Today is National Poetry Day! The annual celebration that inspires people throughout the UK to enjoy, discover and share poems.
National Poetry Day was founded in 1994 by the charity Forward Arts Foundation and today it enjoys the support of the BBC, Arts Council England, the Royal Mail and leading literary and cultural organisations, alongside booksellers, publishers, libraries and schools.
...so what better day to write about a wonderful new poetry book, which just happens to be printed on our paper!
Tom Sharp is Creative Director, copywriter, co-founder of
The Beautiful Meme, a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts ...and Tom is also a poet! This is his latest publication titled 'English Pan'.
This is a 32pp publication which is 215x153mm, portrait and is singer sewn using black thread. It is printed in just one colour throughout.
There are twelve poems in the publication, all written by Tom Sharp. The superb illustrations are by
Shaun Campbell.
The paper used for the 28pp text is our Neptune Unique Softwhite 120gsm, which is an uncoated off-white, smooth (yet tactile) text and cover paper - just the right material for black type to look brilliant on.
The 'cover' however, is a different matter and is actually on a brand new material in our range called SIXTIES and is 60gsm. It is a fine quality, similar to our Offenbach Bible in many ways but with one major difference - unlike a genuine bible paper which has a high opacity, this new paper has the same translucency as a tracing paper - but it feels like a normal paper! ...as I hope you can see from the picture below:
Wonderful use of a material for a cover - unexpectedly lightweight, covering up; yet revealing the title and it works superbly with the singer sewing:
Each one is hand numbered and a limited edition of 100 and my thanks to Tom for sparing me a copy.
The design is by the studio at The Beautiful Meme. Print and finishing is by Kingsbury Press.
Posted by Justin Hobson 28.09.2017
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