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Fugitive Archives was launched first in Johannesburg at the end of last month, followed by a launch in London and now on October 19th at CCA bookstore in Montréal, QC, Canada.

The Best Dutch Book Designs 2022 exhibition will be on view at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, including including multiple Jap Sam Books publications! The exhibition will also be on view until December 31st at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

Role of Play: New Games, New Chances. A Future Perspective on Play in Society offers a refreshing take on modern game design and play. Author Ben Schouten will be present at the Frankfurter Buchmesse to launch his brand new publication on October 18th!

From tomorrow, Wednesday October 18th to the 22nd the 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse will take place! Jap Sam Books is happy to be included in this special event and invites you to visit us in hall 3.1, booth H137.

We are looking forward to our next art book fair, Miss Read 2023 in Berlin! Come by our stand for a chat and the opportunity to leaf through our publications. We will bring our latest launches as well as a selection of our backlist. 

We recently asked The Book Photographer to photograph Blind Date with the Future by Stefanie Zoche / Haubitz + Zoche, below you can find the beautiful results! This book is an artistic reflection on climate crisis and scarce resources in the age of the Anthropocene, with a great design by COCCU Studio (Christian Lange).

The Frankfurter Buchmesse 2022 takes place from October 19th to October 23rd, so the fair is in full swing as we speak. Jap Sam Books is of course present, you can find us in hall 3.1, booth J139!

On May 19th the publication RAABJERG. Rune Peitersen was launched at the Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie in Mannheim. The film artist Rune Peitersen made as part of the project premiered at this event as well. In light of this we want to share some extra imagery of this publication with you.