Start your Purgatory Pie Press collection!

Devil in the Details: Check out Steven Heller's Interview with Purgatory Pie Press for AIGA

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*EVENTS + SHOWS*

NYC Zinefest!

Purgatory Pie Press
will exhibit at the

NYC Zine Fest
June 27 & 28, 2009 noon-7
Brooklyn Lyceum, Brooklyn, New York, USA
4th Av @ President St, park slope, bklyn
R train to Union st
www.nyczinefest.org/

esther k smith's instant books/instant zines workshop sunday at 12:30

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And...Extended by Popular Demand!!!!

Purgatory Pie Press Postcard Exhibit
at Square One Gallery
1 Union Square West, #501, NYC
open by appointment

for info: Letterpress@PurgatoryPiePress.com
or phone 212-274-8228

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HOW Design Awards!
How to Make Books
won a Merit award in the Editorial category. It appeared in the April 2009 International Design Annual.

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HOUSE OF (POST) CARDS

PurgaSquare3 postcard boxed set:
12 signed+numbered 5.5" collaborations with artists and writers
$99
send your check to Purgatory Pie Press 19 Hudson St #403 NYC 10013

SUBSCRIBE to the 2009 POSTCARD SERIES

12 elongated postcards
signed + numbered
limited edition collaborations with artists + poets
sent 1 per month + portfolio box

$64 ~ pre-publication price
send your check to Purgatory Pie Press 19 Hudson St #403 NYC 10013

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Available Wherever Books are Sold...

Magic Books & Paper Toys Book Launch Postcard

Esther K Smith's newest book Magic Books and Paper Toys is out now!

ORDER a signed copy DIRECT from Purgatory Pie Press and get a free gift!

Order both Magic Books and Paper Toys and How To Make Books together
and you get an extra free gift!


FOR JUST MAGIC BOOKS & PAPER TOYS:
send $22 + $5 shipping + handling

FOR MAGIC BOOKS & PAPER TOYS + HOW TO MAKE BOOKS:
send $47 + $5 shipping + handling (if going to same address)
$10 (if going to different addresses)

GIFTWRAP AVAILABLE! JUST ADD $3 to your total

send your check + what you are ordering + who to sign it to
Purgatory Pie Press, 19 Hudson St #403 NYC 10013

Click Here for photos from the book launch party at Cooper Union!

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On Wed., December 10th
Esther appeared live, in-studio talking about her new book
Magic Books and Paper Toys on
Martha Stewart's
"Morning Living" Radio Show on Living radio
(part of Sirius Satellite radio)

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Purgatory Pie Press: An Interview from mdanzico on Vimeo.


Check out Purgatory Pie Press photos of past events

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"This ingenious, beautifully designed book brings the miracle of paper structures to readers of all ages.
Esther Smith brings her expertise as a book maker and paper folder extraordinaire to this delightful
volume that is packed with projects and ideas."
-Ellen Lupton, author of D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself and D.I.Y. Kids

"Making paper spectacles is one of the great tactile joys, and this stunning book
brings that pleasure spectacularly to life."
-Steven Heller, co-chair of the School of Visual Arts MFA Designer As Author Program

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ACCOLADES, AWARDS, AND APPEARANCES

How to Make Books [in the category of Special Trade: General]
has won an award in the 2008 New York Book Show.

How to Make Books was featured in the November 23rd issue of Entertainment Weekly.
It made #3 on "The MUST LIST: Ten Things We Love This Week"!

RADIO APPEARANCES!
On Nov.6, 2007 Esther appeared on Martha Stewart's SIRIUS Radio Show Morning Living.

On DECEMBER 11, 2007 Esther was on WLIUfm (88.3) on their In The Morning show.
listen here (Esther is about 1/2 way through)


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CONTACT PURGATORY PIE PRESS
19 Hudson St #403 NYC 10013| email  | 212-274-8228

 

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