Catnip Magazine

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”.

Ursula K. Le Guin writes in the voice of her new kitten, Claire L. Evans asks whether we are really hearing what cats say, Lauren Cochrane and Rebecca Thomas follow the working cats of London, and Kathryn Hughes explains how Louis Wain changed the way we picture cats.

Also in this volume: a pet detective on how lost cats are found, a collector's home full of Siamese cat figurines, the story behind Why Cats Paint, and a bookshop with a cat in residence.

208 pages, perfect bound, with a die cut, an insert, a sticker sheet and special print finishes. About 21 by 28.5 cm.