Truely’ Great Little Books

Danny & Mary wrote: Our business started as a hobby in New Zealand in 1996. Three countries later, it has developed into a thriving cottage industry in Victoria, BC. We have numerous titles, to which we are adding all the time, that we carry as a regular line.

These include sketchbooks, notebooks, diaries, gratitude journals, romantic books for lovers, guest books, photo albums and more. As well, we do unique one-off projects, either of our own creation or as special commissions.

We are professional, full-time artisans, and we have exhibited at numerous fairs, craft shows and festivals including: Bastion Square Festival of the Arts, Filberg Festival, Circle Craft, Out of Hand, Creative Chaos, Butterdome, Touch of Saltspring, Gifts for Myself and Others, Kris Kringle and Victoria Pride Festival. Our work can also be found in a small selection of finer galleries and gift shops such as Side Street Studio.

In today’s world, books are easy and cheap to mass-produce. It’s much more efficient than when it was done by hand . . . but in that efficiency, we have lost something. A mechanically produced book may look nice and be lovely to read, but it contains nothing of the person who made it.
When an artist creates, their creation acquires just a little of their essence, their spirit, their soul. So it is when we design and hand-bind a book. Each book has just a little of us in it, and that sharing of ourselves enriches us as well as the recipient.
Danny & MaryThose Great Little Books