and now we are going to have a party: nicola griffith

2007

A memoir of author Nicola Griffith presented as an elaborate and interactive box of memories.

Published by Jacob McMurray's small art press Payseur & Schmidt, And Now We Are Going to Have a Party by Nicola Griffith was a collaboration between McMurray, P&S co-founder Therese Littleton, and Nicola Griffith. McMurray designed the box and all the components, which include: a CD of Nicola’s songs from her early 1980s new wave band Janes Plane, three scratch-and-sniff cards detailing scents particular to specific wheres and whens in Nicola’s life, a letterpressed preface card by Dorothy Allison, a fold-out poster of a collage Nicola made in her early years in Catholic school, a signing sheet masquerading as a baby photo, a facsimile of the first book that she ever created, and five volumes of her memoir, all housed in die-cut box and secured by a printed band.

Winner of the 2007 Lambda Award for Best Women’s Memoir.

Scope: book design, packaging