This Folio Life: Bringing Madame Bovary to life
Folio's stunning limited edition of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary features a series of breathtaking oil paintings from French artist Nushka. In this blog, Nushka explains ...
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This Folio Life: Creating beautiful books in lockdown
From selecting the binding materials and foils, to signing off artwork, photographs and illustrations, Folio books are the result of many months of hands-on collaboration. ...
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This Folio Life: Recreating one of literature’s most imaginative books
In our latest blog we explore an ancient bookmaking technique that ensured our limited edition The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman was a ...
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This Folio Life: Larkin about with photography
Our edition of the collected poems of Philip Larkin features a striking geometric binding design from London printmaker Richard Peacock. In this blog, Richard explains how ...
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This Folio Life: 12 recommended reads for quarantine
In these uncertain and trying times, reading can offer moments of much-needed comfort and escapism. Whether returning to a well-thumbed favourite, exploring a new genre, ...
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This Folio Life: Creating The Complete Flower Fairies
When we realised that Cicely Mary Barker’s charming Flower Fairy stories were no longer available anywhere in the single volumes they were originally presented in, we couldn’t resist giving the collection the full Folio experience.
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This Folio Life: Fantasy Folios with Robin Hobb
From Tolkienites to Potterheads and from Thronies to Tributes, fantasy fans are an extraordinary, passionate, creative and loyal force. In short, a Folio force. With author Robin Hobb, this blog explores the joy of owning a favourite fantasy novel in a Folio edition.
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This Folio Life: Commemorating 75 years since VJ Day
We published Ronald H. Spector’s definitive Eagle Against the Sun this year to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VJ Day. James Rose, editor of our edition, here explains how Folio worked in close collaboration with the author and why understanding this part of Second World War remains so important.