Have you ever had to cut the pages of an old book in order to read it? It’s like venturing into virgin territory, a frontier. It never fails to thrill.
I’m head-over-heels charmed by the “packaging” of Merilyn Simonds‘ limited edition letterpress collection of stories, The Paradise Project.
The book is inside, and included is a paper-cutter to part the pages.
And have I mentioned? My copy is #1!
The book can still be reserved simply by e-mailing the publisher at .
For other posts I’ve written on this wonderful project, click here.
For other news, I’m thrilled that almost all the Sandra Gulland Ink e-books are now on-line. I was shocked to discover that some have even sold. Imagine that.
I’ve created a Sandra Gulland Ink Facebook page which is picking up steam. Have a look here. The image of the covers is from the line-up on iTunes. Yes, I’m proud!
I’m working on The Last Revise of The Next Novel, due at the end of September. I’m super pleased that in addition to HarperCollins Canada, it’s to be published by Doubleday in the U.S.
What do you think of this title?
In the Service of the Shadow Queen
I’m also researching the life of Hortense, Josephine’s daughter, for the YAs I will write this winter (she said bravely).
Yes, my head is spinning!
Dear Sandra, thank you for a new message. Like always`it’s very interesting for me. So you are researching the Hortense’s life? Her life is very interesting but (as for me of course) only in connection with Josephine.I don’t know why but I think Hortense was more akin to Alexandre than to Josephine. But of course she inherited his best qualities (exactly like Eugene). I’m absolutely sure that that was thank to Josephine that these two grew up so gentle and distinguished persons. Their father had little to do with this. In fact Josephine was a real brave single mother.
BTW, what is YA? I can’t understand it!
“YA” stands for Young Adult. The book(s) about Hortense will be about her life as a teenager, written for teenagers.
I agree with you: Hortense was very much like her father (and Eugène like his mother). Both of them are a testament to Josephine as a mother. Indeed, her children (and grandchildren) were the focus of her life.
Thanks, again, for your perceptive comment!
Sandra, thank for the explanation. And don’t you want to write a big, serious, scholar biography of Josephine? Your fiction about my favorite historical character is excellent! And I’m sure if you wanted to write her biography that would be her best biography ever written. Because like a real Josephine’s fan I’ve read many books about her (both in English and French). But none of them doesn’t seem to me an ideal one. Though I find Bernard Chevallier, Francoise Wagenar in French and Andrea Stuart, Eleanore DeLorme, Ernest Knepton in English are among the best. But I haven’t already read the best one.
Thank you so much! I think fiction can get closer to the heart of a story than non-fiction, LaReineMargot. I liked Andrea Stuart’s biography very much.