Lauren Simkin Berke
@lsberke.bsky.social
Drawer, illustrator, educator, maker of images & things. Zine Making & Bookbinding: A Beginner's Guide in 25 Projects coming in March 2026 from Chronicle Books.
"Who Dat?" a photocopied zine on vellum.
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
"Who Dat?" a photocopied zine on vellum.
I have an illustration in the November issue of Harper's Magazine, for a piece by Joy Williams contemplating the last days of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa. The online version of the issue was just released, and I believe it will be on newsstands next week. harpers.org/archive/2025...
One Four Two Five Old Sunset Trail, by Joy Williams
On the last days of Gene Hackman
harpers.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I have an illustration in the November issue of Harper's Magazine, for a piece by Joy Williams contemplating the last days of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa. The online version of the issue was just released, and I believe it will be on newsstands next week. harpers.org/archive/2025...
Futzing around with possible adaptations of What Is It? A handmade abecedarian I made in late summer.
October 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Futzing around with possible adaptations of What Is It? A handmade abecedarian I made in late summer.
Looking forward to speaking at 3x3's Nuts & Bolts conference next month. nutsandboltsconf.com
October 18, 2025 SVA Graduate Center New York City
nutsandboltsconf.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Looking forward to speaking at 3x3's Nuts & Bolts conference next month. nutsandboltsconf.com
My Etsy shop is finally open after being closed all summer. While I have a handful of items for sale, it's really the choking poster than anyone buys...
www.etsy.com/shop/simkinb...
www.etsy.com/shop/simkinb...
September 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My Etsy shop is finally open after being closed all summer. While I have a handful of items for sale, it's really the choking poster than anyone buys...
www.etsy.com/shop/simkinb...
www.etsy.com/shop/simkinb...
I will be exhibiting at BOOKSMART, as part of the Art on Paper fair, which opens tomorrow evening. Located at Pier 36 (299 South St, NY, NY), with public hours Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. More details can be found here: ny.thepaperfair.com/booksmart/
September 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I will be exhibiting at BOOKSMART, as part of the Art on Paper fair, which opens tomorrow evening. Located at Pier 36 (299 South St, NY, NY), with public hours Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. More details can be found here: ny.thepaperfair.com/booksmart/
New die cut stickers... objects from childhood. My copy of the Joy of Signing, and a Steinlen poster that was up in my kitchen growing up.
August 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
New die cut stickers... objects from childhood. My copy of the Joy of Signing, and a Steinlen poster that was up in my kitchen growing up.
What Is It? A new silly handmade alphabet book.
August 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
What Is It? A new silly handmade alphabet book.
I'll be exhibiting again as part of BOOKSMART at the Art on Paper fair in early September.
ny.thepaperfair.com/booksmart/
ny.thepaperfair.com/booksmart/
August 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I'll be exhibiting again as part of BOOKSMART at the Art on Paper fair in early September.
ny.thepaperfair.com/booksmart/
ny.thepaperfair.com/booksmart/
Zine Making & Bookbinding is currently number 1 in new releases in Book Making & Binding on Amazon ("new releases" including forthcoming titles available for preorder).
www.amazon.com/Zine-Making-...
www.amazon.com/Zine-Making-...
August 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Zine Making & Bookbinding is currently number 1 in new releases in Book Making & Binding on Amazon ("new releases" including forthcoming titles available for preorder).
www.amazon.com/Zine-Making-...
www.amazon.com/Zine-Making-...
Apparently Zine Making & Bookbinding, my forthcoming book with Chronicle Books, is already available for presale. If you order through Bookshop.org they're listing it at a slight discount. The release date is March 31st, 2026. bookshop.org/p/books/zine...
Zine Making and Bookbinding: A Beginner's Guide in 25 Projects
A Beginner's Guide in 25 Projects
bookshop.org
August 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Apparently Zine Making & Bookbinding, my forthcoming book with Chronicle Books, is already available for presale. If you order through Bookshop.org they're listing it at a slight discount. The release date is March 31st, 2026. bookshop.org/p/books/zine...
The morning I woke up with mosquito bites on my eyelids, sometime in the mid 1980s.
August 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The morning I woke up with mosquito bites on my eyelids, sometime in the mid 1980s.
Drawings of photos I took outside the Sullivan Street Playhouse after seeing The Fantasticks for my 6th birthday.
August 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Drawings of photos I took outside the Sullivan Street Playhouse after seeing The Fantasticks for my 6th birthday.
A drawing of the Sullivan Street Playhouse circa 1985.
August 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A drawing of the Sullivan Street Playhouse circa 1985.
New stickers ordered yesterday. Hopefully they'll arrive in time for BOOKSMART in early Septetmber (part of the Art on Paper fair).
August 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
New stickers ordered yesterday. Hopefully they'll arrive in time for BOOKSMART in early Septetmber (part of the Art on Paper fair).
Reposted by Lauren Simkin Berke
The same company that's buying CBS (and needs Trump's approval to do so) is also trying to buy Bari Weiss' website. It's a political decision.
What a time for CBS to cancel Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” and blame it on a “purely financial decision”: variety.com/2025/tv/news...
CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’
CBS said it planned to cancel Stephen Colbert's Late Show after next season, citing the weakening finances of late night
variety.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The same company that's buying CBS (and needs Trump's approval to do so) is also trying to buy Bari Weiss' website. It's a political decision.
Some book cover practice, in preparation for an upcoming fall course.
July 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Some book cover practice, in preparation for an upcoming fall course.
Summer zucchini flower update.
July 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Summer zucchini flower update.