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Literalogue: A visual guide to literary movements, celebrating over 100 writers

Literalogue is a new visual guide to literary movements consisting of 100 portraits of poets, authors and writers available as beautiful posters and postcards. It covers 40 of the major and several lesser known literary movements, spanning five centuries.

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Hands holding a Literalogue postcard box printed with colourful portraits of writers arranged in a grid behind it

Created by London architect and designer John O'Sullivan, the colourful portraits all come with a motivational quote, ideal for hanging on a wall. The accompanying postcard box entails all 100 writers and includes a bio about each writer and a list of their most well known books, doing all the work for you when you want to find out what to read next. What's more, the colour of each writer's nose indicates to which movement he or she belongs, making it easy for you to discover new reads if you are nosy about similar writers.

Literalogue is also on Kickstarter for 30 days with a range of rewards (as well as Early Bird rewards) until 17th June 2015. If you love the look of this project, then show your support and back the Kickstarter campaign. In the meantime, watch the video below to discover more about the project or visit www.literalogue.com.

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Literalogue postcards and posters displayed on a windowsill next to a typewriter, dried flowers and plant cuttings in glass jars
Literalogue postcard box with rainbow-coloured gradient spine displayed on top of illustrated literary movement posters featuring colourful portraits and motivational quotes
Literalogue postcard box in pastel colours alongside a portrait poster of a writer with a green nose and dried flowers in a decorative vase
Literalogue posters and postcards displayed on a wooden surface, featuring colourful minimalist portraits of writers with motivational quotes, alongside a postcard box and design materials
Literalogue postcard collection and box displayed on a wooden surface, showing colourful illustrated portraits of writers with quotes and colour-coded noses representing different literary movements
Literalogue posters and postcards featuring colourful portrait illustrations of literary figures displayed together, with motivational quote cards overlaid on top
Six framed portraits from Literalogue featuring stylised illustrated faces of writers in pastel colours, with coloured noses indicating their literary movements, hung on a white wall beside potted plants
Stack of books including James Joyce's Ulysses next to a Literalogue poster and postcard box, with dried flowers in a vase behind
Framed Literalogue portrait poster displayed on a shelf alongside stacked books, a rainbow bookmark and dried flowers in a glass vase
Literalogue postcard box and colourful illustrated portrait cards of writers arranged in an overlapping display, showing diverse literary figures with different coloured noses representing different literary movements
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