Handmade Wheel of Fortune

I've been sitting on photos of this project for a few weeks now until I was sure the recipient received her copy. I've wanted to get back to doing handmade books of favorite stories I do not have in printed form. I did the cover of this story for the Netherlands translated printing of it - The Wheel of Fortune by Steph Swainston - but do not have the anthology it appeared in in english.

Pine covers with concertina folded pages, nearly 15 feet long when unfolded. An edition of two - one for her and one for me.

next book to tackle is this one - http://www.tor.com/2014/08/20/seven-commentaries-on-an-imperfect-land-ruthanna-emrys/

well worth your time to read

Aftermath now available

I've recently published another book with the author Steph Swainston titled Aftermath. This picks up on the narrative in her new novel Fair Rebel and also has more behind the scenes background info on the Fourlands. She is a wonderful and compelling writer. The book is available unsigned as well as in a limited signed and numbered version.

Looking forward to doing more books with her.

Find a copy here - http://aanpress.com/aanorder.html

Wrought Gothic

I found the books of Steph Swainston about five years ago and avidly down tracked the four she had written to date. After a hiatus from writing, Steph is back with 3 new books planned. 

It has been my great fortune to get to know her over the past few months and I even have had the privilege of designing a cover for a small press book of hers that came out in The Netherlands as well as illustrating something that will appear in her forthcoming book this fall with Gollancz.

As an even greater gracious privilege she has allowed me to use some of her character sketches and background material from her Fourlands series and do a small book from my own Air and Nothingness Press (aanpress.com).

The books arrived today and if you are interested in her imaginative world I hope you will consider buying one. With this being my own publishing effort I can add a few extra design details into the mix. The cover to this 52 page book features french flaps which fold out to display some amazing woodcut illustrations by Paul Landacre which evoke very well the feel of the Fourlands (the b0ok also has a map of the Fourlands illustrated by me within its pages).

If you are an admirer of Steph's writing this would make a great addition to your collection.