BooksActually wishes you..

 Hoped you had a great Christmas!

As we take down the Christmas decorations and prepare to usher in the new year, the people at BooksActually + Birds & Co. would like to thank you for your great support at the stores that had both us and the cash register busy.
All of us had great fun trying to recommend Christmas gifts (books are <3) , wrapping presents that are odd-shaped (vintage baby grand piano!) and also seeing the smiles on of your faces.

May 2011 bring you much more happiness and love.
May you read great books, listen to great songs, watch wonderful movies and meet lovely people in this coming year. :)

With love,
The Bookshop Penguin, Fox, Unicorn, Dancing Bear, Cat, Alligator, Bat, Deer, Whale, Elephant and Moomoo Cow who wrote this on Boxing Day.

Rorschach's ink blots

Q: What do you see?

A: a polar bear !

A: a crab !

A: sparrow family !

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Ink Blot Cards

individually handmade by Birds & Co.

on Fabriano paper with deckle edges

as a tribute to Rorschach

Monocle Alpino

Perfect with a glass of egg-nog.

Monocle Alpino (Winter Edition), now available at BooksActually and Birds & Co.

BooksActually's Christmas Special ☆

 

 ☆ BooksActually's Christmas Special ☆

23rd December 2010
~ on the eve of the Eve ~

presenting

Shinzi Katoh Tea
L A U N C H
tea reception by The Little Happy Shop
at 7:00 pm

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The Perfect Journey
A C O U S T I C    S E T
performed by Polkadot + Moonbeam
(Juliet Pang 冯欣慧 ＋ Didi Mudigdo)
at 7:30 pm

//

BooksActually (86 Club Street, Singapore)

☆

Merry Christmas, ho ho ho !

Ho ho ho !

We have a gift for every darling this Christmas.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's classics // E. E. Cumming's Cigarette Verses by Birds & Co. // The Selby is in Your Place // Vintage German Police Whistle // The Catcher in the Rye handmade clutch bag by Olympia Le-Tan // Wax-sealed Author Pencil Set by Birds & Co. // Vintage Argus C3 Rangefinder camera // Nabokov Cahier by Birds & Co. // Shinzi Katoh Tea // Vintage Baby Piano // Ceriph Issue 1 // Vintage Torchlight Cigarettes Wall Plate

These are just a handful of magic you will find at BooksActually. We have 3-storeys full of wonder in our BooksActually cavern (86 Club Street) for you to get lost in, not to mention our Birds & Co. store (Orchard Cineleisure #03-05A) in the heart of town. The fairy-lights are up, the turkey is stuffed, carols are in the air, and everyone's hearts are merry. It's Christmas time !

 

BooksActually x Forty Hands Curated Sessions: the First

~ only the best make it through ~

 

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A book for every darling, this Christmas.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's
This Side of Paradise, Flappers and Philosophers, Tender is the Night, 
The Pleasures and the Damned & The Last Tycoon

White's Classics
Alice in Wonderland, Treasure Island, Jane Eyre, Great Expectations, 
Pride and Prejudice, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Wuthering Heights & Sherlock Holmes

E. H. Gombrich's A Little History of the World

Cyril Wong's Satori Blues

Troy Chin's The Resident Tourist (Part 4)

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince
(pop-up edition)

Paula Rego's Nursery Rhymes

Hywel Davis' Fashion Designers' Sketchbooks

Orla Kiely's Pattern

Graphic.

Nguan's Shibuya

Singapore Shophouses

Milk (Issue No. 4)

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We have something for every darling, this Christmas.
So, Santa baby, won't you hurry down the chimney tonight?

Arm yourselves, this Christmas.

only with classic debonair cameras

Vintage Argus Rangefinder (35mm)

Vintage Ilford, Agfa, Minolta (35mm)

Vintage Kodak Instamatic (126 film)

 Red Army Camera, Blackbird Fly (35mm)

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Load up at BooksActually.

BooksActually Curated Sessions: the First

BooksActually x Forty Hands

presents

Bobbin' head Pico

photographed by Flee Circus

The Little Happy Shop x BooksActually ~ SHINZI KATOH

SHINZI KATOH in Singapore + Art Showcase

4th December 2010, Saturday

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The Little Happyshop x BooksActually
presents

The Shinzi Katoh Art Showcase !
First ever in Singapore, this week-long highlight features Shinzi Katoh Sensei's art and design.

Includes well-loved illustrations of Little Red Riding Hood, Princess Mermaid and Mon Peluche on Large Posters, Postcards, and Letter Sets. Also new: Shinzi Katoh designed Footwear ~ very latest from Japan !

Available for sale are Shinzi Katoh merchandise including stationery and bags.

Nab them all at BooksActually (No. 86 Club Street).

 Exhibition ends 11 Dec 2010

♢

「Under the Sun」 by O Thiam Chin

O Thiam Chin's Under the Sun book launch at BooksActually.