January 4, 2012
Well, it’s our birthday too, yeah. I’m glad it’s your birthday. Happy birthday to you.
On this day of our Lord, Craig Michael Walzer, aka The Rattlesnake Potato, The Undisputed King of Pawn to E4, The Smartest Man in the Room when AJ Walzer Is Asleep, and The Inventor of Flax, is 31. A prime number, and not just: 31 is a Lucky Prime. Can’t we all count ourselves lucky to celebrate with this fine, prime fellow?
Atlantis Books, far behind in age but leading in the baby department, turns 8 (eight). We both share birthdays with Sir Isaac Newton, Jacob Grimm, Louis Braille, and Michael Stipe. Solid group, but we know we speak for most humans all over the book-loving, chess-playing world when we say which stud we’d like to sit next to at a dinner party with this bunch. (Hint: his initials are Craig Michael Walzer.)
January 1, 2012
Preview of Our 2012
Charlotte and crew will hold the shop over the Winter. More Get Up At Once. We will host our first photography workshops with Tzeli Hadjidimitriou. We will do something excellent for the publishing of Walter Benjamin’s ‘Unpacking My Library,’ perhaps in Berlin. Theater in the streets come Summer? More Paravions published. 2nd Annual Caldera Arts and Literature Festival end of September/beginning of October. Winter party.
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Sound Good? A huge thank you to everyone who helped make 2011 one of the most exciting years of the decade so far. We can’t wait to show you what we’ve got up our sleeves. Unfortunately, due to the way time works, we have to wait like everyone else.
January 1, 2012
A Quick Review of Our 2011
Charlotte and crew held the shop tightly over the Winter. The bookshop and Paravion joined Facebook and Twitter. Craig surfaced in a Youtube video talking Sudan. Paravion published a Valentines Day edition of ‘Feuille d’Album. In the Spring, with the help of an amazing group from all over the world, we raised enough money to keep us not just alive but vibrant. The Bookshop and Paravion got some lovely mentions in the press. Paravion released its Cities Series. In the early Summer, we received 90 boxes too many from our used books dealer. The shop was overrun but no one was injured. Our lovely Myrto got married. MidSummer, the boxes were sent back and with room to breathe the shop was a clean machine. In the Fall, Get Up At Once returned to the airwaves and Paravion got some lovely mentions in the press. We successfully hosted our 1st annual Caldera Arts and Literature Festival and gained serious momentum for the 2nd installment. We finished the calendar year by publishing our Christmas edition of James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’ and expanding the number of shops carrying our wares. We also extended our family: Luke and Elena had their baby, Dylan Arturo Basham, and we’ve got 5 more bookshop babies on the way in early 2012.
Nice work, everyone.
December 30, 2011
Atlantis Books was named ‘Runner Up’ in IndiGoGo’s Year in Review: Best Campaigns of 2011. Thank you to everyone at IndieGoGo and our amazing community who made it happen.
December 21, 2011
Press release: Dylan Arturo Basham, son of Atlantis Books insider Luke ‘The Duke’ Basham, touched down just before lunchtime to an eager audience. Both mum & the baby are doing fine. Congratulations, Luke and Elena, and welcome to the world Dylan AB.
Lisa, Ryan, Myrto: all on deck.
December 19, 2011
Brooklyn Magazine, Jonny Diamond’s sleek quarterly, lists Paravion Press in their Brooklyn 20. 5/20, or 1/4 if you’re simplifying your fractions.
December 16, 2011
Galleycat has a list of the Best Indie Bookstores on Twitter, and look at who’s number 3. I should mention that it’s alphabetical.
December 14, 2011
George Whitman died today. Our hearts are with Sylvia, the Shakespeare and Company family, and all of Paris. It’s a bit dimmer in the City of Lights tonight.
December 11, 2011
Check out Ioanna Mavrou’s article on the Caldera Arts and Lit Festival in the Oxonian Review.
November 18, 2011
Harriet Lye and Rosa Rankin-Gee have written a flattering take on our festival weekend for Harriet’s swish Literary Arts Magazine Her Royal Majesty. Support their cause, buy an issue – it’s quite a piece of work and it’s for sale online and, as of this month, at our shop as well. Thank you ladies for joining us. See you soon in Paris.
