The story of the updated version of the Albertus font, designed by Toshi Omagari, used on the City of London's street nameplates.

New Directions was founded in 1936, when James Laughlin (1914–1997), then a twenty-two-year-old Harvard sophomore, issued the first of the New Directions anthologies.

Hey. I hope you’re keeping safe and well. I’m posting this late on the last day of the month, but hopefully it was worth waiting for. I will let you get to the covers posthaste, but bef…

I like these bright and bold covers by Stephen Smith, AKA Neasden Control Centre, for the new Vintage Classics editions of Julio Cortázar a lot. It feels like an inspired match of illustrator to au…

“I REMEMBER the first time Zuri showed me the house. He took my hand as we crossed the street, stopped on the corner, then said suddenly: This is it.” So begins Ave Barrera’s masterful ghost story Res...

I like these bright and bold covers by Stephen Smith, AKA Neasden Control Centre, for the new Vintage Classics editions of Julio Cortázar a lot. It feels like an inspired match of illustrator to author. The art direction is by Suzanne Dean of course. You will have to wait for the hardcover of Divertimento (translated into English for the first time by Harry Morales) because it doesn't go on sale until May 2026, but the paperback reissues came out last month in the UK.

There’s been a revolution in children’s storytelling—and it’s not just that the stories are more diverse.