Chapbook ideas

All those nights when you can't reach me? I'm making these things. When it comes to poetry chapbooks, I’m a DIY gal. So far I’ve self-published nine chapbooks at home using InDesign or QuarkXPress, a couple of desktop printers, and a huge stash of paper from a print shop that went out of business*. I edited books for a living for many years, and I still get a creative rush out of designing and assembling them. So if it means giving up a few evenings to print, fold, staple, and trim chapbooks…

Warren Tales is double-dipping in creativity for the production of my new poetry chapbook! Author Bio: Lindsey Yuriko Warriner is a shep...

My Budapest in Porto- photographic book

The bookfair goes till 7:00 tonight, and there are panels, presentations, and readings too. See the full schedule at chapbookfestival.org. For those of you who can’t make i…

What??? Tutorials! Tutorials are everywhere! Artists in Blogland has a monthly "Techniques on Tuesday" tutorial going on. The challenge over at Inspiration Avenue this week is to share a tutorial. Every Tuesday, Kristin Dudish has been doing a tutorial try-out and inviting others to try it too and link up. Carolyn Dube's Gelli Plate class is up and running with lots of great tutorials. So, I decided to do one as well. I love books! As you know, lately I've been loving altering old books…

Throughout history, chapbooks have been the influence for literary masterpieces, music, film, and even love. Learn more about chapbooks and why they are so popular.

Book Binding – A fun way to make something NEW, the old fashioned way! How to make a book – two great book binding ideas – saddle stitch and Japanese Stab bookbinding – There are lots of different ways to make books – with or without a needle and thread, but this week the kids …