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Interviews with artists, authors and real-life journallers.

Today, we’re talking with Tracy Walker, a Canadian illustrator who is the artist behind our brand-new Tracy Walker's Animal Friends journals. Tracy has been working as an artist for years and her work has been featured in the pages of...
At Paperblanks, we are firm believers in the importance of supporting our community, especially organizations empowering youth and minority groups. This week we want to spotlight Empowered Black Girl, a mentorship conference for Black girls, developed as an affiliation of Black Women Connect...
Today, we’re talking with Teneal Kotzé, a "poetic painter" and art student who is unafraid of experimenting with different themes and mediums. We are excited to share her story with you, and welcome her to the #PeopleOfPaperblanks community. To see more...
“I always imagined that Paradise would be some kind of library.”  This quote by Jorge Luis Borges has been deeply rooted in the life of José Alberto Gutiérrez, who for over 20 years has devoted his life to promoting literacy by...
Our Dumas’ 150th Anniversary Special Edition product suite celebrates the great lion of French literature, Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870). Over his career Dumas wrote nearly one hundred thousand pages. His prolific writing was matched by profligate spending and he vacillated between...
Today, we’re chatting with Craig Bullock, a multi-talented and incredibly driven artist, teacher and social justice activist. Building on his own life experiences and vision for a better future, Craig has created Civil Liberty Publishing, a publishing house focused on...
As you probably know by seeing our Embellished Manuscripts Collection, we are fascinated by beautiful lettering: all the peaks and valleys of cursive writing and the soothing calm of individual letters that come together to form words. You know...
"It’s hard for me to pick just one or even a few best things about the journals, I like the soft feel of the paper while I’m writing and that the ink from my pen doesn’t show through the pages."
Hamburg-based illustrator Mila Marquis is not only an accomplished contemporary artist who has been creating whimsical images to adorn children’s books and stationery for the past 20 years, but she is also one of our cover artists. Her ethereal...
This month's featured artist is Theodora Barda, a curious mixed media artist who turns her passion for exploring new artistic methods into learning workshops, where she teaches obscure forms of art such as fabric painting and tea bag art....