Daniel Ting Chong’s Pharos NoteBooks

I love the fun, doodly quality of these cover designs by Daniel Ting Chong, designed for a school in South Africa:  via Daniel Ting Chong: Pharos NoteBooks » Design You Trust – Design and Beyond!.

Review: Kokuyo and Maruman Notebooks from Jet Pens

JetPens is renowned as a fabulous source of, well, pens… but they also stock a lot of great notebooks too. Brad at Jet Pens was kind enough to send me some samples for review– let’s take a look! These 3 notebooks are give a first impression of sleekness, somehow. The covers are smooth, and they [...]

Questions from Readers

Jenny asks “Do you know of any companies that produce notebooks for keeping track of books read? I remember seeing one at some point, but I didn’t need one then As I am now working in a library and reading more, I would like to keep track of what I am reading and whether I [...]

Books (and Notebooks) in Motion

This video has been making the rounds on Facebook and I just love it! Some notebooks and pens make a cameo appearance.

Samuel Beckett’s Notebooks

Having seen Endgame and Waiting for Godot, I’d have to admit that I find these notebooks much more interesting than Beckett’s actual plays! See more at A Rare Look at Samuel Beckett’s Doodle-Filled Notebooks | Brain Pickings.

Random Notebook Giveaway!

It’s time for a random giveaway, one that does not require any social media participation. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this page about why you love notebooks! I’ll be picking two lucky winners at random from among the comments. Please enter your email address in the comment submission [...]

Unexpected Sources of Cute Notebooks

I love finding notebooks where I least expect them. Drop into your local American Eagle Outfitters store and you might be able to snag some of these– they were marked down when I saw them a couple of weeks ago!

Notebooks All Around: A Look at (Some of) My Collection

Today I thought I’d just share some photos of various parts of my notebook collection and where they are scattered around my apartment: Below is a corner of my office where I was going through boxes of notebooks and had stashed some used ones that needed to be put away. There are a few months [...]

Notebook Addict of the Week: Tac Anderson

This week’s addict has written various blog posts thoroughly documenting how he keeps himself organized with a version of the GTD (Getting Things Done) system. And he’s filled a lot of notebooks doing it! I also loved this quote: Why do I insist on keeping a notebook? To quote Dwight Schrute, “I keep secrets from [...]

Notebook Addict of the Week: Gracie

This week’s addict emailed me a hot tip:  I just got home from a recent trip to Canada. I am not sure if you know this but there’s a store there called Dollarama and they sell moleskine-like notebooks for $2. They are a good alternative to the real thing and a LOT cheaper! She also [...]