The Phantom Booker returns

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And the fabulous but mysterious maker of lovely book sculptures strikes again, gifting the Edinburgh International Book Festival and the city with two new sculptures, left carefully at the Book Festival venue in Charlotte Square.
The previous possible link to Ian Rankin seems to have disappeared, with new authors books being used, but they’re just as inventive and fun as before!

More mysterious book sculptures in Edinburgh libraries

Another one in the mysterious series of art books has turned up, this time in the form of a dragon in an egg, nestled into a copy of Ian Rankins Knots and Crosses.

I love it, the dragon looks amazing…but I’m a bit concerned that staff are said to be “devouring Rankin’s Knots and Crosses”. 
Surely that can’t be good for the digestion?

Art books…literally.

I love this story!

A link to a famous thriller and crime writer, mysterious pieces of book-based artwork turning up in libraries and cultural venues around the city, use of Twitter usernames on gift tags to show the maker is familiar with social media…

I hope they manage to display them all together – as a bit of a crafter myself, I do like to see what creative things people can do with old books. 🙂