This Folio Life: Selecting the best of horror
How do you choose the best of a genre? Pick your personal favourites; choose only those tales regarded as classics; or try to aim for ...
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This Folio Life: The story behind the cover of Bomber Command
For our new edition of Bomber Command, and Folio's first Max Hastings book, we wanted to find a striking image for our binding design. And ...
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This Folio Life: A tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin
When Ursula K. Le Guin passed away in January of this year, the world lost one of the most original and sophisticated authors of the ...
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This Folio Life: Discovering the authentic pirate
Pirates remain fascinating historical figures – our modern sensibilities love a rogue, and these guys have eyepatches and parrots! A General History of the Robberies ...
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This Folio Life: The life and work of Derrick Harris
Derrick Harris was a remarkable wood engraver and illustrator, with his wood engravings being particular captivating. The Folio Society commissioned him to illustrate three titles ...
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Reproducing Songs of Innocence and of Experience from the finest copy
Folio’s edition of Songs of Innocence and of Experience is reproduced from one of the finest surviving copies, known as ‘Copy W’, now held at King’s College, University of Cambridge. In this blog, Folio’s Production Director Kate Grimwade explains how she matched our edition as closely as possible to Blake’s original manuscript.
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‘These illustrations look like the inside of my own head’
In this blog, Becky Chambers, author of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, shares her reaction to seeing some of Zoë van Dijk’s vivid illustrations for the Folio edition of her incredible novel.
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Which Marvel Hero would you invite for the holidays?
Depending on your family traditions and the extent of your invites, festive dinners can either be a raucous free-for-all or a calm culinary extravaganza. But whatever the scene, every dining table would be livened up with a Marvel Super Hero. From extraordinary strength to healing potions and a magic hammer, scroll down to discover who could be tucking into turkey at your house this year.