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.
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.
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.
Peter Forster, who died in January, was one of the outstanding wood engravers of the late 20th century. Much of his best work was produced for the Folio Society: between 1986 and 2003 he illustrated seven complete Folio volumes and contributed to three multi-artist publications.
‘Unpredictable changes have always taken place’, I wrote towards the end of my Afterword to The Stories of English. I penned that in November 2019. And three months later? Everyone knows.
