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My latest: Book of Lies,
published by Orchard Books 24 March! |
by Teri TerryI'm taking a break from blogging about writing this time, and moving on to something that can strike hope, fear, joy and despair into the heart of all authors... sometimes at the same time. Yes, you guessed it: book covers.
Covers are so critical to the success of a book. The most amazing book with the wrong cover will struggle; the most average book with the most amazing cover will do well. Them's the facts. When I first saw the cover for Book of Lies, I was still writing the story. It was love at first sight for me: an amazing cover! Actually possibly the most amazing cover in the history of covers! Though instead of thinking, ok, average insides will do the job, it somehow turned the pressure up a notch to get the story just right.
Considering how important they are, there is very little out there about the shadowy figures behind cover design.
So introducing Thy Bui, YA and middle-grade Art Director for Orion and Orchard:Thy started her design career at Warner Music UK. The three years on sleeve design gave her a unique insight into the visual world of teens and young adults; the move from music to books was an obvious transition. She joined Orchard Books as senior fiction designer at an exciting time – Orchard were building their middle-grade, teen and YA lists, having acquired incredible talent like Ally Carter, Teri Terry and Jonathan Meres .
At the beginning of 2015 Thy began her role as Art Director for middle-grade to YA fiction, working across the Orion and Orchard list. It was an unique opportunity to work on two distinctly different imprints, and to work with amazing debut and prizewinning talent including Annabel Pitcher, Dawn Kurtagich and Leo Hunt.
I decided to do this blog recently when a reader, Carina, asked me about how you become a cover designer. I emailed Thy, and her reply was so generous and detailed that I asked her if I could blog it. Here it is:
Thy on becoming a cover designer:
I went to university in Australia and did a Design degree focusing on Visual Communication – graphic design, illustration and typography. The following are known for being good for those graphic design (2 dimensional design as opposed to product and industrial design) focused:- London College of Communication
- Central St Martins
- Kingston University
- University of Brighton
- Cambridge School of Art
My advice is to completely immerse yourself in book design and design in popular culture – music, fashion, games, film, food, interiors/furniture…everything – as design, and good examples of design and inspiration, crosses all arenas.
And also to bear in mind the importance of type. Keep an eye out for good use of type, and if the degree chosen offers a typography elective, take it.
Design talks and events are also great, I've yet to go to a GLUG event, but they are meant to be inspirational and good for networking. There's also OFFSET in Dublin.
Below are a handful of book cover related sites to check out. There is so much out there, independent designers, design agencies, illustrators etc…so this is just a starting point:
And also follow publishers' instagram/pinterest boards. A lot of them are set-up by the designers and they're a little more inspirational than the actual websites which are set-up by the corporate bods as a business tool rather than celebrating the design side of publishing.
And finally, let her/him know to expect to work VERY hard, you need a good portfolio to get into a Design degree. Design is challenging work and not just about making something look pretty. Fantastic design is almost always about a creative concept/approach, followed by great execution.
...and a final word from the author who shamelessly put all her Thy-designed-covers down the side of the blog:
I know how lucky I've been to have Thy as my cover designer for all my covers, from Slated to Book of Lies. I wrote this in the acknowledgements at the back of Book of Lies: 
...thanks to Thy Bui, the very amazing cover designer who has done all my Orchard Books covers. I kept looking at the cover for Book of Lies while I was editing it, and thinking, I have to make this good enough to live up to this cover.
Very true. All I can say is that I hope the insides have lived up to the outsides.
And now for a giveaway with a difference! A copy of Book of Lies, signed by both designer (Thy) and Author, me (Teri):
To enter, please leave a comment to this blog - say hello or ask a question, and then tell us what is your favourite ever book cover and why.
A winner will be chosen at random at noon on 28th March (UK time), using a random number generator.
Open internationally.
Here is Thy holding up two of her creations at my launch event at Waterstones Islington on Saturday.
Thanks, Thy! For being there - both then and now.
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| Thanks to Candy Gourlay for the photo |
AND here is most of the Notes from the Slushpile Team at the same party:
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From left: Kathryn, Candy, Jo, Teri (me!), and Addy. Missing are Nick and Maureen.
I'd say photo by Candy, as it is in her photos, yet - strangely - she is in the photo... |
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Patricia Dunn, author of Rebels by Accident, selected her family’s five favorite books with the help of her husband Allan Tepper. They are a beautiful collection of diverse characters and plots.
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This month we've seen some changes on the best selling middle grade books list due to the well timed releases of Jason Segel's Nightmares!—a great choice for the upcoming spooky season—and Mike Lupica's Fantasy League (Did somebody say football?).
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Sometimes poetry can feel like such a grown-up subject — too hard for children to understand and enjoy. My efforts in getting my children to like poetry have had mixed results. However, a children’s poetry book by the recently deceased Florence Parry Heide and daughter Roxanne Heide Pierce entitled Oh, Grow Up: Poems to Help You Survive Parents, Chores, School and Other Afflictions (Orchard Books, 1996) was a real hit with my daughter. Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott, this funny book explores what it’s like to be a child and have to ‘grow up.’ There’s poems about having to share with or being outnumbered by siblings; there are poems about braces and hand-me-downs. My daughter was particularly fixated with the ‘braces’ poem:
My braces have been on for years.
They’re coming off next week
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if there are teeth beneath.
I wonder if her fascination has to do with her brother’s braces which, rather coincidentally, are coming off this week! As is our usual custom, we read the poems alternately — she reading one poem and I reading the other — and it was an enjoyable poetry reading experience for both of us. The illustrations by Westcott were as down-to-earth as the poems and my daughter quite liked the pictures.
Poetry Friday this week is hosted by Robyn at Read Write Howl.
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I can now let you know that Rebecca Frazer, formerly Acquisitions Editor at Sourcebooks has joined the Hachette Group as Editorial Director at Orchard Books in London. Her focus will be on acquiring Middle Grade and Young Adult novels. Rebecca has agreed to join us in June at our annual conference and is open to accepting manuscripts from the US authors and writers that attend our conference.
In other industry news:
Cindy DiTiberio has been promoted to senior editor at Harper.
At Simon & Schuster Children’s imprints Simon Spotlight & Simon Scribbles, Siobhan Ciminera has been promoted to executive editor; Lisa Rao moves up to editor; and Beth Barton has been promoted to associate editor.
Thomas LeBien will join Simon & Schuster as vp, senior editor, specializing in history and non-fiction. He was most recently at FSG, where he was publisher of the Hill & Wang and Scientific American imprints. LeBien starts at S&S on December 21.
Bree Ogden has joined D4EO Literary Agency. She has been an associate literary agent at Martin Literary Management for nearly 2 years, where she concentrated on YA, middle grade and graphic novels.
Angus Killick is joining Macmillan Children’s in the new position of vp, associate publisher, reporting to president Jon Yaged. Killick will coordinate publishing programs across the group’s imprints, lead the children’s marketing team, oversee key marketing campaigns, and pursue business development opportunities. He was associate publisher and director of marketing at Kingfisher.
Talk tomorrow,
Kathy
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7 Comments on Rebecca Frazer – Editorial Director at Orchard Books, last added: 11/19/2011
by Teri TerryI’m very excited to announce that I’ve got a three book deal with Megan Larkin at Orchard Books for my futuristic thriller, SLATED! Book 1 will be out in May, 2012! And books 2 and 3 of the trilogy are planned for six month intervals thereafter.Somebody, pinch me...A year ago this seemed a dim possibility. All those long months spent freezing in the Writing Shack last winter:Writing
We are participating in 5 Minutes For Books Kids' Picks this month, so it is time to share a couple of the Brimful kids' favorite July library finds. Interestingly enough, both books are written by authors from England.
Daughter's Pick:
"Paddiwak yawned and slid off his chair. He sniffed at the box with the noisy feet. The lid flipped up and out came a whisker and two and three and four and more of another cat."
Paddiwak and Cozy
by Berlie Doherty, illustrated by Teresa O'Brien. Dial Books for Young Readers (March 1989); ISBN 0803704836; 32 pages; Book Source: Copy from local library
Paddiwak the cat thinks he rules the roost until his owner, Sally, brings home a special present and out jumps another cat named Cozy. The "getting acquainted" period doesn't go as Sally plans. Paddiwak isn't fond of the idea of a new friend and runs out the door, repeatedly proclaiming, "I'm never, never, never going home again." Cozy, like most cats trying to adjust to new surroundings, appears frightened and distressed and immediately goes into hiding. Change isn't easy for either cat, but each finally finds a cozy place to rest.
More often than not, my daughter picks out books about animals. Cats is an especially favorite subject of hers. She usually chooses her books based on the cover illustrations and this one, with the two distinguished and realistic looking cats, instantaneously caught her eye. We were very happy to learn from Doherty's website that the book is a true story about two of her cats.
The exquisite and highly detailed watercolor-and-ink drawings really do capture both cats' personalities and there is much to pour over in each illustration, from tiny bugs and little mice to interesting cat paintings hanging on the wall. The rhyming, poetic text is fun to read aloud and we just adore the names of the two cats - Paddiwak and Cozy sound like opposites but the names fit together so nicely. With underlying themes of jealousy and trust, this is a good book about developing friendships. For some reason, this book was later republished in 1999 with different illustrations by Alison Bartlett. I think we prefer the original, more realistic and delicate illustrations...they just seem fitting for a book about two grown cats.
Be sure to take a look at author Berlie Doherty's website and learn about all her books:
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Last week a vacant home outside our city caught fire and the kids could see the large amount smoke in the sky and hear the sirens from our house. My daughter noticed the black cloud even before we heard the sirens. Firetrucks, firehouses and firemen always seem to interest kids. I bought my son his own red fire hat at the local dollar store last year and it continues to be his very favorite dress up hat. He likes to push all the noisy buttons on his firetrucks and operate the ladders. He also loves to read books about firetrucks.
"Edward wants to be a firefighter. One day he and Judy visit a firehouse."
Firehouse!
by Mark Teague. Orchard Books (May 2010); ISBN 9780439915007; 32 pages
(Book Source: Review copy provided by publisher)
My first introduction to Mark Teague was during the summer of 2007. I was in charge of the summer library program at a small public library and he created the exceptional artwork for the "Get a Clue @ Your Library" nationwide programs that year. The artwork featured the Ike LaRue canine character from his LaRue books. That same summer my daughter, just a toddler, also discovered the
How Do Dinosaurs... series that Teague illustrated. We've been fans of his illustrations and stories now for a few years, so we jumped at the opportunity to review his latest picture book,
Firehouse!If you've read and enjoyed Teague's
Funny Farm, you'll probably also like
Firehouse! The tuxedo wearing, blundering Boston Terrier named Edward makes another appearance in Teague's latest story, this time at the firehouse. Edward desperately wants to learn how to be a firefighter. He participates in a fire drill and tries his best to learn the ropes, but ends up being more of a hindrance than help. But when a real emergency arises, he comes to the rescue and saves the day.
My kids enjoyed following along and viewing the illustrations of Edward as he floundered as a firefighter, getting knocked off his feet by water and caught at the top of the ladder. But the part they liked best was when Edward rescued the cute little kitty cat from the tree. The illustrations in the book are top notch, and even though the text is a bit sparse and lacks the NOISY sounds and dynamics we like to see in fire books, the kids still loved the canine
I went to university in Australia and did a Design degree focusing on Visual Communication – graphic design, illustration and typography. The following are known for being good for those graphic design (2 dimensional design as opposed to product and industrial design) focused:
My advice is to completely immerse yourself in book design and design in popular culture – music, fashion, games, film, food, interiors/furniture…everything – as design, and good examples of design and inspiration, crosses all arenas.
Below are a handful of book cover related sites to check out. There is so much out there, independent designers, design agencies, illustrators etc…so this is just a starting point: 
And also follow publishers' instagram/pinterest boards. A lot of them are set-up by the designers and they're a little more inspirational than the actual websites which are set-up by the corporate bods as a business tool rather than celebrating the design side of publishing. 
Wow, Kathy, there’s always SO much going on! It’s amazing how the industry seems to be shifting so often, huh?
Anyway, all good to know. Thanks!
Donna
Thank you Kathy, for always keeping us up on the many changes of this industry.
Kim
Thanks for all the great updates Kathy!
Happy Thanksgiving! I’m grateful for all my terrific friends in the children’s publishing circle, including you!
Jo,
That was such a nice comment. Hearing that from you means a lot. I hope you too have a great Thanksgiving.
Kathy
Kim,
My pleasure. We are all in this together. Have a great Thanksgiving!
Kathy
Donna,
Nothing stays the same, that’s for sure. Maybe we can talk soon?
Kathy
Most definitely, my dear
Life is one big roller coaster!
Donna