Papier Notes

Books paper and independent print

A place for paper and reading

Notes from independent bookshops, reading rooms and the small rituals of a slower afternoon.

Books paper and independent print
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A closer look

Reading creates a useful pause in a busy day. Our shelves bring together essays, visual books and modest publications that reward returning to a page. We pay attention to the relationship between the words, the paper and the way a book is made.

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Books paper and independent print
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From the journal

Small editions often make room for unusual perspectives. A carefully sequenced set of photographs or a short essay can give an ordinary subject a new scale without the need for an elaborate production.

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