Dodo Digest

Thank you SO much to the 890 people who responded to our Dodo Pad survey in February. I am delighted that two long time Dodo Padlers names came out of Lord Dodo’s hat and will be getting their 2024 Dodo Pad absolutely free. We never hear enough from Dodo Pad...

As 2023 is now properly underway, I would like to share with you a quick look back over the last year and a few thoughts for the year ahead. Some customers have asked for a bit more insight into what happens behind the scenes in our small business. This year...

We are grateful to Eve, a Dodo Padler of long standing, who started buying Dodo Pads directly from dodopad.com in 2021 and now regularly sends in dotty dodo ditties for our gentle amusement.  Last year she amused us with her 'poem', 'The First Flight of the Concordodo' and this year...

New sustainable vegan friendly leaf leather covers for Dodo Pad diaries and notebooks.

We recently conducted an email survey to get some input into our cover design direction dilemma debate. The debate has been raging in our virtual Dodo Towers for some weeks and your contribution has finally settled it.  Analysis has been underway day and night by the Dodo Data Dissection Department and...

Have you ever wished you could draw a Dodo?The legendary illustrator and compiler of the Dodo Pad, Naomi McBride, through whose talented hands Lord Dodo works, has put together a Five Step Guide for drawing your own Dodo.YOU can draw a Dodo! Naomi hand draws the Dodo Pad every year...

While Britain can’t quite decide whether to use Imperial or Metric measurements, we have a revolutionary new idea for weight measurements: The Dodo.  An extra large whole Christmas turkey at a British supermarket weighs around 8kg. A typical dodo waddling through the grasses and thickets of Mauritius was more than...

The Dodo Pad was invented by Sir John Verney (JV) - soldier, artist, illustrator, writer and building conservationist - first going on sale in December 1965 with the 1966 edition.  Still going strong in 2022, how much has changed in the creation of Dodo Pad between then and now?

At Dodo Pad we love writing to you all of our loyal DodoPadlers by email, but there is often far too much to say!

As a result we are launching the Dodo Digest for those who want to delve a little more into the world of Dodo Pad and Lord Dodo and stationery.