This Folio Life: Illustrating an ecological masterpiece
Folio Art Director Sheri Gee spoke to artist Teagan White on their illustration background and experience illustrating Rachel Carson’s ground-breaking book, Silent Spring.
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This Folio Life: Imtiaz Dharker on Love Poems
Across time and geography, and regardless of gender, culture and language, one thing unites us: love. But love isn’t just hearts and flowers. It’s messy, hopeless, furious – even ridiculous. It’s lifelong and fleeting, forbidden and free, passionate and half-hearted. So, how did acclaimed British poet, artist and filmmaker Imtiaz Dharker go about selecting the 150 poems in Folio’s new anthology, Love Poems?
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This Folio Live: Dreaming a response to The Living Mountain
Scottish artist Rose Strang visited the Cairngorm Mountains seeking inspiration for her artwork to accompany The Living Mountain. Once she was home, she knew it was time to start painting, but how to capture the magic of Nan Shepherd’s incredible writing?
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This Folio Life: Illustrating Murakami’s riddles
Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami’s magical realist books have sold millions of copies worldwide and earned him a reputation as one of the greatest contemporary authors. We were very excited indeed to be publishing his work, and Kafka on the Shore is the perfect introduction to a unique and addictive style. But how would we decipher this story of unsolved riddles in an illustrated edition?
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This Folio Life: Christmas and the Unicorn
Unicorns have not always been associated with glitter and sparkles. In fact, the beast held great religious significance in Western art before it was ever associated with youthfulness and innocence. Non-fiction publisher Mandy Kirkby traces the history of the unicorn, as told in John Cherry’s Mythical Beasts.
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This Folio Life: From Salamanca to Maynooth, the adventures of a Tudor portrait
Our new edition of The Tudor Age includes 20 full-colour portraits of some of the great figures of the era. Folio worked closely with author Susan Brigden to select the images, and here she tells the remarkable story behind one of her favourite portraits.
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This Folio Life: A celebration of Ursula K. Le Guin
The Earthsea Cycle has been published in many formats, but arguably none more in keeping with Ursula K. Le Guin’s original intentions for her work than the new illustrated series from Folio. Committing to publishing all six titles in The Earthsea Cycle over the next two years, Publishing Director Tom Walker explores the importance of Ursula K. Le Guin’s writing and why this is such a significant series for Folio.
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This Folio Life: Fathers in fiction
To celebrate Father’s Day, it’s the turn of fictional dads to take the limelight. From classic novels to dystopia, crime and children’s favourites, there are fun and formidable father figures who stand out on the page and are etched in our memories. Here are a few of our favourites.