books ~ zines ~ mail ~ crafts
The group zine I run, Static Zine, is still accepting submissions to its next issue about public space! Static comes out 2x a year. Every issue is a different theme and every page is by a different person in however way they want – writing, art, graphic design, collages, etc. Our past issues have been…
It’s finally here! Janine Vangool, the powerhouse behind Uppercase Magazine, has released her book The Typewriter: A Graphic History of the Beloved Machine. It’s a beauty – gorgeously designed and hefty, making it a book you will never want to take off your coffee table. Here’s a look through at some of my favourite pages….
Bream Gives Me Hiccups, by Jesse Eisenberg, via Doubleday Canada, out now. [I received this book from Penguin Random House Canada in exchange for an honest review; this did not affect my opinion of the book whatsoever.] For some reason, it seems actor/writer Jesse Eisenberg’s first book of short stories has flown under the radar. It would…
Welcome to a new feature of The Paper Trail Diary! Every other week or so I will post about four of my favourite Instagram accounts that relate to one of the four themes of the blog. And what better way to start it off than to show you some of my pen pals? They run some of…
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling, via Crown Archetype, out now. [I received this book from Penguin Random House Canada in exchange for an honest review; this did not affect my opinion of the book whatsoever.] Mindy Kaling has joined some sort of other-worldly ranks by writing a second memoir before she’s even, well, old, but it…
Can you smell it? The scent of new books. Unread adventures. Friends you haven’t met yet, hours of magical escapism awaiting you. The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald, translated from Swedish to English by Alice Menzies, via Bond Street Books/Doubleday Canada, out now. [I received this book from Penguin Random House Canada in exchange…
I adore all the kinds of projects the love of mail can bring into the world, and then what they give back to the world. One fantastic example of this is the Love Lettering Project, right here in Toronto. Author Lindsay Zier-Vogel secretly leaves little love notes about why she loves Toronto all over the city for…