This Folio Life: Folio and the Pasternak family make literary history
Boris Pasternak wrote one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century. Here, we reveal how a chance meeting between his nephew Nicolas and a ...
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This Folio Life: Creating the slipcase for The Velveteen Rabbit
We wanted to make the slipcase for our Folio Society edition of The Velveteen Rabbit truly special. After examining several options, we decided to take ...
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This Folio Life: Carry On New Orleans
Our edition of John Kennedy Toole’s Pulitzer Prize-winning A Confederacy of Dunces features a dazzling fanfare of illustrations from BAFTA-award-winning animator and illustrator Jonny Hannah. ...
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This Folio Life: Unmasking the Phantom
Our edition of Gaston Leroux’s gothic horror novel The Phantom of the Opera features arresting full-colour illustrations from artist Taylor Dolan. In this blog, Taylor ...
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This Folio Life: Bringing Ubik to life
Our edition of Philip K. Dick’s hallucinogenic Ubik features equally mind-bending design and illustrations. In this blog, art studio La Boca explore their artwork for ...
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Philip Pullman on illustrating his own story
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.
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Gorgeous Gifts for Students: Celebrate Success with a Folio Edition
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?
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Illustrating The Innocents Abroad
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.