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: 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.