✒️ Becky Isjwara

Wishlist ✨

A running list of things I'd love — for birthdays, holidays, or just because. No pressure, no obligation. Mostly here so I stop forgetting the things I spot and want.

Updated 16 August 2026

Prices are rough guides in GBP so you can filter by budget — check the link for what it actually costs today.

Blackwing × Disney — Mickey and Friends Collection

Blackwing × Disney — Mickey and Friends Collection

£30–85

Special-edition Blackwing pencils in a Disney collab, featuring Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy, and Pluto. Gift sets come with 6 pencils, a themed sharpener, point guard, and a coordinating notebook.

blackwing602.com
Field Notes — Archival Wooden Box

Field Notes — Archival Wooden Box

~£38

A solid birch box built to archive Field Notes memo books — holds 60+ of them, with letterpressed divider tabs and a heat-branded sliding lid. A keepsake for anyone who hoards little notebooks.

fieldnotesbrand.com
American Hagwon — Min Jin Lee

American Hagwon — Min Jin Lee

£25

Min Jin Lee's third novel, and the one I've been waiting years for. Out 29 September 2026 from 4th Estate — so this one's a preorder.

harpercollins.co.uk
Taipei Story — R.F. Kuang

Taipei Story — R.F. Kuang

£22

Kuang doing literary coming-of-age instead of fantasy: a Yale student spends a summer studying Chinese in Taipei and runs into her grandfather's past. Out 8 September 2026 — preorder.

waterstones.com
The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories — Ken Liu

The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories — Ken Liu

£20

Fifteen new stories from Ken Liu on imagination, identity, and connection. UK hardback out 3 September 2026 — also a preorder.

kenliu.name
The Korean Vegan Cookbook — Joanne Lee Molinaro

The Korean Vegan Cookbook — Joanne Lee Molinaro

~£22

A one-of-a-kind cookbook that celebrates how deeply food and family shape our identity — 80+ plant-based Korean recipes woven with personal stories. James Beard Award winner and NYT bestseller.

thekoreanvegan.com
Cooking With Vegetables — Jesse Jenkins

Cooking With Vegetables — Jesse Jenkins

~£26

Jesse Jenkins' debut cookbook: 100+ inventive recipes that start with one humble vegetable and end up somewhere delicious. Sunday Times bestseller, and Jamie Oliver calls it a love letter to mighty veg.

panmacmillan.com