Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Some days are more bloggable than others, and yesterday was a bumper day. In the morning, I went to the Kensington home of Lisa von ...
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Battle of the Books?
[caption id="attachment_19" align="alignright" width="150" caption="V.S. Pritchett"][/caption] The alleged e-books versus traditional printed matter debate looks set to run and run and the point ...
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Monday, 24 October 2011
I am delighted that John Holder has received the rare accolade of an honorary doctorate from Anglia Ruskin University. John has illustrated some great Folio ...
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Monday, 10 October 2011
Red letter day. The final proofs of the Vellum Leaves by William de Brailes arrived from Italy. Everyone who sees them says – these are ...
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Thursday, 29 September 2011
I had a phone call from John Murray on Friday. He said he’d been reading my blog about our new facsimile of South Polar Times. ...
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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.
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This Folio Life: Meeting the Strugatsky Brothers
In this blog, Former Publisher of Orion Publishing Group and Chair of Gollancz, Malcolm Edwards, tells the fascinating story of meeting Arkady and Boris Strugatsky at the 1987 World Science Fiction convention in Brighton, on their last trip outside of Russia.