Thursday, 29 March 2012
Today is the centenary of Captain Scott’s last journal entry, and therefore in all probability of his death. To mark the occasion a service was ...
Today is the centenary of Captain Scott’s last journal entry, and therefore in all probability of his death. To mark the occasion a service was ...
[caption id="attachment_674" align="alignleft" width="202" caption="Title page set in Centaur"][/caption] During my time at Folio I’ve designed and typeset approximately sixty titles. Each time work ...
[caption id="attachment_674" align="alignleft" width="202" caption="Title page set in Centaur"][/caption] During my time at Folio I’ve designed and typeset approximately sixty titles. Each time work ...
One of the most successful titles in our current programme has been Selected Poems and Prose by Gerard Manley Hopkins, which was beautifully illustrated with ...
[caption id="attachment_803" align="alignleft" width="192" caption="Leonard Rosoman 1913–2012"] [/caption] Leonard Rosoman, who died a few days ago aged 98, was one of the most distinguished artists to ...
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?
Award-winning illustrator James Albon captured the eccentricities of Mark Twain’s The Innocents Abroad with a series of stylish colour and black-and-white lino-cuts. Here, Albon shares his artistic process and how he approached this exciting project.