As soon as it was published in 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, the first of eight stories about Anne Shirley, found fans and made its author famous. So it may be surprising to learn that, after multiple...
Today marks ninety-five years since the literary world lost Marcel Proust, making it a fitting time to honour him with our Proust, In Search of Lost Time journal. Born Valentine Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (1871–1922), the author was a study...
In honour of the great horror classic Dracula, we offer our Bram Stoker Embellished Manuscript. Not only is Dracula one of the most famous works in any genre, it is the inspiration for countless dark descendants that have followed. Our...
It is a wonder to consider that before Isaac Newton was inspired by a Fuji apple plummeting to the ground, we had no real idea why things fell perpendicularly to the earth. Newton’s fateful contemplation in the garden revolutionised the...
Every Paperblanks® book is inspired by world art and culture, by traditional craft and practice, and by visionaries, rebels and artists across the ages. Behind the Cover is a blog series about the origins of our designs. A child prodigy, the...
Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel Les Misérables is a sprawling 1500-page tale of tragedy, strife and redemption. This novel, initially scorned by French critics as immoral, overly sentimental and traitorous to the regime, is now considered one of the greatest literary works of the...
We love seeing the amazing vacations Paperblanks® journals get to go on! Diane recently took her Embellished Manuscripts Gandhi, Right Against Might journal with her to Ireland. Reflecting on her travels, Diane writes: I was in Kinsale, Ireland visiting Charles Fort....
A modernist and feminist pioneer, Virginia Woolf carved out new territory for artists and particularly for women writers. Woolf (1882–1941) wrote with rare sensitivity and insight about the mystery, confusions and uncertainty of everyday life. Part of her innovation was to...