Literature

Stat: UK curriculums lack literary diversity

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Stat: UK curriculums lack literary diversity

There is an ongoing lack of diversity in English Literature curriculums across UK schools, finds a study by Penguin Books UK and race equality thin...
Stat : Statistic : Stats
Stat: Children's books are lacking diversity

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Stat: Children's books are lacking diversity

Many young people feel under-represented in books as they don’t see characters or people who look like them in the texts they’re reading.
Stat : Statistic : Youth
The Little Prince gets a gender-neutral translation

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The Little Prince gets a gender-neutral translation

Publishing company Ethos Traductora has released a gender-neutral version of the classic children’s book.
Youth : Gender : Literature
Young Bibliophiles

Micro Trends

Young Bibliophiles

Despite the time they spend online young people still want traditional book formats. Brands and influencers are therefore using digital channels to...
Youth : Reading : YouTube
The New York Public Library debuts Insta-story novels

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The New York Public Library debuts Insta-story novels

In collaboration with creative agency Mother, The New York Public Library has launched celebrated novels in the form of Instagram stories.
Media : Literature : Social Media
Sister act

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Sister act

California – Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is a children’s book that trades princesses for female pioneers.
Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls : Timbuktu Labs : Timbuktu Magazine
Lost in literature

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Lost in literature

London – A new bookstore concept by Second Home champions serendipity over straight taxonomy.
Second Home : SelgasCano : Independent Bookstores
Take me home

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Take me home

London – The team behind the best-selling children’s book Lost My Name is taking personalisation to new heights with its second publication.
The Incredible Intergalactic Journey Home : Lost My Name : Personalisation
Single-minded

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Single-minded

Tokyo – Morioka Shoten is a book store that has made the bold decision to stock only one book at a time.
Morioka Shoten : Bookstore : Ginza
Personalisation power

Big Ideas

Personalisation power

London – Start-up Lost My Name is using the power of data to create a new generation of personalised books.
Lost My Name : Interactive : Storytelling
A tale of regrowth

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A tale of regrowth

Argentina – Publisher Pequeño Editor has created a children’s book that can be planted after being read.
Pequeño Editor : My Dad Was In The Jungle : Whole-system Thinking
The Self-destructing Book

Design Directions

The Self-destructing Book

For the launch of crime-fiction author James Patterson’s new book, Private Vegas, agency Mother New York created an immersive, integrated campaig...
James Patterson : Reading : Book
Short fuse: James Patterson releases self-destructing limited edition

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Short fuse: James Patterson releases self-destructing limited edition

New York – Author James Patterson has brought new meaning to the phrase ‘explosive literature’ with his latest release, a self-destructing book.
Private Vegas : Self-destructing Book : Reading
​The Echo Project

Design Directions

​The Echo Project

A digital page-by-page companion to Khaled Hosseini's novel And the Mountains Echoed helps introduce the book to readers. 
The Echo Project : Literature : Microsite
Final fontasy: Video game offers typographic tour

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Final fontasy: Video game offers typographic tour

France – Smartphone video game Type:Rider has the unusual distinction of being the first game in which the player is a punctuation mark, a colon.
Gaming : Video Game : Typography
Device 6

Design Directions

Device 6

Video games as film? Certainly. Video games as art? Maybe. Video games as literature? The idea seems ridiculous. Yet that is what Swedish...
Iphone : Device 6 : Simogo
Sense and sensuality: Illustrated book explores softer sex

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Sense and sensuality: Illustrated book explores softer sex

Sense and sensuality: Illustrated book explores softer sex
Art : Laurence King Publishing : Sexuality
Up in the air: Dezeen spruces up Seven Dials

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Up in the air: Dezeen spruces up Seven Dials

Up in the air: Dezeen spruces up Seven Dials
London : Gitta Gschwendtner : Literature
Minibar For the Mind

Design Directions

Minibar For the Mind

Often, to open the door of the average hotel mini-bar and confront another identical row of dwarf vodka bottles and dry-roasted peanut packets is t...
The School Of Life : Poetry : Mini-bar
Cover spy: Publisher checks up on subway readers

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Cover spy: Publisher checks up on subway readers

Cover spy: Publisher checks up on subway readers
Books : Tube : Underground
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