A Stitch Out of Time

Anaïs Beaulieu after studying at Arts Décoratifs de Limoges, Anaïs worked as a bookbinder for several years where she developed an interest in children's books and art education. She explored these in her seven years with the celebrated publishing house Les Trois Ourses. Anaïs' work is also informed by her travels, especially in Africa, which strengthened her interest in craft and the links it can create between people. It was also here that she resumed her childhood love for embroidery, and where the idea for this book was germinated. Anaïs now lives and works in Montreuil. This is her first Tara book.

Gita Wolf was born in Calcutta but educated in different cities in India, including New Delhi, Hyderabad, and Bangalore. She received her Masters degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Erlangen/Nuerenberg, Germany. In 1994, she started Tara Books, as an independent publishing house based in India. Beginning with The Very Hungry Lion in 1995, she has written over 20 books for children and adults. Several have won major international awards and been translated into multiple languages. Her book, Do! was honoured with the prestigious BolognaRagazzi New Horizons award. Another title, Gobble You Up went on to win the Aesop award.

Tara Books is an independent publishing house started in 1994 by Gita Wolf and specialising in the visual arts. Still, many of the books published by Tara Books defy strict genre classification—with titles ranging from children’s picture books, through graphic novels, to photography and book art.