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Bibliophile Diverse Spines Reader's Journal

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This reader’s journal celebrates diverse books and is designed for booklovers who wish to explore and honour underrepresented literary voices. Featuring literary-inspired artwork by Jane Mount, this durable hardcover journal offers sections to record, rate, and reflect on books read, alongside curated suggested reading lists.

Created by Jamise Harper and Jane Mount, the journal highlights a wide array of genres, including Contemporary Fiction, Classics, Young Adult, and Sci-Fi, focusing on authors of colour and promoting inclusivity in reading habits.
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Ideal for avid readers, book clubs, librarians, English teachers, and fans of literary art. Also perfect for those seeking to diversify their reading lists and uplift BIPOC voices, including Goodreads users, students, and followers of diverse book communities.

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This reader’s journal celebrates diverse books and is the ultimate reader’s journal for booklovers.

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This reader’s journal celebrates diverse books and is the ultimate journal for booklovers.

Filled with the best literary-inspired art, Bibliophile Diverse Spines Reader's Journal celebrates the works of those often underrepresented in the literary world. Encased in a durable hardcover with rounded edges and a ribbon marker, this journal features sections for recording and rating read books (complete with fill-in star ratings!), space for documenting thoughts, and lists of suggested to-reads.

Perfect for Literary Lovers: A wonderful gift for Goodreads users, voracious readers, booklovers, aspiring writers, book club members, librarians, and English teachers, as well as fans of Bibliophile, Jane Mount, and Ideal Bookshelf.

It makes a delightful addition to Bibliophile Diverse Spines for a birthday or holiday gift, a teacher gift, or as a special treat for yourself.

Easy Gift: This beautiful notecard set is packed with colourful illustrations by beloved author Jane Mount (author of Bibliophile) and is a perfect gift for any booklover.

Discover Unsung Literary Heroes: The authors dive deep into a wide variety of genres, such as Contemporary Fiction, Classics, Young Adult, Sci-Fi, and more, to bring the works of authors of colour to the forefront.

Expert Authors: Using their keen literary knowledge, Jamise Harper (founder of the Diverse Spines book community) and Jane Mount (author and illustrator of Bibliophile) have curated expertly devised bookstacks representing a myriad of underrepresented voices.

Perfect for bookish people; literary lovers; students; Mother's Day shoppers; stocking stuffers; followers of #DiverseSpines; fans of Jane Mount and Ideal Bookshelf; followers of Reese's Book Club and Oprah’s Book Club; Goodreads.com users; readers looking to expand or decolonise their book collections; those interested in uplifting BIPOC voices; grads and students.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781797215495

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Format: Diary or journal

Date Published: 03 January 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Chronicle Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 128

About the Author

Jamise Harper is the creator of the #diversespines hashtag and the Diverse Spines book community on social media, which highlights literature by Black women and women of color. She is also the creator of Spines and Vines, a blog dedicated to book and wine pairings. She lives in the Washington, D.C., metro area.

Jane Mount is an illustrator, designer, and sometimes writer. In 2008, she founded Ideal Bookshelf, a company that makes things for bibliophiles. She currently lives in a log cabin on the slopes of a long-dormant volcano on Maui with her husband and weird cats.

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