Beaches, books and juniper berries: this season’s cover star SARAH JESSICA PARKER is photographed by Roe Etheridge in Amaganesett, Long Island
Our Book of the Season, JAPANESE GHOST STORIES, is centre of gravity to a series of hallucinatory artworks; correspondents around the world compile an obsessive yet fragmentary portrait of the book’s odd author, Lafcadio Hearn. Contributors include Lieko Shiga, John Self, Travis Elborough, Bess Lovejoy and Moeko Fujii.
BUY NOWPART 1
To be seen
Snippets
The Interview : SARAH JESSICA PARKER by Paul Flynn —‘I will do anything to not finish a book.’
Staff picks
PART 2
Apparitions by Lieko Shiga—Phantasmagorical photographs
Born by Seb Emina —Lefkada, Ionia
Abandoned by John Self —Dublin, Ireland
Hired by Travis Elborough —Cincinnati, Ohio
Possessed by Bess Lovejoy —New Orleans, Louisiana
Resurrected by Moeko Fujii —Tokyo, Japan
Letters
An addictive tragedy
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The Happy Reader is a unique magazine about reading for anyone who wishes to stay inspired, informed and entertained.With beautiful typography, the magazine is a design object which celebrates the pure pleasure of reading and the calming luxury of being offline.
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This July, the Happy Reader Book Club gathered in Amsterdam, in honour of The Black Tulip, our Book of the Season for summer 2018.
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