If you have found your way here (a blog by a journal-producing publishing company), we can assume you like books. Whether for journalling, creative writing or reading the works of others, books are a fundamental part of our society and...
There's a reason why spring is one of literature's most celebrated seasons. From the moment it arrives, there's a chorus sung in nature that artists endeavour to capture. From the arrival of delicate flowers to the smell of newfound...
You may be surprised to see that this post is about commas, apostrophes and quotation marks. And yes, there are trickier punctuation mark selection decisions out there, like whether to use a hyphen or en dash, or colon or...
Here's a new reason to appreciate William Wordsworth's poetry. Professors at Lancaster University in the UK are now using the great romantic writer's poetry to teach managers and entrepreneurs about business. According to English professor Simon Bainbridge, Wordsworth "can...
This year we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of Paperblanks, but our story begins even earlier than that. Paperblanks is a part of the Hartley & Marks family, a publishing and design company whose origins lie in an old...
If your approach to organization could use an overhaul, or you simply want to hold yourself more accountable and adopt some better habits, our dot-grid planners may be just the tool for you.
One of the beauties of this style...
We always love hearing about your creative projects using our washi tape, whether it’s embellishing a Bujo or simply incorporating it into your regular repertoire of craft supplies. We recently received an email from Leo and Wendy Van Asten...
Motifs of nature and conservation are incredibly prevalent in the arts, from the paintings of Canadian naturalist Robert Bateman to Dr. Seuss' classic children's book (and the various movie adaptations) The Lorax. There are not many artists, however, who...
Our Literary Art Deco series pays homage to some of the lavish French book bindings of the Art Deco movement. The abstract illustrations of Serenade and Ballad reproduce two leather and gold covers crafted in the 1920s and 1930s,...
Are you participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) this year? We know setting the goal to complete a novel in a month is not for the faint of heart, and any writer – emerging or published – has...