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Originally published in the New Yorker in 2019, Abandoning a Cat is now available in full as a beautifully illustrated reflection on memory and family by the internationally bestselling author Haruki Murakami.

The design takes its inspiration from designer @suzanneldean ever-growing collection of Japanese matchbox labels. Suzanne is fascinated by the miniature woodblock and graphic prints that were especially popular during Japan’s golden age of matchbox design in the 1920s and 1930s, when they were freely handed out by local bars, cafés and businesses. Some spreads use antique labels, while others feature illustrations by @seb_agresti The images echo the text beautifully — and, fittingly, cats pop up throughout.

Seb Agresti is an illustrator who has lived and worked in Japan and has been a keen reader of Murakami’s work for many years. Seb’s illustrations have appeared in publications including the New Yorker, the New York Times and The Economist, as well as on murals, record covers and book covers.

#abandoningacat #harukimurakami #bookdesign #bookstagram #matchboxes

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🏄️ Meet the jury for the Illustrators Annual 69 in the Advertising, Institutional, and Uncommissioned categories!

A jury of renowned illustrators, art directors, designers, and other industry professionals will select hundreds of outstanding works for display at the Society across two exhibitions.

The deadline to enter the Annual 69 is this Friday, October 16 at 11:59pm EST. Entries must be submitted through our competitions website competitions.societyillustrators.org. Learn more at the link in bio or email Jordan@societyillustrators.org for assistance.
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#societyofillustrators #illustrators69 #illustratorsannual #illustration #illustrator

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Our Books of the Month for October 2026

From 17th century Denmark to a video-game dungeon; our pick of the month’s best reads.

Across fiction, non-fiction, thrillers, science fiction and fantasy, young adult, and children’s books, Waterstones Books of the Month spotlight the biggest and best fresh publications. Take a literary journey through the year with us and discover 2026’s most essential reads.

Ranging from a journey through Britain’s lost crafts to a monstrously good werewolf caper, discover our seven superb Books of the Month for October.

#waterstones #epsom #booksofthemonth📚 #bookstagram

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Another fun @vintagebooks Haruki Murakami project with the wonderful @suzanneldean . This time we worked on a bunch of illustrations inspired by vintage matchbox graphics (and cats!) 🐈‍⬛ #harukimurakami #bookcovers #neko #cats

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川端康成『名人』翻訳版(The Master of GO)の装画を担当させていただきました⚫️⚪️

著　川端康成

発行　Penguin Random House UK
装丁　Suzanne Dean(@suzanneldean )
装画　小森香乃

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For the reader who never forgot Henry and Clare.

The Vintage collector’s edition of @aaniffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife is here, complete with marbled endpapers, gold foil and a ribbon marker made for returning to again and again.

Cover design by @suzanneldean.

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Such a gorgeous book. It’s essentially a story within a story within a story-all nested under one big umbrella where everything connects so naturally.

The writing is wonderfully raw and unpretentious; there’s nothing artificial about it. It’s blunt, bare, and simple (yet complex!) in the best way possible. I loved how Murakami details people, scenes, and places. Even the minor facial expressions and gestures are captured so vividly that imagining the whole scene becomes effortless.

A total must-read. 4.5/5 stars for me. ♥️♥️

#murakami #norwegianwood #mustread #books

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Breed Presents – Series four now all available 🎙️

Listen to Series Four of Breed Presents now 🎧

We’re delighted to share the full fourth series of Breed Presents – our podcast series exploring the creative drive with our guests and how it has shaped their lives and careers.

This series brings together conversations with a brilliant mix of creative minds, from Art Director, Graphic Designer and Pentagram Partner Hugh Miller and NASA Creative Director David Rager, to The River Café founder Ruthie Rogers, Creative Director Ramdane Touhami, and It’s Nice That co-founder Will Hudson.

We’re also joined by Yorgo Tloupas, Creative Director of his Paris-based studio Yorgo&Co, artist Polly Morgan, legendary Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, Neil Wenman, Creative Director at Hauser & Wirth, and Suzanne Dean, Creative Director at Vintage, Penguin Random House.

All ten episodes from series four are now available, alongside the three previous series of Breed Presents. You can listen wherever you get your podcasts, including Spotify. Link in our bio.

We hope you enjoy listening.

Design @ritadesport_design
Producer @willemolenski

#breedpresentsthepodcast #creativeconversations

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The final podcast guest for series four of Breed Presents is Suzanne Dean, Creative Director of Vintage, Penguin Random House. Impressive as it is, that title doesn’t really reveal just how much cultural influence Suzanne has, as it means she’s behind many of the cover designs for books found on our bookshelves.

Among the covers she personally designed are The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Sapiens, and Entangled Life, while authors she’s worked with include Haruki Murakami, Toni Morrison, and Margaret Atwood.

Of the many book covers designed by Suzanne and her team, we touched on a few specifically during our conversation, including James Fox’s Craftland, Margaret Atwood’s Paper Boat, Charlotte Higgins’ Ukrainian Lessons, and What Did the Deep Sea Say? by Marion Coutts freelanced to designer Jon Gray, as well as many works by Haruki Murakami including After Dark, Sputnik Sweetheart, A Wild Sheep Chase, Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland.

During her career her work has often been recognised, winning at the ABCD Awards, The British Book Design and Production Awards, and the V&A Illustration Awards. Plus, in 2023, she was named Designer of the Year at the British Book Awards. 📚

You can listen wherever you get your podcasts and we’ve included a link to Spotify in our bio. 🎧

@penguinrandomhouse @vintagebooks @suzanneldean

#penguinpublishing #vintagebooks #bookcovers #breedpresents #breedpresents

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We’re proud to be publishing UKRAINIAN LESSONS by Charlotte Higgins today. A searing, urgent and unforgettable first hand account of art, survival and resistance in wartime Ukraine that explores what artists are prepared to risk - and why culture is worth fighting for.

‘Brilliant and unforgettable’ Edmund de Waal

‘The most beautifully written, moving book I can ever remember reading’ Philippa Perry

‘A book for our times’ Philippe Sands

‘Charlotte Higgins is an author with magic in her pen’ Elif Shafak

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🕰️ 'It's like meeting an old friend again' 🕰️

*EXCLUSIVE*

Vintage's Creative Director @suzanneldean revisits her iconic original cover for @aaniffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife.

Original cover photographer: Tim Hetherington
Reissue cover illustration: @OonaOde

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V&A Adult Fiction Illustrator of the Year !  This one means a lot.

Thanks so much to everyone at the V&A. My work would n’t exist in the same way without all the Creative Directors and clients who commission me. Special thanks to Suzanne Dean at Penguin who suggested and put me forward for this. I loved working on this series.

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