This Folio Life: The winner of the Book Illustration Competition 2018
Judging the Book Illustration Competition is a unique experience. Where else would you get to see over 400 variations on a theme? This year’s entrants ...
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This Folio Life: Selecting an edition of The Golden Bough
Owing to its propensity to grow and grow and grow, A. E. Houseman once described James Frazer’s The Golden Bough as ‘a banyan tree’. The ...
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This Folio Life: Choosing the images for our 2018 Diary
The Folio Diary 2018 features all things medieval, with 55 full-page images ranging from the everyday, such as the doodles of scribes testing their pens, ...
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This Folio Life: 2017
2017 was a happy year for Folio. Pivoting around our seventieth anniversary celebrations, we looked back to our early days in a delightful display still ...
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This Folio Life: Picture research for The Voyage of HMS Beagle
Faye Cheung, picture researcher within Folio’s editorial team, on sourcing some contemporary records of Darwin’s great voyage. In 1833 Conrad Martens joined the crew of ...
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This Folio Life: Celebrating all kinds of love
Valentine’s Day is a chance to show your love and appreciation for all the special people in your life. So, this year, think beyond traditional hearts and flowers relationships and explore these literary love stories that celebrate the plutonic as well as the passionate.
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The Folio Society wins four categories at the 2022 British Book Design & Production Awards
The Folio Society is celebrating its 75th anniversary by winning each of the four categories in which they were nominated at the 2022 BBD&P Awards.
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This Folio Life: Walter Mosley on Black Panther
Written by award-winning author and commentator Ta-Nehisi Coates, Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet showcases one of Marvel’s most iconic Super Heroes. In this blog, Walter Mosley, one of the most respected novelists in America, explores this complex drama about T’Challa’s responsibilities as a hero and his obligations to his people.