A look back at another time when adult coloring books were all the rage — and more subversive than supposedly stress-relieving. Have the holidays disrupted your exercise routine? FYI, here s how long ...

Coloring isn’t just for kids anymore — it’s now a genuine pastime for adults, too. If you’d like to unwind with one of your favorite childhood hobbies, try a coloring book made just for grown-ups.

Johanna Basford's intricate hand-drawn coloring books for adults have sold nearly 1.5 million copies worldwide. Courtesy of Johanna Basford/Laurence King Adulthood seems to be having a regressive ...

A few years ago, Scottish illustrator Johanna Basford made her living creating complex black-and-white drawings for brands like Nike and Absolut Vodka. Her clients would joke about wanting to color ...

Atop the Amazon bestselling books list this month sat an unexpected title: “Secret Garden.” It wasn’t Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 novel about a sour little girl’s magical place, making a book club ...

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Coloring Book Day is celebrated nationally August 2 each year. There is something magical and soothing between the pages of a coloring book, whether it’s a Disney princess coloring book or a ...

WASHINGTON — The amateur artists can be found coloring in airport lounges, doctor’s office waiting rooms and while they watch TV shows at home. They are forming coloring meetup groups at libraries and ...

The adult coloring book craze that started at the beginning of 2015 shows no sign of slowing down. Lost Ocean, Johanna Basford’s newest book (and her first published by Penguin), sold more than 55,000 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. In 2015, adult coloring books became the dark horse of the ...