The Award is open to illustrators, student or professional, who have not previously been
commissioned by The Folio Society, with the aim of finding, platforming and supporting new
illustration talent from around the world.
Published to celebrate the centenary of T. S. Eliot's influential masterpiece, Folio’s new limited edition of The Waste Land has been meticulously printed and hand-bound by experts using only the finest materials.
London-based illustrator Yehrin Tong is a celebrated cover artist who has twice won the V&A Book Cover Illustration Award. Her distinct designs are intricate and hypnotic, with a mathematical element, making her the ideal artist to illustrate our binding for Syria: The Desert and the Sown. In this fascinating blog, Tong reveals the multi-stage process that led to the stunning finished binding.