The Book
DESIDERATA
An Heirloom Colouring and Reflection Book
By Glen Moriston · Inspired by Max Ehrmann’s Desiderata
Overview
A book to be entered slowly,
returned to often and kept.
DESIDERATA gathers refined illustration, an enduring passage of Desiderata, a melodic insight and generous space for private reflection. Each spread is designed to be inhabited, coloured, written into and, if you wish, framed.
Inside
A left page to read.
A right page to inhabit.
The Heirloom Edition
Considered as one whole.
- Author
- Glen Moriston
- Publisher
- Brae Riach Press
- Trim size
- To be confirmed
- Page count
- To be confirmed
- Paper
- Uncoated heirloom stock, to be confirmed
- Binding
- Cloth-bound hardcover, to be confirmed
- Edition
- First edition, limited run
- Publication
- To be announced
- ISBN
- To be assigned
- Recommended media
- Pencils, fine liners, light watercolour
- Pages
- Single-sided details to be confirmed
Editable placeholders — final manufacturing specifications will be confirmed with the printer before publication.
An Author’s Note
Glen Moriston
[Author biography placeholder. This section is deliberately quiet until the final approved biography is supplied. It is intended to be private and literary rather than personality-driven.]
[A short note from the author on the making of the book will appear here.]
Frequently asked
What readers ask before the ascent.
The paper, binding, illustration and typographic care are all considered as one whole. It is designed to be kept, returned to and passed on — not to be finished and discarded.
Yes. The illustrations reward attention but do not demand a technical skill. The reflection pages are open enough for any reader.
Coloured pencils and fine liners are recommended. Light watercolour and pastels may also suit the paper — final paper specifications will be confirmed with the printer.
No. Every illustration is paired with a passage, a melodic insight and space for personal reflection. The book is as much a private reading as a private studio.
There is no prescribed method. Some readers respond to the questions directly; others use the space more freely — for a phrase, a memory, or nothing at all.
Framing details will depend on the final binding. We will confirm whether pages are single-sided or removable before publication.
The 1927 text of Desiderata by Max Ehrmann is in the public domain in the United States. Please review your local jurisdiction if you intend to reproduce it.
No. This publication is independently created and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the Max Ehrmann estate, any music publisher, recording artist or producer of any later adaptation.
Publication is being finalised. Join the First Edition List to be written to when the book is ready.
Shipping destinations will be announced with publication. To be confirmed.
A note on attribution
The 1927 text of “Desiderata” by Max Ehrmann is in the public domain in the United States. This publication is independently created and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the Max Ehrmann estate, any music publisher, recording artist or producer of any later adaptation.
(Editable — subject to final legal review.)
