This week we had the pleasure of getting to know Swedish writer and photographer, Maria-Thérèse Sommar. She is one of the proud winners of the NaNoWriMo writing challenge, and is now a published author!
We had the chance to ask her...
Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) was one of the greatest of the post-Impressionist painters and is one of the artists whose work graces our covers. To celebrate the 170th anniversary of his birth, we held a special giveaway contest in...
Today marks ninety-five years since the literary world lost Marcel Proust, making it a fitting time to honour him with our Proust, In Search of Lost Time journal.
Born Valentine Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (1871–1922), the author was a...
Our Peek Inside… series takes a look inside people’s journals to celebrate their imagination and inspire others. This week we are happy to welcome An-Magritt Wibell Nygaard-Ech, an author, freelance writer and bestselling novelist in Denmark who uses her Paperblanks journals for all her...
Name: Terrence James Coffman
Age: 69
City/Town: Jefferson, Wisconsin
Country: USA
Places: I currently live in Jefferson, WI. I was born in Washington, DC and grew up in Falls Church, VA. In the mid '90’s I lived in Lacoste, France where I began...
For a recent Writing Wednesday, we looked into the real-life people who inspired five infamous literary characters. For this week, our last Writing Wednesday post before Hallowe'en, we thought we would take this research to the extreme, and find...
This year we are celebrating Paperblanks' 25th anniversary, but our journey began long before that first journal collection in 1992.
Our story begins with the 1972 founding of Cloudburst Press in an old log cabin in the mountains of British...
Original Artwork: Michiko Kamee’s “full of chrysanthemum” Kyo-Satsuma teacup
Era: Contemporary
Region: Kyoto, Japan
Our Kikka journal reproduces Michiko Kamee’s “full of chrysanthemum” design originally handpainted with gold overglaze and colour on china by employing Kyo-Satsuma. In this Paperblanks book cover design...
This week we had the pleasure of getting to know another NaNoWriMo winner, Henriette C. Rigel, a passionate writer from Germany. We asked her everything from tips for first-timers to managing the tight timeframe of the 30-day challenge.
A Little Bit...
"Art allows me to live with history in the making, to understand what is new and what is changing in the world, even at my age. I hate vulgarity, banality, and sentimentality."