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 ...
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My favourite bookshop: Rye Books, East Dulwich
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 ...
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George Saunders wins the inaugural Folio Prize
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 ...
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The Art of Marbling - Crafting a beautiful book
Jemma Lewis talked to us about the process of hand marbling paper for our Letterpress Shakespeare series. In this beautiful process droplets of oil ...
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What do you love about books? - For the love of books
We asked naturalist David Attenborough and authors Joanna Trollope and Michael Clark, as well as notable editors, filmmakers and bloggers: 'what do you love ...
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Reproducing Songs of Innocence and of Experience from the finest copy
Folio’s edition of Songs of Innocence and of Experience is reproduced from one of the finest surviving copies, known as ‘Copy W’, now held at King’s College, University of Cambridge. In this blog, Folio’s Production Director Kate Grimwade explains how she matched our edition as closely as possible to Blake’s original manuscript.
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‘These illustrations look like the inside of my own head’
In this blog, Becky Chambers, author of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, shares her reaction to seeing some of Zoë van Dijk’s vivid illustrations for the Folio edition of her incredible novel.
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Which Marvel Hero would you invite for the holidays?
Depending on your family traditions and the extent of your invites, festive dinners can either be a raucous free-for-all or a calm culinary extravaganza. But whatever the scene, every dining table would be livened up with a Marvel Super Hero. From extraordinary strength to healing potions and a magic hammer, scroll down to discover who could be tucking into turkey at your house this year.