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A major anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki Murakami This is a celebration of the Japanese short story from its modern origens in the nineteenth century to remarkable contemporary works. It includes the most well-known Japanese writers - Akutagawa, Murakami, Mishima, Kawabata - but also many surprising new pieces, from Yuko Tsushima's 'Flames' to Banana Yoshimoto's 'Bee Honey'. Ranging over myth, horror, love, nature, modern life, a diabolical painting, a cow…

The Japanese writer, inspired by Anne Frank’s diary, sought to “recompose” that experience for her new book “The Memory Police,” a dystopian novel about surveillance and erasure.

If you’re looking for escapism, 2023’s book cover design trends seem determined to banish the darkness. This year feels less about the words and more about the feeling: it seems like it’s time to forget guidelines around hierarchy and decorum and just let rip. Check out the 2023 book cover design trends.

With an eccentric design approach and platforming writing from the periphery, the magazine aims to bring back “the community, enthusiasm and sheen that once surrounded the literary and art scene”.

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Art Director of LIV-BCN 2015 branding. Screen print, risograph & digital press pack designed and printed by Isobel Seacombe and myself.Special thanks to G.F. Smith which supplied all the paper for this brochure. www.gfsmith.com

The 50 Books | 50 Covers competition celebrates the best designed books every year. Design Observer editor Jessica Helfand runs us through some of her favourite designs from this year

We’re elated by the design that has been dancing across bookshelves of late. Here are 30 of our favorite covers of 2021.

As paper lovers and design enthusiasts, books have always held a special place in our hearts, as they combine so many aspects of our passion, but books as art objects, or, art made from books, are a new intriguing avenue we’re excited to explore. The world of extraordinary artworks from artists and creatives around the globe, using the physical book as raw material or starting point for their creative work is astounding. As the modern world grows more digital by […]