Exploring the secret lives of books with Spike Jonze
- Text by HUCK HQ
Publishing our first book, Paddle Against the Flow, has got us thinking about what it is that makes books so special. We love making magazines, but there is something magical about a hardcover tome.
Spike Jonze, one of the friends of the mag who is featured in our book, explores this in this short film shot in Paris’ beautiful Shakespeare & Company bookstore. The Left Bank institution famously let writers sleep amongst the stacks for free at night since Hemingway’s heyday. Jonze imagines the secret lives of books after the store closes
Similarly, a few Toronto creatives created a nocturnal book world at the city’s Type books, which is also well worth a watch.
And if you’re looking for a new book to dance across your shelves, please do check out Paddle Against The Flow, which is available around the world from today, March 3. You can find it at our online shop in the UK, Chronicle and Urban Outfitters in the US, Chapters Indigo in Canada, Hardie Grant in Australia, Hugendubel in Germany, and Amazon.
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