Making the Shortlist
Fantastic news for us this autumn is that three Folio Society editions of The Handmaid’s Tale, Fahrenheit 451 and The Bhagavad Gita have been shortlisted ...
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Noel Polk (1943–2012)
It is with great sadness that we learnt of the death last week of Noel Polk, Professor Emeritus in English literature at Mississippi State University. ...
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Rhapsodies in Blue
Several years ago I was fortunate enough to be invited to the unveiling of a plaque to honour Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein and The ...
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Friday, 17 August 2012
Last week I went to press pass Edward Lear’s Birds at the printers Appl, in the lovely Bavarian village of Wemding. The printer was a ...
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In the Beginning
Recently, Observer Associate Editor (and occasional Folio contributor) Robert McCrum announced his list of some of the most memorable closing lines in literature. Here at ...
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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.