Books and the Year
There are books that remain perpetually of the moment in every year in their different ways – The Bhagavad Gita, William Faulkner's As I Lay ...
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Friday, 2 December 2011
I found a new use for the iPad the other day. I was at the Yale Centre for British Art, checking the proofs of William ...
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A font too friendly for words...
At the end of a long day, I joined other members of the production team, for a spot of clubbing – Galley Clubbing to be exact. ...
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On the trail of photographs, ancient and modern
An odd side-effect of being an editor at Folio is our garnering of incidental obsessions. We work, solely, on wonderful books, so this is hardly ...
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Friday, 11 November 2011
Yesterday evening I went to the opening of the Royal Manuscripts exhibition at the British Library. We all had to arrive early for security reasons, ...
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The Folio Book Illustration Award 2023 | Longlist Revealed
We are thrilled to announce the longlist for the Folio Book Illustration Award 2023! 733 illustrators from 58 countries entered, and 20 outstanding entries have been selected for the longlist. This free-to-enter award asked entrants to illustrate a single scene from Ursula Le Guin's The Fliers of Gy.
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This Folio Life: Bringing The Neverending Story to life
Artist Marie-Alice Harel had always wanted to illustrate The Neverending Story. So, when the commission came up to illustrate the Folio edition, she knew she had to do it – despite her ever-increasing workload! In this blog, Harel explores her inspiration and process illustrating Michael Ende’s magical story.
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This Folio Life: The Folio Society’s Reading Room Garden
Reading and nature are tried-and-tested tonics for the hustle and bustle of modern life and something truly magical takes place when they collide. That’s why we are thrilled to sponsor The Folio Society Reading Room Garden at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.