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The Joy of Books

11/01/2012 / Ellie

An independent bookshop, Type Books in Toronto, created this, a sneak peek at what books get up to when there’s nobody around. It tickled me no end, so I thought I’d share it here, too. You will never look at your bookshelves in the same light ever again.

Do that with a Kindle, I dare ya!

Cover art, part VI

06/01/2012 / Ellie

Or, something gorgeous this way comes, in the shape of my author’s copies of Les Chants de la Terre, from my French publisher Bragelonne.

I don’t know if you can make it out in the picture, but the title is embossed, with a touch of electric-blue foil on the twiddly bits. That electric-blue foil continues inside, onto the binding of the book itself, echoing the eagle motif and the curlicues from the UK trade paperback. It’s one of the loveliest hardbacks I think I’ve ever seen.

Messieurs de Bragelonne, merci beaucoup. Je pense que je pourrais être en amour.