Catnip Magazine

A magazine for cat people.

Two collectible volumes, sold as a pre-order and delivered within 3 to 4 days of ordering.

Volume
Regular price AED 182.00
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Pre-order. Delivered within 3 to 4 days of ordering, separately from any grass box. Delivery is AED 10, free with two or more items.

From the publisher

Meet Catnip, a magazine for a unique breed of cat people. This 216-page collectible publication paws at the paradoxes of a creature that embodies playfulness and repose, wildness and domesticity, the every day and the absurd. With catlike curiosity and feline flair, we go to the kittiest corners of the world to scratch the surface of cat culture and uncover the many reasons why cats enchant us.

Inside Catnip: cat behaviorist Kristiina Wilson on cattitude adjustments, Catluminati on the art of the catwalk, photographer Masayuki Oki’s feral cats of Japan, Claire L. Evans on pre-meme internet cats, Jami Nakamura Lin on the year her daughter became a cat, and Lauren Oster on whether robot cats dream of wireless mice. Plus: the subversive art of catnaps, a hair-raising history of hairballs, ASMeowR, cat ladies of all stripes, a pull-out mewsletter by cats and for cats, and much more.

216 pages, perfect bound, with surprise die cuts, insert, and artful print treatments. Measures 8.25” x 11.25”.

Both volumes are about 21 by 28.5 cm and bound like a book, with die cuts, an insert and special print finishes. Volume 1 has 216 pages and Volume 2 has 208, with a sticker sheet. Each weighs about 800 g.

This is a pre-order. Your copy is delivered within 3 to 4 days of ordering, anywhere in the UAE.

The magazine travels on its own. If your order also has a grass box, the box arrives on its usual schedule and the magazine follows separately.

Delivery is AED 10, and free when your order has two or more items.

Regular price AED 182.00
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At home with Catnip

Read by the cat first

We photographed our own copies at home, and a very curious kitten reviewed them before we could: a paw on the pages, a stretch across both covers and a long, careful look at the spreads.

A fluffy grey kitten pressing a paw onto an open Catnip spread of kittens
A fluffy grey kitten stretched out across a stack of Catnip magazines
Catnip Volume 1 on a table beside a blue mug and a dish of wooden beads
Inside the pages

Over 400 pages, all about cats

Essays, photography and art about cats: their folklore, their habits, their history, and the people who share a home with them. Made to be kept, and easy to give.

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    Volume 1 · Do Robot Cats Dream of Wireless Mice?
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    Volume 2 · Cats About Town
  • Catnip Magazine - Sprouties
    Volume 1 · The Year We Became Cats
  • Catnip Magazine - Sprouties
    Volume 2 · Cat People
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    Volume 1 · Cat Pictures, Please
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    Volume 2 · The Bookshop Cat
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    Volume 1 · On the Cat Walk
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    Volume 2 · Look Twice
Two volumes

Pick a volume, or have both

Order both and delivery is free.

Volume 1 · 216 pages

Folklore, catnaps and the cats of Japan

  • Feline folklore and fairy tales
  • The feral cats of Japan, photographed by Masayuki Oki
  • Cat behaviour questions answered by Kristiina Wilson
  • A guide to planting a garden for a cat
Volume 2 · 208 pages

Ursula K. Le Guin, Louis Wain and London's working cats

  • Ursula K. Le Guin writing in the voice of her new kitten
  • How Louis Wain changed the way we picture cats
  • How a pet detective finds lost cats
  • A sticker sheet tucked inside
Catnip Magazine - Sprouties
Jardin du Chat, Volume 1
From Volume 1

A garden for your cat

Volume 1 has a guide to planting a small garden for a cat, with catnip, valerian, cat thyme and silver vine.

Fresh cat grass belongs in it too. Ours is organic, grown in the UAE and delivered fresh in a box.