The Happy Reader – Issue 16

The Happy Reader Issue 16 is available now on loremnotipsum.com. On the cover this time, sonic trailblazer Moses Sumney is photographed by Kennedi Carter in Asheville, North Carolina, where he lives.

Our Book of the Season is Sabahattin Ali’s breathtaking romance, MADONNA IN A FUR COAT. Published to indifference in the early ‘40s it’s become one of the biggest literary blockbusters in Turkey in recent years — and the question of how and why it went from underground legend to mass-market hit is intriguing, just like the layered narratives of the novel itself. Contributors include: Elif Shafak, Julie Verhoeven, Liz Johnson Artur, Rob Doyle, Richard Godwin, and Kaya Genç.

Discover The Happy Reader – Issue 16.

The magazine is centred on the concept of ‘precious print’, as embodied by Penguin Classics and Fantastic Man. It explores the myriad advantages of the printed word and image: beautiful typography, high dwell time, the matte charm of ink on paper, the calming luxury of being ‘offline’. The magazine is a design object in and of itself.

The Happy Reader is a unique magazine about reading for anyone who wishes to stay inspired, informed and entertained. With beautiful typography, the magazine is a design object which celebrates the pure pleasure of reading and the calming luxury of being offline. Each issue is split into two halves. The first half is an in-depth interview with a book fanatic and the second half gets under the skin of one classic work of literature. The concept of the magazine is excitingly simple: the first half is a long-form interview with a notable book fanatic and the second half explores one Penguin Classics title from an array of surprising and invigorating angles, through fashion, art, lifestyle, history, film and more. The Happy Reader is published four times per year. The magazine is centred on the concept of ‘precious print’, as embodied by Penguin Classics and Fantastic Man. It explores the myriad advantages of the printed word and image: beautiful typography, high dwell time, the matte charm of ink on paper, the calming luxury of being ‘offline’. The magazine is a design object in and of itself.

Content

PART 1
Page numbers
Snippets
The Interview: MOSES SUMNEY by Jia Tolentino — ‘It’s a bit weird to talk to you, because I feel like I know you’
Recent reads
Less recent reads

PART 2
Story of a book
Readings by Elif Shafak — Entranced by a gender-flipping amorous whirlwind
Interview by Ayşegül Sert — ‘He’d find all this attention very amusing’
Epoch by David Selim Sayers — Put it on the lost generation shelf
Four artworks by Julie Verhoeven, Liz Johnson Artut, Banu Cennetoğlu and Viviane Sassen
Appendix
Letters
Now it’s Middlemarch o’clock

Details: The Happy Reader – Issue 16

64 pages, 24.5 × 17 cm, Softcover