This Folio Life: On Rereading Sappho
Part of preparing our edition of Sappho’s poetry involved engaging two separate proofreaders, both of whom were competent readers of Ancient Greek, to check both ...
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This Folio Life: The journey behind the artwork of Anansi Boys
Our new edition of Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys is everything I hope for in a Folio edition, and is the result of years of exceptional ...
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This Folio Life: Looking back at our books of 2018
Last year saw Folio publish many amazing books: from old English poetry to Ursula K. Le Guin, to an original title from illustrator Charles van ...
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This Folio Life: Bringing different styles to Evelyn Waugh
Folio has published several editions of Evelyn Waugh novels throughout our 70-year history. Different styles of artwork lend themselves well to his stylistically diverse novels ...
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This Folio Life: Illustrating the rhythm and movement of poetry
Artist Lesley Barnes has created more than 50 charming illustrations to bring The Folio Book of Children’s Poetry to life. In this blog, she explains ...
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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.
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Easter gifts: Folio Books with a Spring Palette
When you’re shopping for Easter treats it’s all too easy to head directly to the shelves piled high with chocolate eggs. But how about moving away from edible presents and choosing something lasting this year? We’ve selected some of our favourite books that have something of spring about them, whether that’s the colour of the binding or the nature themes inside; these are editions that will satisfy literary – rather than chocolate – cravings.