John Sutherland on World Fiction
The GBP – the Great British Public – is undergoing a historic change in its reading practices. The canary in the cage evidence is in ...
The GBP – the Great British Public – is undergoing a historic change in its reading practices. The canary in the cage evidence is in ...
One of my favourite bookshops is Rye Books in East Dulwich. I often pop in to browse around, and I am always impressed by the ...
The inaugural Folio Prize was awarded at a glittering event this evening at the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London to George Saunders for Tenth of ...
Jemma Lewis talked to us about the process of hand marbling paper for our Letterpress Shakespeare series. In this beautiful process droplets of oil ...
We asked naturalist David Attenborough and authors Joanna Trollope and Michael Clark, as well as notable editors, filmmakers and bloggers: 'what do you love ...
Neil Packer illustrated Shakespeare’s The Complete Plays for the new Folio limited edition, published to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the First Folio. In this fascinating blog, Packer selects three of his favourite illustrations and reveals how he transformed his ideas to the page.
The Folio edition of The Northern Lights (or The Golden Compass in the US and Canada) includes illustrations drawn by the brilliant Philip Pullman. In this blog, Pullman explains for Folio readers how he created these incredible black-and-white images, and the inspiration behind them.
It’s that time of year when millions of young people are tentatively peeling open envelopes that will lead them towards the next stage in their life. Whatever the outcome, the years of study and surviving the stressful exam period are worthy of celebration … and what better gift than a beautiful book?