Have you ever wanted to make your own hand-bound notebook but weren’t quite sure how? There are people out there who will teach you: Simple Handmade Books at Brooklyn Brainery: Inspired by our recent bookbinding class, we’ve been making lots and lots of notebooks lately. So for this month’s Sunday party, we’ll show you the … Continue reading Simple Handmade Books at Brooklyn Brainery
I bought a cool book a few weeks ago and was planning to blog about it… but then I discovered that there was more to the story– an exhibition at the Morgan Library! Here is a partial list of the kinds of lists included in “Lists: To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists’ Enumerations,†… Continue reading ‘Lists’ Exhibition at Morgan Library
Here’s a writer who is an enthusiastic advocate for using a pocket notebook, in his case, a Paperblanks. What I’m advocating is having a small notebook (and a mini-pen — those things don’t break when you sit on them, and can fit in a front jeans pocket) ready with you so you can be ready … Continue reading Howard Andrew Jones’ Writing Tools
This sounds like a great book: Field Notes on Science and Nature Why are scientists’ field notebooks so valuable? And do notes really matter anymore, with global positioning systems, laptops and digital cameras available to document information traditionally recorded through sketches and barely legible scrawl? In “Field Notes on Science and Nature,” edited by Michael … Continue reading New Book: “Field Notes on Science and Nature”
Here’s someone whose notebooks I’d be very curious to see: Former WWE Champion Ultimate Warrior revealed on his official website last week that he is working on a book documenting his career.”Been pulling out and putting together all the files and materials of work that Ive done on and off for years,” he wrote. … Continue reading Even Wrestlers Keep Notebooks
Here’s a new business book that uses Moleskine as a case study: Niche: Why the Market No Longer Favours the Mainstream, by James Harkin. From the New York Times website: [“Niche” is] a business book about how focusing on a smaller audience and gathering a greater percentage of its attention can be a stronger long-term … Continue reading Niche: A Look at Moleskine’s Marketing
Paul, a former Notebook Addict of the Month, sent me these images of Jack Kerouac’s notebooks. I have to say that I read On the Road and it did NOT make me a Kerouac fan at all… but seeing his notebooks might just change my mind! Paul writes “The first picture is the front page … Continue reading Reader Week: Kerouac’s Notebooks
I forget how I stumbled across this book, but I love the cover: The Amazon page for The Vinyl Cafe Notebooks doesn’t have much info, but it turns out Stuart McLean is a Canadian author who has a radio show called The Vinyl Cafe. Find out more here.
Here’s another cute commemorative Moleskine, perfect for any fan of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s timeless classic Le Petit Prince (or The Little Prince in English): There’s even a charming video: For sale at Moleskine Asia now and at Amazon as of May 1, 2011.
Don’t you love the cover of this book? How could that not make a notebook fan want to read it! It certainly sucked me in, and the publisher was kind enough to send me a review copy. (Which actually has a slightly different cover, with a much cooler old-school fountain pen instead of the purple … Continue reading Book Review: Writers and Their Notebooks