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.
Folio’s edition of Songs of Innocence and of Experience is reproduced from one of the finest surviving copies, known as ‘Copy W’, now held at King’s College, University of Cambridge. In this blog, Folio’s Production Director Kate Grimwade explains how she matched our edition as closely as possible to Blake’s original manuscript.
In this blog, Becky Chambers, author of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, shares her reaction to seeing some of Zoë van Dijk’s vivid illustrations for the Folio edition of her incredible novel.
Depending on your family traditions and the extent of your invites, festive dinners can either be a raucous free-for-all or a calm culinary extravaganza. But whatever the scene, every dining table would be livened up with a Marvel Super Hero. From extraordinary strength to healing potions and a magic hammer, scroll down to discover who could be tucking into turkey at your house this year.
