May 26, 2016

RICHARD FLANAGAN - New Series Look (with before and after photos)

Vintage Books relaunch the Richard Flanagan backlist with a new series look. Here are the before and after photos.

The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Hardback) and Gould’s Book of Fish in the backlist already had iconic covers, so it seemed natural to use their imagery again. This affected the commissioning of the other covers in the series as they were both already illustrated. each book features a distinct colour which straight away helped to establish a different mood for each novel.

William Bragg was commissioned to illustrate the other covers in the series. Here are a few words from Bill about working on the series:

‘In general the illustrations called for a much less narrative approach than I’m used to, so rather than create specific scenes suggested by the novels with a character at the centre, a shift of emphasis was required so that the focus became more about the environment and capturing a specific atmosphere through the depiction of landscape, weather, light, colour and form.’

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