Ep. 236: Center for the Book(s)

Three books await casing in and I finished two novels!

Bookbinding

I have two 2020 Schedules sitting on my desk waiting to be cased in. One is actually a coptic binding. It's covers are all ready, I need just sew it up. The other is a codex and it needs covers made. The third book I have sitting around waiting for me is an A6 blank notebook.

Fiction

I set a deadline and met it! Amazing. I finished Fear Itself last week and this morning I finished Botchan’s Bartender, the first book of my Japan Pentalogy. Now the entire pentalogy is finished! Although all five need proofreading which will inevitably lead to changes. However! However, I have new deadlines!

The entire Japan Pentalogy is scheduled to be proofread and published by the end of February. Fortunately, it's a leap year so I have one extra day. I will add some information about them in the next episode.

The five books are: 

Botchan’s Bartender,
The Tokyo Tunnel Girl,
The Nuns of Nanao,
Giapan,
The Year Without Days.

 

Links to invaluable book arts centers:

London Centre for Book Arts

San Francisco Center for the Book

Center for Book Arts (New York)