Independent publishing house Canongate’s art department releases its favourite book covers every year from their own collection via Twitter. It might seem a little insular, but Canongate, based in Edinburgh and London, has a wealth of beautiful cover art to choose from, so it’s definitely worth celebrating.
Posting from the art department Twitter account, they said, "Screw Brexit, screw Trump, screw the far right and the Tories. Massive shout out to kittens, puppies, freedom of speech, Tracker bars, Keith Chegwin and book design."
Here we’ve collected 10 for you to scrutinise, including Canongate Book’s own art director Rafi Romaya’s sweeping up a lot of the top designs and Christopher Gale’s design for Wake Me Up When I’m Gone by Adafe Atogun as well as senior designer Peter Adlington.
The beautiful book designs range from colourful vector shapes to brooding skylines – so take a look.
Man Alive by Thomas Page McBee
Design: Christopher Gale
Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
Design: Rafi Romaya
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
Design: Peter Adlington
Wake Me Up When I’m Gone by Adafe Atogun
Design: Christopher Gale
Salt Fat Acid Heath by Samin Nosrat
Design: Rafi Romaya
That Was a Shiver by James Kelmen
Design: Peter Adlington
Richard Brautigan Series
Design: Rafi Romaya
Bloody January by Alan Parks
Design: Christopher Gale
The Graybar Hotel by Curtis Dawkins
Design: Peter Adlington
Under the Skin by Michel Faber
Illustration: YehrinTong
Design: Rafi Romaya
