Invitation to the Award Ceremony 🌍 www.stiftung-buchkunst.de/news-events/... This year’s 14 awardees will be honoured at the Stiftung Buchkunst booth on Book Fair Friday 20 March 2026 at 4 pm. 📚 Stiftung Buchkunst at @leipzigerbuchmesse.bsky.social 19 – 22 March 2026 Hall 5 Stand A300

Best Book Design from all over the World 2026 Jury Panel ✨ The process of the international jury of is completed. 600 entries from 33 countries! The awardees will be announced on March 12. ✨ Big thanks to the jury Sunandini Banerjee Fraser Muggeridge Isabel Seiffert Raül Vicent Artur Frankowski

Just 6 days left until the regular deadline for the 50 Books | 50 Covers competition! 50books50covers.secure-platform.com/a?fbclid=IwY...

Deadline for submissions is July 1, 2026.

Ladybird book in the spotlight. ‘The Princess and the Pea’, 1967 Artist: Eric Winter

The Australian Book Designers Association www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

‘Life Histories of American Insects’ by Clarence Moores Weed, New York, 1897. From my personal collection 📚🪲 #naturalhistory #publishersbinding #sciart #insectart

And The Deep Blue Sea by Charles Williams (Signet Q4515, March 1971). Cover Art by Blossom. #AndTheDeepBlueSea #CharlesWilliams #1970s #book #books #Paperback #cover #coverart #artwork #SignetBook #SignetBooks #MYSTERY #ThrillerBooks #thriller #thrillers

As you mention in the piece, Harvill did a bunch of his books in the 1990s. Last time he was reissued here was with Pushkin Vertigo in 2015-16, in these designs which I loved but booksellers hated.

Wilfred Glassford McNeilly sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mcneil... and Jan Potocki sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/potock... were born on this day, so here are some of their book covers (Artist: Ian Miller, Ray Feibush, [couldn't identify] and [couldn't identify]):

Artist Gray Morrow sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/morrow... was born on this day, so here's some of his cover art from 1966:

The arms of the 3rd Duke of Marlborough (d. 1758), on a volume containing three works by the Sienese writer Ventura Falconetti, a member of the city’s Accademia dei Travagliati. All three were printed at Bologna in 1563. Now @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Rel.d.56.3.

Penguin spotting. Love those vintage Penguins!

Vyki Hendy recaps last night's Academy of British Cover Design Awards spinemagazine.co/articles/abc...

Entries Open for Tenth and Final Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...

Mike Resnick sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/resnic... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Jeff Jones, Michael Whelan, Philippe Gauckler and Boris Vallejo):

📚 In de Beeldstudio in februari: 📸 1 & 2 Binnenkort vertonen we 'The Promise'. Hiervoor fotografeerde de Beeldstudio een aantal collectiestukken rondom de Papoea-gemeenschap. 📸 3 & 4 Recent schonken de Vrienden van de KB dit unieke exemplaar van 'Psyche'. De band is met de hand beschilderd. (1/2)

Robin Hobb sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hobb_r... also known as Megan Lindholm, was born on this day, so here's some related artwork: (Artist: Wayne Barlowe, Marc Simonetti, [couldn't identify] and Mathias Bonnard):

Celebrate #WorldBookDay with a look at some of the most beautiful and unusual examples from the first 100 years of the “modern” book cover, since the rise of publishers' bindings circa 1820: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-art-of-book-covers-1820-1914

Shelfie for #WorldBookDay2026

Artist Attila Hejja (1955-2007) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1981; R, 1982 #scifi #sciencefiction #art #books

Registration for the SHARPIES—our totally online Book History Festival—is now open and free for SHARP members! 📚😀 If you're not a member, it's easy to join (membership is between $55 and $100). The festival will take place July 7th-9th with events across time zones. events.zoom.us/ev/Ap9iEZwmC...

Mike Resnick (1942-2020) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, uncredited, 1982; R, Michael Whelan, 1989 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

What is ‘Great Dogge’? 🤔 A printed waste fragment used in the binding of a book printed in the German city of Hanau in 1613 & now @theulspeccoll.bsky.social (N*.5.16(E)).

TEFAF Maastricht 2026 Preview www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...

For World Book Day. The book that started it all for me; that introduced me to the fantasy genre, which love led me into a career in publishing. Bought for me by my brother when I was ten and still with me half a century later.

Did you know books have been bound in leather not just from cows, but from reindeer, seal, and even shark?🦈 Learn more about historic bookbindings in my new episode of Bite Sized Book History! youtu.be/3aUdEy0Edf4?...

Happy World Book Day! What is your favourite book? Here we share a delicate embroidered book cover - the perfect accessory for any book lover in the 17th century. This cover was made in England in 1632 and originally contained the third part of the bible. 🪡 WA2010.19

Today we found this beautiful copy of 'The history of Clerkenwell' (1865) by William John Pinks. The volume contains a colourful map of Clerkenwell, architectural drawings, and illustrations of daily life throughout history. Shelf mark: SL 95:29

Book collecting prize season is firmly upon us! As of last year, The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association's prize - which used to be the 'prize of prizes' for winners of other UK competitions - is open for all young collectors for direct application.

Calling all #UofG students! There is less than 1 week to apply for the David Murray Book Collecting Prize! £500 will be awarded to the student with the best collection of books or printed materials 📘📕📙 To find out more and apply, go to www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li....

“I can’t begin to convey to you the power of Lindsay’s vision; I found it overwhelming when I first read the book, thirty years ago, & I’ve seldom seen its equal outside Blake” —Philip Pullman David Lindsay (1876–1945), born #OTD, 3 March: author of A VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS & other #weird works 💙📚 1/4

The Australian Book Designers Association www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

Arthur Machen sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/machen... was born on this day, so here are some book covers (Artist: Josh Kirby, Bruce Pennington, [couldn't identify] and Robert LoGrippo):

"The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association has expanded its national student book collecting competition to make it open to all young book collectors aged between 18-35."

William Shakespeare, THE TEMPEST (Signet/New American Library, 1964), with cover art by Milton Glaser. Cover scanned and posted online by me back in 2014 and cleaned up a bit by me just now.

‘Untitled’ Artist David Carmack Lewis

Cees Nooteboom (1933 - Feb. 11, 2026). Cover art l-r, Marion Deuchars, Pyke Koch, Max Neumann. #books #nooteboom

Let’s design a book cover! by @tomgauld.bsky.social. Horrifyingly accurate.

Wyman Guin (1915-1989) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Jim Burns, 1973; R, McKenna, 1964 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Front cover to British Goblins (1880), a book of Welsh myth and folklore. Amongst the supernatural beings described are "Bwbachod", friendly goblins who help out with chores; and "Gwyllion", female fairies who haunt the mountain roads: https://buff.ly/3tjKPFI #StDavidsDay

It's fascinating to see the covers chosen by SPINE + LitHub in their round-ups. Sometimes there's significant overlap between our lists but this month we only chose a few of the same ones. I was surprised that Brawler by Lauren Groff designed by Jaya Miceli w/ art by Vladimir Dunjic was only in mine

Until March 29 - www.pem.org/exhibitions/...

Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990) was born on this day. Speculative fiction bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Anita Walker Scott, 1968; R, Paul Lehr, 1971 #scifi #sciencefiction #literature #books

Artist (Henry Richard) van Dongen sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/van_do... died on this day, so here's some of his 1961-1976 cover art (he took a leave of absence from SF work during 1962-1975):

Cover stories. Ladybird Nature series (1959 - 1966)

Book covers by Charles Keeping. A genius.

Bookalikes...

A Little Game by Fielden Farrington (MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1968). Cover Art by Robert Holingsworth. #ALittleGame #FieldenFarrington #1960s #book #books #cover #coverart #artwork #RobertHolingsworth #crime #mystery #thrillerbooks #thrillerbooks #thrillers