Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Met David Way of the British Library for a drink last night. He was enthusing about the BL’s acquisition of the St Cuthbert Gospel. This ...
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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 ...
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Typographical Boats & Goats
[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 ...
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Typographical Boats & Goats
[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 ...
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Tuesday, 13 March 2012
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 ...
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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.