Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Put Play into Practice

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Put Play into Practice

Join me in Spain for a week-long bookmaking workshop in May 2024. Create your own book from an existing body of work and with the mentoring and guidance of ...

Cookies by Chef Coy: Behind the Book with Secoyah Browne

Behind the Books

Cookies by Chef Coy: Behind the Book with Secoyah Browne

What began as a late night stress-relieving activity from a job in real estate finance has become a brand worth watching and a cookbook you’ll want to literally sink ...

How to take creative risks and get comfortable doing it

Planning & Creating

How to take creative risks and get comfortable doing it

Taking risks in your creative endeavors can be as intimidating as it is essential. The path less traveled often leads to the most extraordinary outcomes. Yet, many of us ...

Behind the Books

Let’s Adapt for Everyone! Behind the Book with Greg Nakata

Behind the Books

Let’s Adapt for Everyone! Behind the Book with Greg Nakata

Meet Greg Nakata, the creator behind Let's Adapt for Everyone!, a pioneering guide to adapting toys and devices for people with disabilities. This book not only breaks down the ...

Wisdom Teeth: Behind the Zine with Rose Boakes

Behind the Books

Wisdom Teeth: Behind the Zine with Rose Boakes

Rose Boakes explores the intricacies of teenage years, delving into themes of growth, rebellion, and the spaces in between. Her debut book, Wisdom Teeth, showcases surreal beauty in the ...

Safe: Behind the Zine with McKenzie Young

Behind the Books

Safe: Behind the Zine with McKenzie Young

This month we interview designer and illustrator McKenzie Young. She’s done everything from corporate branding to video game content and children’s book illustration to zine self-publishing. And about that ...

Cookies by Chef Coy: Behind the Book with Secoyah Browne

Behind the Books

Cookies by Chef Coy: Behind the Book with Secoyah Browne

What began as a late night stress-relieving activity from a job in real estate finance has become a brand worth watching and a cookbook you’ll want to literally sink ...

Currently Workbook: Behind the Book with Tracy Benjamin

Behind the Books

Currently Workbook: Behind the Book with Tracy Benjamin

Tracy Benjamin is a creative and an entrepreneur—and the creative force behind The Handwriting Club and her Currently Workbook. This powerhouse has turned her love for handwriting, paper, and ...

Reframing Marketing: Behind the Book with Simon Batchelar

Behind the Books

Reframing Marketing: Behind the Book with Simon Batchelar

Meet Simon Batchelar, a seasoned marketer who's turned decades of industry experience into an insightful book, Reframing Marketing. When Batchelar realized there was a dearth of books focused on ...

Underdog Days: Behind the Book with Carlos Lerma

Behind the Books

Underdog Days: Behind the Book with Carlos Lerma

We’re diving deep into the creative mind of Carlos Lerma, a multifaceted artist who has been making waves in the world of literature and film since his teens. He ...

Heuer Carrera Chronographs 1963-85: Behind the Book with Richard Crosthwaite

Behind the Books

Heuer Carrera Chronographs 1963-85: Behind the Book with Richard Crosthwaite

Vintage watch collector and researcher Richard Crosthwaite discusses his approach to creating and marketing his books and how print on demand gives him the freedom and flexibility to design ...

A Preview of 100 Days of Feelings, Emotions, and Moments: Behind the Zine with Nia Wang

Behind the Books

A Preview of 100 Days of Feelings, Emotions, and Moments: Behind the Zine with Nia Wang

Creator and cat-lover Nia Wang shares how she used a 100-day painting challenge as a way to decompress and define her days. She spoke with us about her process ...

Erasure Poetry: Behind the Book with Sarah Kate Smigiel

Behind the Books

Erasure Poetry: Behind the Book with Sarah Kate Smigiel

Can you turn hate comments into love poems? Educator, creator, and gender-bender Sarah Kate Smigiel says absolutely! We sat down to discuss Smigiel's online education efforts, how they amassed a ...

My Design Narrative: Behind the Book With Chen Gao

Behind the Books

My Design Narrative: Behind the Book With Chen Gao

Artist and graphic design professor Chen Gao shares the story of making her captivating portfolio, My Design Narrative. A lover of books and lifelong learning, Gao speaks about inspiring ...

Behind the Book: Up in Lights Winner

Behind the Books

Behind the Book: Up in Lights Winner

50 submissions, 5,000+ votes, and 5 panelists. One book, up in lights. Sit down with the winner of the digital billboard in Times Square, Paul Lanner, a passionate bookmaker dedicated ...

We See VI: Behind the Book with Jekaterina Saveljeva of femLENS

Behind the Books

We See VI: Behind the Book with Jekaterina Saveljeva of femLENS

Founded in 2015, the nonprofit femLENS offers free workshops on documentary photography to women and girls from economically and culturally diverse backgrounds. These students learn to tell their stories ...

344 Questions: Behind the Book with Stefan G. Bucher

Behind the Books

344 Questions: Behind the Book with Stefan G. Bucher

Described as a therapy session in a book, graphic narrator and design illustrator Stefan G. Bucher knows a lot about the creative process of self-discovery. His latest bestseller, 344 ...

Behind the Book with Kike Calvo: The Adventures of Pili

Behind the Books

Behind the Book with Kike Calvo: The Adventures of Pili

A lot has happened in the two years since our last chat with National Geographic photographer and children’s book author Kike Calvo. We caught up with Calvo to discuss ...

Behind the Book with Ally Zlatar: the monsters are alive

Behind the Books

Behind the Book with Ally Zlatar: the monsters are alive

Ally Zlatar is an artist and activist whose work explores the intersections of mental health, art, and inclusion. After struggling to find a traditional publisher willing to publish her ...

Mixed: Behind the Book with Cameron Mouton

Behind the Books

Mixed: Behind the Book with Cameron Mouton

Reading Mixed is going on a journey of heartbreak and love, mental illness and joy, rage and tenderness. It's a vulnerable look at the experience of a woman of ...

Behind the Book: Knit Stitch: 50 Knit + Purl Patterns by Kristen McDonnell

Behind the Books

Behind the Book: Knit Stitch: 50 Knit + Purl Patterns by Kristen McDonnell

YouTuber and Blurb bestseller Kristen McDonnell shares her self-publishing success story and the many lessons she learned along the way. Your book Knit Stitch: 50 Knit + Purl Patterns has ...

Rohingyatographer Magazine: Behind the Zine with Sahat Zia Hero

Behind the Books

Rohingyatographer Magazine: Behind the Zine with Sahat Zia Hero

Editor's note: This interview was published on June 22, 2022. Since publication, the second edition, Rohingyatographer Magazine #2, came out! Sahat Zia Hero is the founder, editor, and photographer ...

Slamming Bricks: Behind the Book with Avery Brooks

Behind the Books

Slamming Bricks: Behind the Book with Avery Brooks

Pride started with a riot. That fierce, unapologetic spirit is at the heart of Slamming Bricks, an anthology of resistance and liberation born out of a slam poetry competition ...

The Dog Named Yes: Behind the Book with Susan Tanabe

Behind the Books

The Dog Named Yes: Behind the Book with Susan Tanabe

Collaborating with kids becomes a story all its own when one mother finds the perfect children’s book illustrators right under her nose. What was your inspiration for writing this book? It’s ...

Bunny: Behind the Book with Dave Herington

Behind the Books

Bunny: Behind the Book with Dave Herington

Stage tech, tour manager, photographer, and now bookmaker Dave Herington explains his journey from punk band photographer to publishing pro and what he’s learned along the way. The first (and ...

Art Quilts XXVI: Behind the Book with Vision Gallery

Behind the Books

Art Quilts XXVI: Behind the Book with Vision Gallery

In its 26th year, Art Quilts is an exhibition of powerful storytelling told through the medium of fabric. We spoke with book creator Peter Bugg to find out more ...

Dear Black Women: Behind the Book with Jewel Guy

Behind the Books

Dear Black Women: Behind the Book with Jewel Guy

Jewel Guy explores what honesty and healing can create for Black women with her exceptional book of challenging prompts and curious questions. How did you come up with the idea ...

This is a unique website which will require a more modern browser to work!

Please upgrade today!