Kaitlin Kall

George Orwell's Animal Farm gets Revamped for its 75th Anniversary

George Orwell's classic Animal Farm became 75 years old in August 2020. To celebrate this milestone, Berkley Books and Signet Classics have given their mass market and trade paperback editions some brand new covers. The equally seminal 1984 has had its editions revamped as well.

George Orwell's Animal Farm gets Revamped for its 75th Anniversary

Kaitlin Kall, Breathing New Life into a Concept for the Cover of If You Want To Make God Laugh

Bianca Marais’s writing is emotionally rich and deeply felt; I absolutely loved both reading and designing for her novels. If You Want to Make God Laugh is set in post-Apartheid South Africa and tells the story of three very different women who are brought together unexpectedly and, through their journey together, challenge the conventional norms of both family and identity.

This cover is a bit of a publishing unicorn, as it was an outtake of one of the comps presented for Bianca’s first novel, Hum If You Don’t Know the Words. The editor sent Bianca two cover concepts for Hum, and she loved both so much that when it was time to jacket her next novel, it was suggested we try and rework the unused one. This almost never happens!

Kaitlin Kall, Breathing New Life into a Concept for the Cover of If You Want To Make God Laugh