This Folio Life: How ‘Tommy’ commemorated Somme 100
Arguably one of the definitive books about the British experience of World War I, Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front 1914-1918 by the late ...
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This Folio Life: Timeless Treasures
I was fortunate enough recently to be at the ancient chapel of St Peter ad Vinicula in the Tower of London, for a concert led by ...
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This Folio Life: You Publish That?
The first question I am often asked is how we choose the books we publish. Our list as it stands today, in 2016, is as ...
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This Folio Life: Chateaubriand
My priority as director of Folio’s wonderful editorial team is to channel our love for the books we publish – to send a secret message ...
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This Folio Life: The Folio Diary
One of the most anticipated publications of our year is undoubtedly the Folio Diary. The themes have ranged from Monsters to the Sea, and it ...
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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.
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This Folio Life: Revisiting John Burningham’s classic illustrations
This time last year I was enormously fortunate to go to the house of Helen Oxenbury, one of my favourite children’s authors and illustrators, and the widow of John Burningham.
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This Folio Life: Illustrating Winston Churchill
“With most book covers, you're trying to convey a concept rather than a person, but this was the opposite,” says illustrator Peter Strain.