Fall 2023 books!
Fall is officially over, and I worked on a lot of exciting books that came out over the last few months. Here are a few highlights I’ve added to my portfolio.
The Wild Horses of the Chilcotin: Their History and Future by Wayne McCrory
Dust jacket and text design
Heavily illustrated books are fun to work on because you get to do more unusual things with the layout. And this book sure was heavily illustrated, with nearly one hundred photographs, many of them beautiful.
Harbour Publishing
6 × 9 inches, 368 pages
Typefaces: Minion Pro Condensed Display, Macho, Sabon LT Pro
Hot Springs of Western Canada: A Complete Guide, 4th Edition by David Woodsworth & Glenn Woodsworth
Cover and text design
I had a unique experience designing this cover. I’m used to making a few versions to start, and then slowly refining and trying different options as I understand better and better what the publisher is looking for. It usually takes several rounds to get the right cover. But this time, my favourite design from the first set I submitted was accepted and ultimately printed with almost no changes!
Harbour Publishing
6 × 9 inches, 328 pages
Typefaces: Louvette Banner, Noto Sans, Edita
Dream House: A Poem by Cathy Stonehouse
Cover and text design
The Escher-like typeface Macula felt like the perfect pair for this surprising and surreal book-length poem. Placing the image and title sideways on the cover adds to the wonky sense of the unexpected.
Nightwood Editions
5.5 × 8 inches, 80 pages
Typefaces: Macula, Proxima Nova Condensed, Filosofia OT
Once Upon an Effing Time: A Novel by Buffy Cram
Text design
It is not common for novels to be typeset with a ragged right margin—that is, where the ending of each line doesn’t line up perfectly in a block. I chose to do so here for two reasons: The first is practical, as the novel contains many very short paragraphs that would be difficult to work with in justified text. The second is thematic, as the ragged margin reflects the punky and strange lives of the characters.
Douglas & McIntyre
6 × 9 inches, 320 pages
Typefaces: Broadacre, Proforma
More Fall 2023 books
Searching for Franklin: New Answers to the Great Arctic Mystery by Ken McGoogan (Text design)
The White Light of Tomorrow by Russell Thornton (Cover design)
Crushed Wild Mint by Jess Housty (Text design)
Commune: A Novel by Des Kennedy (Text design)
Reuniting With Strangers: A Novel by Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio (Text design)
Skid Dogs by Emelia Symington-Fedy (Text design)
Decrim: How We Decriminalized Drugs in British Columbia by Kennedy Stewart (Text design)
