News from Sarah Painter
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Craft: Screenprinted textiles by Solitaire
This is one of those times that unpromising phrases such as ‘fox bag’ and ‘snail cushion’ turn out to be rather lovely. Husband and wife team, Em and Matt Bruty, screenprint their illustrations onto cotton and linen to create home textiles inspired by the British countryside. I like their placemats,…
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Steinbeck on writing
Letters of Note (‘correspondence deserving of a wider audience’: great blog idea) has posted a letter Steinbeck wrote to his editor (and friend) on the occasion of his finishing East of Eden. Here’s an excerpt: A book is like a man—clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For…
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World Book Day 2012: What are you doing?
Happy World Book Day, all! Are you doing anything special? Dressing up? Raising money for BookAid? Emailing your favourite author to say ‘thank you for doing what you do’? Donating books to your local library? If you feel like attending a World Book Day event, Waterstones has a handy list…