oldest and dearest Fish Club friends is launching her new book The Wild Green Yonder next week. Check it out! While Philippa wa...

Is there no end to the marvelous talents of the Arab press? On Friday I finally got to try die cutting, and it was as successful and easy a...

I never understood the words to MacArthur Park , they seemed so silly as to be unbelievable, surely I was mishearing: Someone left the cake ...

I am making a piece called Charnal Grounds , a sort of mixed media thing which is almost finished except for the printed text. For the text...

Earlier today I caught up with a friend who I hadn't talked to since he and his teenage daughter helped chalk Love Letters at Your Feet ...

I received a call a couple of weeks ago from a lady at T & D Print here in Whangarei. They are upgrading to digital printing and are loo...

This week I am sending books away to two different book arts exhibitions: one in Noosa, Queensland and the other starting in Auckland and to...

Yes dear readers, magnolia season is upon us, at least in the northern North Island of New Zealand. And that means it's time for the se...