This Folio Life: Creating The Story of Babar
Every Folio edition goes on a long and fascinating journey before its publication day, but Babar’s travels were particularly adventurous. Our story begins about ...
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This Folio Life: Looking to the past for Planet of the Apes
Our edition of Pierre Boulle’s Planet of the Apes features stunning artwork from artist David de las Heras. But how to illustrate a sci-fi masterpiece ...
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This Folio Life: Margaret Atwood revisits Oryx and Crake
Following our award-winning edition of The Handmaid’s Tale, we were compelled to return to the works of Margaret Atwood. Never has a plague- and technology-ravaged ...
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This Folio Life: From pitch to publication for True Grit
In our latest blog we follow the journey of True Grit – from the seed of an idea to the published edition. How does a ...
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This Folio Life: Breaking the frame in Howl’s Moving Castle
We were so excited to have Diana Wynne Jones’s much-loved Howl’s Moving Castle as the subject for the Book Illustration Competition 2019. After more than ...
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This Folio Life: Getting the details right in Sharpe
Douglas Smith has created a series of action-packed illustrations for Sharpe’s Tiger that convey the drama and spirit of Bernard Cornwell’s novels. Much research was undertaken to ensure that the important period details are correct, and here the artist shows how he developed his artwork from roughs to finals.
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This Folio Life: Using beautiful typography to chart A History of Christianity
Creating a successful book cover or binding design presents different challenges for each edition. When faced with a monumental book like Diarmaid MacCulloch’s A History of Christianity, the question was how to represent such a vast stretch of time, over a vast area of the globe. From editor to picture researcher to art director, the team here explain how they solved this particular tricky task.
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This Folio Life: A blog 65 million years in the making
We asked American palaeontologist Steve Brusatte to ensure that the illustrations for Folio’s edition were as accurate as they could be while still reflecting the world of Crichton's Jurassic Park. Here, Steve talks us through this process.