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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. 

September 24th the publication The Artist as Explorer by Madelon Hooykaas will be published, with a design by Inedition (Eva van der Schans), edited by Madelon Hooykaas, Claire van Putten, and Eleonoor Jap Sam. With text contributions by Jan Bor, Malcolm Dickson, Dorothea Franck, Jacqueline Grandjean, Madelon Hooykaas, and Chris Meigh-Andrews.

Diana Scherer's latest book will launch on September 30th during the exhibition opening of the large solo exhibition Farming Textiles in Museum Kranenburgh in Bergen that will run from October 1st to March 2024.

The monograph -- / BLAST / HEAT / Han schuil with a stunning design by PutGootink will launch at the beginning of September. Simultaneously Han Schuil's solo exhibition at Oud Amelisweerd country house, organized by the Centraal Museum will open and can be visited from September 2nd until November 12th 2023.

Photographer Hanna Hrabarska is excited to share her upcoming photobook My mom wants to go back home, A truthful story about Hrabarska's mother who fled the war and found her new temporary home in the Netherlands. 

After a busy period at the office with many new publications we will soon slow down to enjoy the summer days and work behind the scenes on upcoming book launches and fairs. In this post you can find a sneak peek of our plans!