These original and beautiful  Pegged cards are illustrated by Rachel Stanners. The designs use tights, tutus, bras, long johns and dungarees to say “Happy Birthday”, “Thank you”, and “I love you”.

The series is created using metal plates and moveable type which are ‘inked’ and then ‘pressed’ against card stock using a traditional hand-operated letterpress. 

Each card is unique owing to the varied distribution of ink and manual alignment.

Prickle Press is a small letterpress company in Brixton, London, which hand prints eco-friendly cards, invitations and other stationary, mixing moveable wooden and metal type with beautiful hand-drawn illustrations. Prickle Press is an eco-friendly company. We use recycled card, biodegradable plastic sleeves, minimal ink and a lot of elbow grease!

We are pleased to say that the Books & Company calendar is once again filling up and we look forwarding to welcoming you to a new season of workshops, talks and events.

But that’s not all. We are constantly looking for ways to improve and enhance, so we’ve made a few changes and additions to the website that we hope you will enjoy.

Consider this…

……a new resource “about town”. We have added an online bulletin board to our website as a way to strengthen and link the Books & Company community as well as spread the word about interesting activities, classes etc in our “neighborhood”.

……cards for every occasion. We have been very fortunate to get two accomplished artists, Rikke Raben here in Copenhagen and Rachel Stanners in London, to create greeting cards exclusively for Books & Company. These are no ordinary cards – beautiful, unique and sure to put a smile on your face. Take a look at The Company (post)Card or a new way to say More than words- or drop by the store to see them “live”.

……as always there’s free WiFi at Books & Company, so you can work or just stay connected as you sip your coffee, chat with friends or read your book.

Drinks
At Books & Company we are proud to offer the best – not to mention least expensive – coffee around. And is there anything better than browsing a bookstore with a nice cup of coffee or tea in your hand?

We have added new teas to our selection and plan to keep expanding our offerings, so whether it’s tea, coffee, hot chocolate or chai that gives you that nice and cozy feeling, we have it all. Our famous cookies are of course still available, but if you have a hunger for something more substantial, feel free to bring in your sandwich and enjoy it among the books. That’s what we do!

Magazines and special orders
As many of you know, we are happy to receive special orders not only for books but also for magazines, an area which we are continually looking to broaden. So if you have any ideas or requests, please email us at info@booksandcompany.dk or post a comment here or of course, just come in and ask.

Events
We have experienced increased interest in the use of our wonderful space for book clubs, birthdays etc. Our goal is to create a community framed by books, so we welcome your questions and bookings for such events.

Finally, we are working to put together another season of interesting, eye opening, and fun events at Books & Company to rival past seasons’ huge succeses. You will receive news of these via the newsletter and they will of course also be posted here. So click away!