Tara Books
we offer a curated list that includes children’s literature, photography, graphic novels, art and art education.
We have pioneered the process of creating affordable artists’ books for the contemporary reader, with every page of each book hand-printed, using the silkscreen process or the letterpress. In addition, we experiment with risography. Our books made by hand have found their way to readers around the world.
Tara has also won over 80 international awards, including the Bologna Ragazzi award for the Best Children’s Publisher in Asia and the London Book Fair International Book Industry Excellence Award.
A seed is a miracle. It is neither alive nor dead, yet holds within itself the potential for life. When it meets the right conditions, it starts to unfurl, with a promise of plenty and the hope of regeneration.
The astonishing variety of traits that a seed holds can be looked at in terms of botany, but also through the lens of art, culture and history. But it is only by connecting these modes—bringing together science and imagination, knowing and relishing—that we can begin to grasp nature with the wonder that it deserves.
This gorgeous handcrafted book makes these connections in two unprecedented ways. The exquisite imagery it features has been created by artists from the Warli tribe in western India. The Warlis nurture a felt kinship with nature to this day, so their art embodies rich ecological knowledge systems in an intrinsic way.
The book also connects form and meaning. Linked by short concise essays, four distinct paper forms explore a diverse set of themes: each designed to capture a particular aspect of the cosmos contained in a seed.
Silkscreenprinted on handmade paper, Liberty commemorates a century of Surrealism. This English translation of Paul Eluard ‘s well-known poem, Liberte, pays homage to the poet’s early association with the Surrealist movement. Drawing from Surrealist imagery and ephemera, archival research and global politics, Rathna Ramanathan has created a unique assemblage of images, using typographic icons and signs.
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