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- Contemporary LiteratureThe contemporary literature category includes most books published from the 1980s onwards. (What? Yes, I’m old – I do think the 1980s are still considered contemporary…)
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- Fantasy & SciFiBooks under the umbrella of speculative fiction which draw on or combines tropes and elements from either or both science fiction (scenarios that could potentially be possible based on future science, such as time travel or space operas) and fantasy (stories of magic, gods and monsters).
- MysteryMystery fiction is a genre that usually involves a mysterious death or a crime to be solved. They are often detective stories in which the emphasis is on the puzzle or suspense element and its logical solution such as a whodunit. Agatha Christie is the queen of crime and mystery fiction.
- Non-FictionBooks that are based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history, or reference ‘books on books’.
- Poetry & PlaysLiterature that makes use of aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to convey its meaning, or is intended to be performed.
- Pop-ups & Paper EngineeringPaper engineering offers a variety of clever ways to present a story line, and includes pop-up books as well as other visually interactive works, such as those using flaps, dimensional structures, pull-tabs, wheels, and removable ephemera. Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart are well-known paper engineers.
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Stunning Contemporary Illustrators

Folio Society Fairy Book Illustrations Update

Just a quick update to let you know I added a gallery of illustrations to the collector’s page for the Folio Society Rainbow Fairy Books by Andrew Lang, so you can see the different styles of illustrations in each book in more glorious detail. Hope you enjoy!

By Daisy, 4 months4 months ago

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Sneak peek into MinaLima’s illustrated Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

I’ve made no secret of my love for the interactive illustrated MinaLima classic children’s stories collection (see a complete review here), and their Harry Potter series is shaping up to be just as incredible. The first volume was one of my top choices for 2020, and the second is listed Read more…

By Daisy, 4 months1 week ago

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2021 Anticipations

A selection of upcoming beautiful book publications and preorders for 2021 that are on my radar.

By Daisy, 4 months4 months ago