Friday, 8th January 2016
It has been a momentous week, with one major project finally coming to an end, and another getting under weigh. Just before Christmas, this imposing ...
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Some Thoughts on Translating Tolstoy and Others
Alongside Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear has translated numerous Russian novels, including The Master and Margarita and War and Peace. He writes here of the complexity ...
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Colouring the Rainbow
Maria Tatar, John L. Loeb Professor of Folklore and Mythology at Harvard University, falls under the spell of illustrations as she explores their unique ability ...
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The Franchise Affair: A Mystery Without a Corpse
A masterful and chilling mystery (named by the Crime Writers' Association in 1990 as one of the 'Top One Hundred Crime Novels of All Time') ...
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The Wonderful Wizardry of Words
Writing in the Winter 2010/Spring 2011 edition of the Folio Magazine, Maria Tatar uncovers the real magic in L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of ...
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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.