Join us tonight at our 5th Ave Urban Outfitters store (521 5th Ave & 43rd St.) to celebrate the launch of The Tourist X Burkman Bros collection! There will be food, drinks, free Lonely Planet Travel Books, and music by DJ Luis Angel Cancel. Learn more about the collection by reading our interview with the Burkman Bros and then RSVP here!
Launched in 2010 by Canadian artist Patrick Kyle, Mother Books is an independent publishing house that specializes in printing small and affordable zines by artists and comic illustrators. - Hazel
Maurice Sendak, creator of Where the Wild Things Are, and many other beautifully twisted children's stories, died this morning. Certainly, there's a wild rumpus waiting for him in heaven.
I'm obsessed with Viviane Sassen's Parasomnia, Sol & Luna, and Various Photographs (and I need to see more). Luckily, Assembly New York and Libraryman will be having a launch for her new book, Die Son Sien Alles. I wonder what this series is about. Her work is so natural and compelling. See you at the book opening to find out! -Maggie Lee
Well known for his photo documented love story with Madi Ju in "My Little Dead Dick", and his heartfelt blog about life in Japan post-Tohoku Earthquake, "Talking Barnacles", Patrick Tsai has released a new book with Nanarokusha, called Modern Times. The book beautifully and humorously shows Patrick's take on China and its wonders from 2007-2008, leading up to the Olympics. Check out a preview of the images here. - Jennilee
Turn that smile upside down and drag yourself to Bad Day #13's release party at Printed Matter (195 10th Avenue) tonight. Mick Barr is gonna speed shred on his guitar while you flip through the pages and read interviews with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Jim Drain. There will be a photo story by Peter Sutherland, and more features. The design is great and Bad Day only comes out twice a year. -Maggie Lee
I've followed Tabatha McGurr for Married to the Mob's blog for quite a while now and it's so killer to hear she's released her first book, Tabatha. Inside you'll find her amazing photoshop collages and the best stories of growing up in NY around the people everyone wants to be hanging out with. Could it get any better? Pre-order your copy now! X - Jen
How To Piss In Public by Gavin McInnes is the book everyone has been waiting for! Gavin has been capturing eyes and ears for over two decades now with his brilliant brain and he has no plans on stopping anytime soon. I've only gotten halfway so far (I did only got my copy yesterday) but I couldn't recommend it more! X - Jen
If there's anything I love more than books, it's Olympia Le Tan's book clutches. So you can imagine how stoked I am for a Dracula or Great Gatsby book clutch magnet! X - Jen
Wiggle yer little book worm tush over to Printed Matter (195 10th Avenue) because it's T.G.I.Friday. Tonight marks the launch of Padraig Timoney's book, which is also the last piece of the Decathlon Books puzzle we have all been waiting for. Risograph posters of the artists' work will be exhibited, eee! -Maggie Lee
From "Do you think that we see colors the same way?" to "How fucking scary is space?", the Brilliant Ideas I Had While Stoned Notebook is the perfect place to jot down all of those really good ideas you have but can never remember because of... ooh! Tacos!
Art gallery Ed Varie is launched their bookshop, simple titled BOOKS, which stocks titles under the art direction of Rebecca O'Keefe. They'll be having an official opening reception on March 21 that will also feature ceramics by Landon Metz and teepees by Felipe Merida. Sounds dope. - Hazel
The second issue of Smith Journal hits newsstands this month, and features everything from Dave Eggers' top 10, Henry Rollins on books, Cold War spies, and pigs and potatoes.
Freunde von Freunden's first book invites you to step into the homes of twenty-eight Berlin creatives in their natural state, six of which are exclusive to the book and do not appear on the site. Just looking at the preview of the book makes me want to totally rearrange my entire apartment. More info on the book here. -Bob
Megawords Magazine has an exhibition up of books and zines at the Philadelphia Museum of Art as a supplement to the Zoe Strauss retrospective on view through April 22. If you'd like, you can even meet the duo behind Megawords, Dan Murphy and Anthony Smyrski, as they will be present every Friday from 12pm to 6pm. More info on the exhibition here. -Bob
Welcome to Baby Peach, my new mini-zine. Pick it up and flip from baby page to pipsqueak page. But make no mistake, Baby Peach is no small fry, it's highly psychedelicized and will cause major eye romp! -Maggie Lee
Domino and Ribbon Music are offering up an amazing Record Store Day (April 21 this year) zine, complete with flexi-discs and artwork from the likes of Alison Mosshart, Dirty Projectors, Laura Marling, Cass McCombs, John Maus and more. (Via Pitchfork.)
Scott Campbell's brand new book If You Don't Belong, Don't Be Long is at the top of my wish list. Scott is one of the most brilliant artists around these days and I don't know anyone who isn't a total fan of him and his incredible work. Pick this up ASAP! X - Jen
