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.
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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.
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This Folio Life: Mystery Train, Greil Marcus and Dorothea Lange
Greil Marcus on one of his favourite images from the Folio edition of Mystery Train, and the family connection to its photographer, the great Dorothea ...
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This Folio Life: Eileen Cooper on illustrating Angela Carter
Acclaimed British artist Eileen Cooper discusses illustrating her first novel, Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus, for The Folio Society, and reveals the process behind creating her stunning lino-cut artwork.
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This Folio Life: A Journal of the Plague Year revisited
We originally published Daniel Defoe’s description of living through the plague in 17th-century London way back in 1960 – the urge to revisit the book following the events of COVID-19 during the past year was irresistible.
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This Folio Life: It’s a wrap
The journey from shrink-wrap to sustainable paper. Back in 2019 we began to investigate replacing the plastic shrink-wrap on our books with a sustainable alternative.