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Happy New Year! I hope you’re keeping safe and well.

I just re-read the introduction to my 2024 YA post and it says pretty much everything I was going to say about young adult covers this time around too, which is a bit annoying! There...


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The cover of the New Yorker ‘s recent Cartoons & Puzzles issue by Luci Gutiérrez feels like an appropriate post to end the year on as I’ve b...


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Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar; illustration by Stephen Smith; art direction by


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Hey, I hope you’re keeping safe and well wherever you are. Here are my latest book covers of note…

Big Kiss, Bye-Bye by Claire-Louise Bennett; design by Stephan...


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Tom Gauld has a new collection of his science-based cartoons for the New Scientist, Physics for Cats, out this week.

Tom talked to the


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