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Dear friends of Thornwillow,
This week, we are excited to feature a Thornwillow collection! This shelfie was sent to us by Victor, a fantastic customer has been subscribed to the Thornwillow Monthly Dispatch since 2019.
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We love seeing our books on your shelves! If you would like to see your Thornwillow collection featured, please email a shelfie to mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
But before you send your shelfie, consider brightening your shelf even further with a new book from Thornwillow Press!
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - half-leather edition |
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Now available in an extremely limited number of half-leather copies, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is one of the most iconic short stories in American literature, written by the Jazz Age master himself, F. Scott Fitzgerald. This edition of Benjamin Button comes bound in beautifully bright purple leather with handmade purple paste paper boards, and is presented in a suede-lined clamshell box with a gold-tooled leather spine label.
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The Arrest of Arsène Lupin - Patrons' Edition |
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The Patrons' edition of Maurice Leblanc's first short story of the gentleman burglar, Arsène Lupin, features beautiful gold engraving on a luxurious black cordwain paper wrapper. |
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Hills Like White Elephants, by Ernest Hemingway |
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If you missed the subscription window for the January 2023 Thornwillow Dispatch title, the Classic and Patrons' editions of this chapbook are now available to order on our website. As the book is still in the bindery, all orders placed now will likely ship in early April, after production is finished and subscription copies have been fulfilled. |
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The Classic Edition features letterpress-printed paper wrappers. |
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The Patrons' Edition features handmade paste paper wrappers. |
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For a special Hemingway treat, try a "Mojito" broadside! |
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The "Mojito" broadside features the recipe for one of Ernest Hemingway's favorite drinks. The mojito is among Cuba's oldest cocktails, made famous the world over for its association with Hemingway and his famously indulgent lifestyle.
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Be sure to subscribe to the Thornwillow Monthly Dispatch by March 31, 2023, at 7pm EST to receive "The Lottery" as your first title!
And don't forget! Dispatch subscribers for "The Lottery" get to participate in the Thornwillow Lottery, where one subscriber will receive the Black Dot in their Dispatch box, signaling that they are the winner of a paper wrapper copy of Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler!
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Status Update! The January title, "Hills Like White Elephants" is bring folded. The February title, "Twenty Love Poems and A Song of Despair," is on the press.
Ulysses volume 4 of 10 is being collated and prepared for binding. Slowly, but surely, we are catching up, and as always, we are very grateful for your patience.
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As a reminder, we are keeping the Status page of our website up to date as we progress with our Song of Solomon, Ulysses, and chapbook production. Please let us know how you are finding your Installment Editions of Ulysses so far! We hope you are enjoying reading them as much as we are enjoying making them.
With gratitude and highest regards from the press.
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Pictured: a rainbow of tissue-wrapped Dispatch volumes, about to ship to their new home! |
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