Harry Brockway 1958–2024. PART TWO 2005–21
Joe Whitlock Blundell completes his retrospective look at the Folio Society engravings by Harry Brockway, who died on 1 January 2024.
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The Folio Father's Day Gift Guide
With Father’s Day just around the corner, we know you’re on the hunt for the perfect gift for dad. Well, look no further! Whether he craves adventure, dreams of exploring the cosmos, or lives for the thrills, we’ve got just the thing this Father’s Day.
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Harry Brockway 1958–2024. PART ONE 1988–2004
Of all the distinguished group of wood engravers who worked regularly on Folio books in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Harry Brockway was the youngest, the strongest and the fittest, making his death on 1 January this year particularly shocking and saddening
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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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Illustrating Shakespeare
Neil Packer illustrated Shakespeare’s The Complete Plays for the new Folio limited edition, published to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the First Folio. In this fascinating blog, Packer selects three of his favourite illustrations and reveals how he transformed his ideas to the page.