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28/08/2023

Join author and photographer TIKI TOM-TOM on an immersive road trip to visit 75 home Tiki bars, sharing tales of the slightly obsessed and always fun Polynesiacs who have been inspired to create their own tropical escapes.

Available at WonkPress.com

Music by Mr. Moai & The Tikiheads

30/07/2023

We are incredibly excited to share that our book, Modern Caribbean Rum has won the 2023 Spirited Award for "Best New Book on Drinks Culture, History, or Spirits" at Tales of the Cocktail.

25/07/2023

What a wonderful sight to see our books, Modern Caribbean Rum and Minimalist Tiki - A Modern Take on Tiki/Tropical, appear front and center at the Tales of the Cocktail bookstore!

03/07/2023

My latest story on Rum Wonk shares some background on Réunion Island rum and the grand arôme style before diving into Holmes Cay's new Grand Arôme release.

Outside of locales where French is the local tongue, Réunion Island rum gets little fanfare from enthusiasts obsessed with the latest limited editions from Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, Martinique, etc. Set in the Indian Ocean, Réunion is just slightly bigger than Maui, smaller than Luxembourg, and h...

26/06/2023

Another milestone for WonkPress – with the first printing nearly all shipped out, the 2nd printing of Modern Caribbean Rum has arrived! No, there’s no new recipes. (Inside joke 😊)

And the 2nd printing of Tiki Tom Tom’s Polynesiacs will soon be landing on US shores. Exciting and busy times here!

Thank you to everyone who’s believed in what we’re doing at Wonk Press.

21/06/2023

We're very honored and proud that Modern Caribbean Rum is a 2023 Spirited Award Top 4 Finalist for Best New Book on Drinks Culture, History, or Spirits. This is the drinks industry equivalent of The Academy Awards.

Fingers crossed for the awards ceremony on July 27th!

20/06/2023

The Hukilau highlights: It was great to finally get my hands on Modern Caribbean Rum, the mammoth new book by CocktailWonk and Carrie Smith. Get yours now at WonkPress. More highlights at AtomicGrog.com or https://wp.me/p1xHjT-7rD

12/06/2023

A wonderful weekend at The Hukilau with Tiki Tom-Tom, author of Polynesiacs. As the publisher it was extremely gratifying to see the enthusiastic response and watch Tom sign so many books!

31/05/2023

At last! A half-pallet of Modern Caribbean Rum books and a sidecar of Minimalist Tiki's are headed across the pond to The Whisky Exchange!

We don't know when they'll arrive or the availability date, but it's finally happening!!!

26/05/2023

What success looks like for a small but growing publisher. The final batch of pre-ordered Polynesiacs by Tiki Tom-Tom has been dropped off to the shipping carriers. It was three long weeks catching up from the tidal wave of orders. Thank you to all who purchased a copy - or copies!

Now we turn our full attention to getting the next book ready for print. Stay tuned. 😎

And if you haven't purchased your Polynesiacs yet, now's a great time!

17/05/2023

We are incredibly grateful that Tiki Tom Tom's Polynesiacs has been incredibly well received and had so many orders. In fact, far more orders than we've been able to ship since it arrived 10 days ago.

Our life is filled with many, many boxes. And tape... miles of tape. And trips to the post office. We're pushing hard to get everyone's orders fulfilled as soon as possible.

This is the glamourous life of a small publisher, but we wouldn't have it any other way. Thank you for everyone who's believed in us over the years.

09/05/2023

Polynesiacs!!! The books have arrived, and shipments are underway at maximum daily capacity. We’ve had a TON of preorders – literally!

We know everyone is anxious for their order to arrive, and we’re moving through orders in the order received as quickly as possible. Each order requires several packing steps, and the post office isn’t open 24 hours, so getting all the preorders out may take up to 2 or 3 weeks - hopefully less, though!

You’ll know your order has shipped when you receive an email with a tracking number.

We can’t wait to get Tom’s amazing work into so many hands!

29/04/2023

Our Polynesiacs - Tiki at Home book (by Tiki Tom Tom) made its first public appearance yesterday at Arizona Tiki Oasis.

08/04/2023

More from Tiki Tom-Tom about what's in Polynesiacs - Tiki at Home.

03/04/2023

Another beautiful story from the author of our Polynesiacs book.

26/03/2023

Promoting and selling WonkPress books at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum today 1-5.

23/03/2023

The family is growing.

01/03/2023

Barbados: Often called the Birthplace of Rum.

26/02/2023

There's a reason why we're named Wonk Press - we don't shy away from tackling complicated topics and making them easy to understand. This is one reason we wrote Modern Caribbean Rum.

https://www.wonkpress.com/products/modern-caribbean-rum

03/02/2023

17/01/2023

Did you here our *third* book is on the horizon?

As fabulous as it is to read the history of rum or any spirit, when you want to drink, it need to know what is happening now. That is just what Modern Caribbean Rum: A Contemporary Reference to the Region's Essential Spirit tells you. Both author and designer talk about how they made this book come

13/12/2022

We've been shipping SO MANY Modern Caribbean Rum books lately. Our "large format" shipping cases are ramping up nicely.

56 Modern Caribbean Rum books making their way to their new owner today. Man, that was a lot of taping!