"[A] highly imaginative and ebulliently romantic illustrator and storyteller." --Booklist The internationally bestselling author of Griffin & Sabine presents a mysterious manuscript: one hundred strange little stories, consisting of exactly one hundred words each, for reasons as yet unknown. Strange characters slip through alleyways, walls, and homes. Eerie streets swallow people whole. Events of an entirely unexpected nature play out in entirely quotidian ways. Glimpses of other worlds, vignettes of curious lives, contemplations of passing moments, all accompanied by odd randomized icons. The origin of these one hundred one-hundred-word stories, and the strange little iconographic images that accompany them, is cloudy--at best. The manuscript was reportedly found in an attic, in North London, stuffed into a battered cardboard box that was wrapped in brown paper. One hundred sheets of typed, double-spaced pages, along with a group of petroglyphic images . . . and the rest is up to you. . . .
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This author explores profound human emotions and the mysteries of existence through his innovative work, which often merges text and visual art. His creations, characterized by a distinctive style and novel concepts, challenge readers to contemplate the nature of relationships and identity. Experiences across diverse artistic disciplines, from painting to sculpture, enrich his unique narrative approach.






- 2023
- 2021
The Archeo
- 192 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Build Your Inner Life with a Cast of Colorful Archetypes New York Times bestselling author and artist Nick Bantock presents a groundbreaking oracle deck that helps you create your personal mythology. Picture your inner life as a hero's quest and this deck as your band of faithful companions. The Archeo includes 40 stunning archetype cards, a full-color guidebook detailing each one's skills, gifts, and personalities, and two blank cards to make your own archetypal characters. Featuring mesmerizing artworks that spark the imagination, this marvelous deck guides you in discovering your full potential as a person of many parts. Kit includes a 40-card deck and 204-page color guidebook. About the included Ask the Alchemist to help you see beyond the mundane. Navigate through your complex emotions and thoughts with the Illuminator at your side. Let the Warrior protect you and give you courage. Delving into the attributes and personas of all 40 archetype cards, this full-color companion book shows you how to maximize your personal mythology. New York Times bestselling author and artist Nick Bantock guides you through the deck, revealing the myriad of ways these archetypes can help you reach your full potential. He shows you how to work with the cards and shares a short tale for each Archeo that gives you an even deeper understanding of it. This book is your road map to an epic hero's journey.
- 2018
Dubious Documents
- 16 pages
- 1 hour of reading
From the creator of the bestselling Griffin & Sabine series comes a visual epistolary puzzle posed by a mysterious character named Magnus Berlin. Readers must study Berlin's introductory note, list of clues, and 16 multifaceted notes and envelopes to decode cryptic anagrams, picturegrams, number puzzles, and wordplay. When solved, each clue reveals one word-but the rest remains a mystery. Packaged inside a folio with a tuck-in flap cover, spine stitching, and all 16 envelopes bound, Dubious Documents is an art object, keepsake, and puzzle in one treasured volume, and a distinctive gift or self-purchase for fans of puzzles, riddles, and anyone who enjoys an exquisitely designed challenge.
- 2014
The Trickster's Hat
- 194 pages
- 7 hours of reading
"In The Trickster's Hat, bestselling author of the Griffin & Sabine trilogy Nick Bantock invites you to lose yourself in order to become a better creator. Inspired by Nick's popular and mischievous workshops, the book's fourty-nine perceptive exercises will encourage you to forget your destination while you meander through the wonderous world that awaits you in the periphery of your mind's eye.."--back cover.
- 2014
Das neue Projekt von Bestseller-Autor Nick Bantock ist ein Kreativ-Workshop, der eine abenteuerliche Reise zur eigenen Kreativität darstellt. Bekannt durch sein erstes Pop-up-Buch hat Bantock die Herzen seiner Leser erobert und bietet nun eine Plattform für Kunst, Selbstfindung und die Kraft der Imagination. Basierend auf erfolgreichen Kreativ-Workshops, die er seit Jahren leitet, verfolgt er die Prämisse: Alle Kunst führt zur Seele. Seine Bilder sind spielerisch und einladend, und er lädt die Leser ein, auf eine spannende emotionale Reise zu gehen, bei der sie sich selbst entdecken. Um neue Wege zu erkunden, gibt er inspirierende Übungen an die Hand, die der Fantasie keine Grenzen setzen. Auf dieser Tour zum Selbst wird das eigene kreative Potenzial wie ein Schatz gehoben, und Überraschungen sind garantiert. Für Bantock ist jeder ein Künstler, und er betont, dass Kunst ein spiritueller Prozess ist, der vom Engagement abhängt. Jede Erfahrung wird zur Nahrung für die Kunst, und letztlich lehrt Kunst, was das Leben bedeutet.
- 1997
The Forgetting Room
- 112 pages
- 4 hours of reading
.".. to my grandson, Armon Hurt, I leave my house in Ronda, Spain and the uncertainty of its contents. May he discover his belonging." -- From the last will and testament of Rafael HurtagoSo begins Nick Bantock's latest novel, in which readers are invited to delve into the journal of Armon Hurt, a sad, discontented man who discovers his inner fire. When his artist grandfather dies, leaving him the family home in Spain, Armon travels to Andalusia with the intention of selling the property. Once there, however, he finds a sealed cardboard case containing a small oil painting and a surreal booklet.As he examines these mysterious artifacts, Armon realizes that he is holding both his grandfather's last communication to him and a puzzle. He begins to decipher the conundrum, and as each new answer leads to more questions, Armon finds himself painting furiously in his grandfather's old studio strangely compelled to create a picture that is somehow linked to his legacy.Featuring paintings, drawings, collages and paper foldouts, this in no ordinary novel. Captivatingly imagined and genuinely memorable in its deeply personal account of a man in search of himself, "The Forgetting Room" is a handmade treasure, a seamless blend of artistry and language and a tantalizing read.
- 1997
Die ersten beiden Bände dieser Trilogie begeistern mit traumhaften Bildern und fesselndem Text. Der letzte Band bringt den spannenden Briefwechsel der beiden Künstler zu einem überraschenden Abschluss. Kritiker loben die Reihe als geheimnisvolle Liebesgeschichte und bibliophiles Gesamtkunstwerk.
- 1997
Die Wiederentdeckung der Leidenschaft
- 131 pages
- 5 hours of reading
- 1996
Mit aussagekräftigen, traumartigen Bildern und packendem Text haben die ersten beiden Bände dieser außergewöhnlichen Trilogie die schöpferische Phantasie der Leser und literarischen Kritiker auf der ganzen Welt in Atem gehalten. -Cosmopolitan- meinte -Die geheimnisvollste Liebesgeschichte des Jahres-, der -Stern- zählte sie zu den -schönsten Büchern des Frühherbstes- und -Elle- schrieb: -Ein bibliophiles Gesamtkunstwerk-.§Nun, in diesem letzten Band, wird der quälende Briefwechsel der beiden Künstler zu einem überraschenden Abschluß gebracht.
- 1995




