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23/09/2026

The Dark Tower and Other Stories by C. S. Lewis.
1977, Collins.
Jacket design by Reg Boorer.

Reg Boorer (Reginald Graham Boorer) is a British artist, illustrator, and graphic designer known for both his book illustrations and his extensive graphic design work for major environmental organizations. He illustrated book covers and omnibuses for famous weird fiction and horror authors in the 1970s. His work includes the cover art for Robert E. Howard's Skull-Face and Others (1974) and Robert Bloch’s The Opener of the Way (1974). Operating through Down to Earth Communications, Boorer designed high-profile promotional materials, booklets, and posters for Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth during the 1980s and 1990s. The Reg Boorer Sculpture Prize was established in his honor to recognize contemporary sculptors.

09/09/2026

A Dictionary of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies and other Supernatural Creatures by Katharine Briggs.

Cover Illustration by Tony Meeuwissen.

Tony Meeuwissen was born in 1938. He has designed postage stamps for The Royal Mail, covers for the Radio Times and illustrated feature articles for the London Sunday Times Magazine. Tony is not just the only illustrator ever to win the D&AD Black pencil award, he’s won it twice!

A collection of Tony's work is in The Victoria and Albert Museum. In 2013 Tony was awarded the title 'Royal Designer for Industry' by the RSA. Only 200 designers can hold the title at any one time. Other royal designers include Vivienne Westwood, Peter Blake, Quentin Blake and Gerald Scarfe.

07/08/2026

The Impostor by Jean Cocteau.

1967, Corgi.

Cover illustration by Barry Zaid.

Barry Zaid (born 1938) is a graphic artist and designer.

Zaid has contributed covers and drawings to numerous magazines and newspapers.

After graduating, he worked in in London, England and traveled throughout Europe (1961–1962). Following his return to Canada, he worked as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator and as a studio art director in Toronto (1963–66). He then returned to London where he freelanced for two years before going to New York where he worked for six years (1969–75). In 1975, he traveled to Scotland, where he lived at the Findhorn Foundation commune, then lived in Bienne, Switzerland, Amsterdam, and Pondicherry, India.
From 1979–87, he lived in Boulder, Colorado. He returned to Manhattan in (1987–92). In 1992, he moved his studio to Miami Beach, Florida. In 2014, he traveled to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

30/07/2026

Envious Casca by Georgette Heyer

1952, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.

29/07/2026

Counter-clock World by Philip K. Dick

1968, Sphere Science Fiction.

Cover photograph by David Davies.

28/07/2026

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
1970, Corgi.

23/07/2026

Third Girl by Agatha Christie

1983, Pan Books.

Cover by Ian Pollock/Colin Thomas.

10/07/2026

Out of the Night by Jan Valtin

1988, Fortress Books.

Jacket design by Alan Hardman.

"The political cartoonist, Alan Hardman (1936-2024), was born in Barnsley, the son of a Yorkshire miner, but spent his latter years living at Laycock, near Keighley. After leaving school he completed a six year apprenticeship in lithographic printing in Barnsley.

He became politically active in the early 1960s and joined the Labour Party. He came into contact with the left-wing Militant group, was attracted to their committed style of politics and became the group’s first printer when the Militant newspaper was first launched.

Although Alan had no formal art training, he was a talented artist and was drawn to cartooning as an effective way of delivering succinct and powerful political messages in a way that words on a page often struggle to match.

In addition to his many duties as a printer for the group, he began to create cartoons for the newspaper that were immediately popular with its readership. He was particularly influenced by the work of George Grosz, a German artist in the 1930s, who depicted in his drawings the often savage political struggles between the working and ruling classes in the country."

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