Books & Zines
Book and zine reviews, plus my own zines and ebooks.
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Next Time in Japan
As promised, here is my new zine which I just picked up from the printers in a monsoon. It’s called Next Time in Japan and…
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Colouring Books are here!
I just picked up the Look Around colouring book zines from the printers and they look great! You can pick up a copy in my…
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Wish Magazine
How pretty do my products look? I got a sneak peek at this photoshoot which will feature in the debut issue of Wish, a new…
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Zine News
Oddments #4 is back from the printers and looks great! You can buy it in my shop now and I’ll be adding a PDF version…
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Japan Zine Round-up
Mention the words ‘Japan’ and ‘travel’ in a zine description and I’ll pretty much immediately press buy. I love reading about other peoples’ trips and…
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I See All
Bit quiet on the blog. I took 2 days off last week and then of course had to cram loads of work into the weekend…
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Lots of Zines
Once I decided I was going to start pushpin, I did a big old trawl through the internet, looking for awesome stuff to stock. Here’s…
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The Bunny Sushi Guide
I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to share one of my favourite purchases from Japan, The Bunny Sushi Guide!. I bought it from…
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by Marceline
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