Steve Leard
@steveleard.bsky.social
Freelance designer specialising in book design
https://www.leard.co.uk/
https://www.leard.co.uk/
NEWS! Plymouth Design Forum has launched a YouTube channel featuring interviews with its guest speakers. I got to sit in on one of these when the brilliant David Pearson visited back in 2023. You can watch it here:
youtu.be/06ssiY5z9bY?...
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David Pearson On His Journey In Book Cover Design
YouTube video by The Green Room
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October 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
NEWS! Plymouth Design Forum has launched a YouTube channel featuring interviews with its guest speakers. I got to sit in on one of these when the brilliant David Pearson visited back in 2023. You can watch it here:
youtu.be/06ssiY5z9bY?...
youtu.be/06ssiY5z9bY?...
Ranking the Best Football Badges Ever | TOP 10
YouTube video by Pixel Football
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October 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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The beautiful @newmodernbooks.bsky.social logo and branding is the work of @steveleard.bsky.social. Steve is an incredibly talented, visionary designer and it’s a pleasure to have his DNA run through the imprint
May 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The beautiful @newmodernbooks.bsky.social logo and branding is the work of @steveleard.bsky.social. Steve is an incredibly talented, visionary designer and it’s a pleasure to have his DNA run through the imprint
Reposted by Steve Leard
The beautiful @newmodernbooks.bsky.social logo and branding is the work of @steveleard.bsky.social who also helped bring Nine Eight to life. Steve is an incredibly talented, visionary designer and it’s a pleasure to have his DNA run through the imprint
May 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The beautiful @newmodernbooks.bsky.social logo and branding is the work of @steveleard.bsky.social who also helped bring Nine Eight to life. Steve is an incredibly talented, visionary designer and it’s a pleasure to have his DNA run through the imprint
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New episode with Orion art director Charlotte Abrams Simpson – where we talk about her creative journey, commercial cover design and her work supporting and encouraging people from underrepresented groups to enter the creative industries and publishing.
Listen here: linktr.ee/covermeeting
Listen here: linktr.ee/covermeeting
April 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
New episode with Orion art director Charlotte Abrams Simpson – where we talk about her creative journey, commercial cover design and her work supporting and encouraging people from underrepresented groups to enter the creative industries and publishing.
Listen here: linktr.ee/covermeeting
Listen here: linktr.ee/covermeeting
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Cover Meeting season two is here with a new conversation with book cover designer Jack Smyth
Cover Meeting Season Two
First episode of (the long-awaited) second season of Steve Leard's excellent book cover design podcast Cover Meeting is a conversation with Irish freelance designer Jack Smyth in which he discusses his work, the industry, building community, how he really feels about cover quotes, and more. I'm a big fan of Jack's work and it has regularly featured here over the years.
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March 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Cover Meeting season two is here with a new conversation with book cover designer Jack Smyth
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Listen to Cover Meeting with @jackflag.bsky.social about his amazing work, the industry and everything else in between.
Listen here: linktr.ee/covermeeting
Listen here: linktr.ee/covermeeting
March 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Listen to Cover Meeting with @jackflag.bsky.social about his amazing work, the industry and everything else in between.
Listen here: linktr.ee/covermeeting
Listen here: linktr.ee/covermeeting
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Listen to our chat with @jackflag.bsky.social – the first in a new run of episodes.
Listen here: linktr.ee/covermeeting
Listen here: linktr.ee/covermeeting
March 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Listen to our chat with @jackflag.bsky.social – the first in a new run of episodes.
Listen here: linktr.ee/covermeeting
Listen here: linktr.ee/covermeeting
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New episode dropping tomorrow! ⏰
March 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New episode dropping tomorrow! ⏰
New episodes of Cover Meeting start tomorrow and @covermeetingpod.bsky.social is finally on Bluesky! 🍻
March 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
New episodes of Cover Meeting start tomorrow and @covermeetingpod.bsky.social is finally on Bluesky! 🍻