We are returning Jane Austen's masterpiece, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, to its roots with this letterpress printed and hand-bound edition.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
We have a parable to sow...
over 5 years ago
– Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 02:18:10 PM
As backers of the Thornwillow edition of Pride and Prejudice, I wanted to make sure you are aware of our newest campaign, currently live (and thriving!) on Kickstarter.
For the first time ever in a fine press edition, we are proud to present:
Thornwillow is publishing the first ever fine press edition of Octavia E. Butler’s visionary masterpiece, Parable of the Sower. Letterpress printed and hand-bound, the Thornwillow edition is available in a range of versions, from classic paper, cloth, and leather bindings, to an array of unique artists’ books incorporating unconventional materials such as limp vellum, burl wood, wool, Baltic amber, lapis lazuli and gold. Featuring historic U.S. Geological Survey maps, which trace the heroes’ journey across the ravaged California landscape, as well as indices of record-breaking wildfires and events from our own times, the Thornwillow edition ties past, present, and future together to create a book which will honor Butler’s extraordinary legacy and preserve this important story for the (dystopian) future.
We have been delighted by the enthusiastic reception this new project has gotten, and as we enter the final week, wanted to be sure to reach out to you while the project is still live. If you are already one of the many backers who have lent their support—THANK YOU! And if you have not yet had a chance, be sure to check it out before the campaign ends next week.
Wishing you all a happy and healthy holiday season, with highest regards from the Press,
Luke Pontifell
A New Project from Thornwillow Press - Delaration: Signs of Change
over 5 years ago
– Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 03:04:08 PM
Dear Friend of the Press,
As a supporter of our work in the past, I wanted to make sure that you are aware of our newest campaign that is off to a great start. If you haven't already, please have a look at DECLARATION: Signs of Change.
Anchoring the campaign is an annotated broadside of the Declaration of Independence printed in 3 colors.
Another key component of the DECLARATION: Signs of Change campaign is a new VOTE 2020 broadside to encourage civic engagement and voter participation. Thornwillow has invited artists and graphic designers from all backgrounds and levels of experience to submit designs for a new VOTE 2020 Broadside. Those designs are now in and from here, we leave the selection of the winning poster up to YOU!
The top vote-getter will be printed as a limited edition, letterpress broadside at Thornwillow Press, and distributed to subscribers and community members throughout the country to encourage civic engagement and voter participation.
That said, you are encouraged to share any and all of the submitted designs (with proper attribution, please!) on Instagram and social media with the goal of promoting voter participation.
Then, cast a vote for your favorite using this form.
That's it!
We'd like to give a shout out to all of the participating artists, who range from high school students to New Yorker cover artists. All have generously shared their work to become co-conspirators in this endeavor, and we are immensely grateful for their enthusiastic participation.
Alexa D'Arienzo
Lucy Anderson
Clara Warner
Genevieve Cerasoli
Irena Martens
Samuel Banfield
Kim Phillip
R. O. Blechman
Cola Parker
Andy Anderson
E. Thomas-Cappello
Ella Anderson
Miriam Mack-Piccone
Adam R. Smith
Erik Freer
Ethan Halpern
Molly Woodworth
THANK YOU! Please Vote... and please share this project with your friends. We are eager to grow the reach as much as possible before the end of the campaign. ALSO be on the look out next week for stretch goals to help keep the project on its excellent trajectory.
Best regards from the Press,
Luke
Announcing Edgar Allan Poe Tales, Mysteries & Contrivances
almost 6 years ago
– Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 06:22:46 AM
In our darkest hours, we turn to art to ignite our imagination
As an established Thornwillow collector, I want to make sure you know about our newest publication. We have been working on it for more than two years and I am pleased to announce that our next project, EDGAR ALLAN POE: TALES, MYSTERIES & CONTRIVANCES is off to a great start on Kickstarter.
Few authors have left a legacy as enduring and influential as Poe’s. The first author to make his living as a professional writer, he not only composed some of the most famous and haunting short stories of all time, but single-handedly invented the genre of detective fiction, and was one of the earliest authors to explore the bounds of science fiction. In the span of his short life, he produced a groundbreaking body of work that has defined the genres of horror and mystery for the last two hundred years.
These are dark times...
As Friends of the Press know, we rely on you to make each Thornwillow publication possible. Now, more than ever, is the time to unite around the written word.
We did not choose Poe with this moment in mind, and we launch this campaign knowing that your attention, your worries, and your resources are being pulled in many directions. But though we did not imagine this book as an allegory for what the world is currently experiencing, these visceral writings of Edgar Allan Poe increasingly seem to speak to us and to our world as we are living it today.In our darkest hours, we turn to art to ignite our imagination, to feed us with ideas and inspirations, to distract and entertain us, to bring us together around shared stories and shared experiences.
When you subscribe for a Thornwillow book, you are not only adding a beautiful and important work to your collection; you are supporting the work of dozens of artists, designers, authors, editors, and craftspeople who have dedicated their lives to the preservation of the arts and crafts of the written word. More than that, you are joining a global community of book makers and book readers, from Palo Alto to London, from New Zealand to Hong Kong.
Today, I am asking you to join us. Help us bring this edition to life as we work to preserve and perpetuate the arts and crafts of the written word—the very arts that make us human.
Best wishes, and highest regards from the Press,
Luke
Announcing our most ambitious campaign to date — and help us aim the canon for 2020
over 6 years ago
– Mon, Dec 09, 2019 at 02:52:46 PM
Announcing our campaign for THE THORNWILLOW MAKERS VILLAGE
Dear Friends,
We have big news from the Press—we have launched a new campaign, and it is our most ambitious to date!
The campaign supports two great projects, working in tandem, to make the worlds of fine printing and hand-craftsmanship more accessible to all.
The Thornwillow Makers Village Community Bookstore
and
The Thornwillow Patron’s Prize for Emerging Artists
We are enormously excited about both of these new enterprises, which will allow us to grow and enrich both our local and global communities as we bring the first bookstore in more than 50 years to Newburgh and catalyze the careers of some of the most talented up-and-coming voices in the literary and art worlds. Both are ready for lift off, but we need your help to make them fly.
Our current campaign is unlike any we’ve run before because our goals are bigger than ever before. Tiers range from workshops and tours of the Press to Thornwillow Dispatch subscriptions (for you or a friend) and even custom printing commissions and book bindings—whether you're near or far, a book reader or book writer, we have something to tiers to surprise and delight... and help you celebrate the written word.
Those of you who backed our Death on the Nile campaign are familiar with The Mystery. It was incredibly popular and engaged backers across the globe (from London to Palo Alto and New Zealand to New Mexico) and inspired us to find a way to build on the momentum… SO, for the first time ever, we are inviting you—our readers and our community—to help us pick publications for next year and engage in Thornwillow's editorial direction!
For this to work, though, it is imperative that we engage the WHOLE community. The more people who participate, the more statistically significant the results will be. That’s why we have set a number of stretch goals, based on the number of subscribers to our Makers Village Kickstarter Campaign, that invites YOU ALL to participate in shaping the Thornwillow canon.
Every person who backs our campaign for the Thornwillow Makers Village will be eligible (and encouraged!) to participate, so please, pledge to help bring the project to life, then send us your suggestions for:
Quotes from Writers on Writing for a new, letterpress printed BROADSIDE. If we reach 100 Subscribers (at any tier), we will choose our favorite subscriber-submitted quotes and create a letterpress printed Broadside which will be sent to ALL subscribers.
A POSTER-worthy Poem. If we reach 250 Subscribers (at any tier), we will choose our top ten subscriber-submitted poems and poll all subscribers to choose a winner. The winning poem will be printed letterpress in a 16.5” x 21” poster and sent to all subscribers backing tiers with physical rewards. Submissions for the Poster must be in the public domain and fit in the space available.
A CHAPBOOK in the 2020 Season of the Thornwillow Dispatch. If we reach 500 Subscribers (at any tier), we will send a poll containing all qualified suggestions to our backers to determine the top ten titles; then, we will poll backers again to choose the winner from the top ten. The winning title will be published as part of the Thornwillow Dispatch in 2020 and sent to all subscribers to the Thornwillow Dispatch. As a sincere thanks for their contribution, the person who first submitted the winning title will also receive a one-of-a-kind half leather copy for free when the chapbook is finished! Submissions for the chapbook must be in the public domain and fit within 32 pages.
A BOOK. This is the big one… If we reach 1000 Subscribers (at any tier), we will poll all subscribers, first to narrow the field of suggested titles to ten finalists, then again to choose the winner. In 2020, we will launch a Kickstarter campaign for the winning title, and, if funded, will publish it—just like any of our other books. As a sincere thanks for their contribution, the person who first submitted the winning title will also receive a one-of-a-kind half leather copy for FREE when the book is completed! Submissions for the book must be in the public domain.
For each stretch goal we reach, we will compile ALL the qualified suggestions (those that fit the parameters), and in the cases of the Poster, the Chapbook, and the Book, we will begin polling to determine the winning titles after the campaign ends.
As an established Thornwillow collector, I wanted to make sure you were aware of our newest project on Kickstarter. I am excited to announce that we are publishing a letterpress printed, hand-bound edition of the Book of GENESIS, and — for the first time in a fine press edition — we are printing the text in four distinct colors, corresponding to the four known authorial sources. This is Genesis as it has never been seen before.
In addition to a variety of very special bindings including some one-of-a-kind copies with historic artifacts that mark iconic milestones in the history of the Bible, with this project, we also have a special Early-Bird offer which is only available until 11:59 PM on Tuesday October 1st.For helping us jumpstart the campaign, we are offering a discounted price to subscribers who order a half-leather copy at the outset of the project.
The 1st Day Early Bird HALF LEATHER EDITION is available until 11:59 pm on October 1st at a special price to thank early supporters of the edition.
The volume is bound in blue morocco and handmade paste paper boards. It has hand sewn headbands and the top edge is gilt. It features. Early Bird subscribers will also receive the EARTH Broadside Portfolio Trilogy.
Because some of these opportunities will not be available for long, I wanted to be sure established collectors like you were aware of the project in time to take advantage of them. Please do not hesitate to contact me directly with any questions you may have regarding this newest publication, and thank you, as ever, for your steadfast support of our work.
