A Book Art ExhibitionBy Can GöknilIt used to be a notebook, resting in a dark drawer of a desk, watching the book case from the keyhole.“These books on the shelf must have been notebooks prior to being published.Just “jotted down” ideas with a few sketches here and there.

Pages with ink drawings always look nicer than the ones filled just with notes. A writer simply tears off a page if something is not to his/her liking. Nobody cares about the paper in the wastebasket. This is a way of life for notebooks.”This one used to be much thicker but now so many of its pages were gone. What if it disappears alltogether?“No one tears the pages of a book. Even the old ones are of value for the book dealers,” was the favorite thought of the notebook in the desk drawer.This was exactly why the notebook desired to get published, maybe even be in a hardcover, carry the odour of printing inks. Having a bookmark of its own would be a real delight! If it coud only meet an editor... Well, luck was on its side and the notebook managed to get published with its remaining pages. Never did become a bestseller but it was read widely! It was so popular that it had its own fan club. Eventually these readers gave him a wonderful gift: A book-house! A place of its own.If you would like to see this unique place, visit Gallery Apel in Galatasaray on April 3rd, 2010. You are welcome on any other date until the first of May.