Winter texts is the publishing practice of book-designer and writer Conner Bouchard-Roberts, based out on the Olympic Peninsula.
Founded sometime between 2013 & 2018, (most likely on Haines and Nanya's couch) I cultivate, design, publish and distribute odd and meaningful books of all sorts. I am endlessly fascinated with the form of a book and how these objects are located in our particular time, language, and place.
I print in editions of 300 copies or less.
I am always learning and changing, making mistakes and trying again.
I strive to make beautiful and meaningful shit with beautiful and meaningful people in a beautiful and meaningful world.
Principles/manifesto (as sketched on a napkin on the OR coast in winter):
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Books can be sacred
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What makes a book sacred is a tangle of context, form, & content
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Books are dialogic
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Publishing books is an artistic practice
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The name that can be said is not the true name
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The way that is marked is not the true way
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Collaboration is dialogic:
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marked by rhythm, experimentation and compassion
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Only printed books
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Respect and care for the reader
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Books can/should convey value in a deeply felt way
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There are things more valuable than money
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A book’s true home is in the gift economy