Saturday is International Friendship Day, and what better way to celebrate the meeting of like minds than to highlight some famous literary and artistic duos? Inspired by our Embellished Manuscripts Schiller, Letter to Goethe journal, we decided to take...
Yesterday was the 90th anniversary of Austrian writer Franz Kafka's death. Nearly one hundred years after his passing he continues to be one of the most influential writers of the past century, and it is the rare occasion that...
Name: Peter Shorney
Age: 39
City/Town: Newbury, Berkshire
Country: UK
Places Travelled & Place lived: I’ve lived around my home town most of my life, but spend a lot of time in London. I’ve darted across to Munich and Paris, explored the streets...
Name: Sarah Ushurhe
City: London, England
Places Travelled/Lived: Wales, France, Spain, Dubai and soon the Netherlands
Loves: Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber short story collection and anything by Marina Warner.
Education: Studied at the University of the Arts London and gained a BA...
Mystical and enticing big-eyed characters, ranging from the classical to the contemporary. Fantastic creatures and colourful accents over moody backdrops, then suddenly sweet in unexpected places. This is the magical world of French author and illustrator Benjamin Lacombe, one...
Chris from Paperblanks' Vancouver office tells us about working for Paperblanks and his favourite design:
I work in the Marketing department at Paperblanks HQ in Vancouver. It's a great environment even if just because you get to see all these...
Name: Daniel Rolnik
Age: 25
City/Town: Los Angeles, CA
Country: USA
Places, Travelled & Lived: Every state in the USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, France, Poland, Japan, Australia and Israel
Loves: Art, underground culture, folktales and Los Angeles hamburgers
Teachers/Education: Ex’pression College for...
Never underestimate the power of a girl and her pen.
As part of our Global Citizen program, Paperblanks enjoys the opportunity to partner with some truly inspirational organisations. One such group is WriteGirl, "a community of women writers, promotes...
Have you ever wondered what the people behind Paperblanks get up to every day? Did you ever look at a Paperblanks design and wonder, “Hmm, how would this look on my desk?” Well, in this new exclusive blog series,...
"I like to think that what is happening in my short stories may happen to anyone."