Membership of The Folio Society entitles you to a host of special benefits. First of all, you can accept one of our special membership offers. In exchange for this special offer, you are asked to purchase 4 books - there is no obligation to buy anything further. And as a member, you can then look forward to the following:
MEMBER BENEFITS
New publications We publish over 80 new fiction and non-fiction editions a year. These, and reissues of popular out-of print editions, are always made available to our members first.
Preferential pricing We guarantee that our members will always receive the best price on new books. If a friend admires your Folio titles, remind them that they’ll always get the best deal by becoming a member.
Seasonal sales A wonderful way to build up your collection, or to pick up the occasional bargain at half price or even less, we run seasonal sales of Folio editions and selected books from other leading publishers.
The FOLIO Magazine Published twice a year, the FOLIO magazine features specially commissioned articles offering fresh literary insight. This year, each new issue of the magazine will also be published online alongside archived editions and articles exclusive to the website.
Exclusive gifts At the launch of every new publishing year, a selection of special gifts is offered to members. There are further exclusive gifts available throughout the year – our way of saying an extra thank you for your continued support.
‘Please keep up the fantastic work and I look forward to many more purchases over the coming years.’
If you are in London, please come and visit The Folio Society Members Room which provides the perfect opportunity to browse through the current collection of Folio editions in peace and quiet or chat to our friendly knowlegable staff; you'll always be very welcome.
The Members Room is situated in Holborn in the heart of London.
Closest tube station: Holborn (Piccadilly & Central Lines)
Folio member room map adapted from Google Maps click link to view.
MEMBER EVENTS
We participate in literary events throughout the year, notably several of the UK’s leading festivals. Recent events include sponsored talks at the Charleston and Cheltenham Festivals for which we set aside a number of tickets for Folio members. In summer we sponsor a further events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Other recent highlights have included a private view of an exhibition at the British Library, Henry VIII: Man & Monarch, guest-curated by Dr David Starkey. To mark our publication of 3 facsimiles from King Henry's library, we were given a special opportunity to invite our London-based limited edition buyers to see the exhibition outside normal hours, and to enjoy refreshments in the Library's Folio Society Gallery.
We hosted a Mappa Mundi Evening at the British Library, where members were invited to look and handle our reproduction of the Hereford World Map, as well as our other Limited editions while enjoying a glass or two of wine and canapés.
And members are always invited to our annual Christmas Pies and Mulled Wine evening in the Members room to discover festive specials and purchase those last minute gifts.
Any new events will be advertised to members in advance via the Folio Newsletter.
Testimonials
Press Reviews
‘The Folio Society has produced fine, distinguished, elegant, handsome, collectable editions: to those who 'love books', it is a thrilling imprint.’ The Times
‘[Folio books] force you to stop in your tracks and luxuriate in the experience of reading a superb edition.’ The Daily Telegraph
‘Thanks so much for bringing the brand new Folio Never Let Me Go. Everything about it is wonderful – there's not one thing I'd wish different … Kate Miller's illustrationsthroughout are terrific – subtly gorgeous and full of poignance. And Claire Messud'sintroduction … becomes really quite profound and moving in what it has to say … I can't tell you how proud I am Never Let Me Go has now received the Folio treatment!’ Kazuo Ishiguro, author of Never Let Me Go
‘Books have been published for me since 1952; I have never seen one better turned out as a piece of typography and book production.’ Martin Foote, author of SOE
‘Being published by The Folio Society is not only a dazzling honour - it's an eye-opener. They begin at the beginning they copy-edit as if it has never been copy-edited before, they discover any number of inaccuracies and self-contradictions that got through the first time, and they continually ask the question that every author dreads most - “And what exactly did you mean by this?” As for the illustrations, once again they start from scratch; they consult, they discuss, they find marvellous new pictures you've never seen before, they print them so that they sing aloud and – wonder of wonders – they take as much trouble over the captions as they do over the text itself.By the time it's all over you feel as if you'd written the whole bloody thing all over again - but what a reward you hold in your hands...’ John Julius Norwich, author of Byzantium
‘Long may The Folio Society go on tempting us with pleasure.’ Philip Pullman, author of The His Dark Materials Trilogy
‘Love this Folio illustrated The Handmaid’s Tale! This is now the definitive edition.’ Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale
‘I would like to offer The Folio Society my heartfelt thanks for this magnificent English languageedition of my book Medieval Civilisation ... I would personally like to thank my friend Umberto Eco for his introduction, which I greatly enjoyed. Once again, many thanks to you for this edition, a wonderful gift and a great source of pleasure to me.’ Jacques Le Goff, author of Medieval Civilisation
‘The books offered by The Folio Society are a hallmark of excellence and a great joy to have in ones library. The quality of the artist illustrations, fine paper stock and print type selected for each book, all adds to a rich reward for those of us who will always love books and hold them in the highest regard. Thank you for affording me a lifetime of pleasure in owning and reading your fine books.’ Michael Dodd Gurley, USA
‘I just received my first order and the books are even more beautiful than I imagined. Just wonderful.’ T. Hunt, N. Ireland
‘Receiving the fine editions from The Folio Society is one of my guilty pleasures!’ David Landers, Canada
‘Perfection is what we members have come to expect from the finest private publisher in the world. I intend to be a lifetime member. Keep up the good work!’ Marc Bagwell, USA
‘I do not possess words enough to adequately describe my pleasure at being a member and receiving books from The Folio Society. These books are treasures that will be handed down to my children to enjoy.’ William C. Young III, USA
'I must say, being something of a bibliofile, I think the books you publish are absolutely exquisite.' Di Holland, UK
'The books are of astonishing quality, never disappoint and always demonstrate superlative craftsmanship and careful quality control. The book design and quality of materials used are commendable and remain a FS strength. The papers are carefully chosen and are a pleasure to the touch, typefaces chosen are interesting and appropriate and bindings are elegant.' JMK, USA
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