cover design

University Press Coverage, July 2025

The Uni Press round-up is back! We welcome you to our ongoing feature, now penned by designer and photographer Giles Hoover, in which we periodically highlight a selection of recent university press cover designs, with commentary. Please enjoy this celebration of amazing work.

This list is in alphabetical order by press. Where possible, credits are listed in the captions.

University Press Coverage, July 2025

University Press Coverage, June 2025

The Uni Press round-up is back! We welcome you to our ongoing feature, now penned by designer and photographer Giles Hoover, in which we periodically highlight a selection of recent university press cover designs, with commentary. Please enjoy this celebration of amazing work.

This list is in alphabetical order by press. Where possible, credits are listed in the captions.

University Press Coverage, June 2025

The Avian Hourglass - An Interview with Author Lindsey Drager and Designer Steven Seighman

On August 13th 2024 Dzanc Books will publish Lindsey Drager’s fourth experimental novel, The Avian Hourglass. Here is a description of the book, taken from the publisher’s website:

At once an ode to birds, an elegy to space, and a journey into the most haunted and uncanny corners of the human mind, The Avian Hourglass showcases Lindsey Drager’s signature brilliance in a stunning, surrealist novel for fans of Jesse Ball, Helen Oyeyemi, Yoko Ogawa, and Shirley Jackson

The Avian Hourglass - An Interview with Author Lindsey Drager and Designer Steven Seighman

Spine Podcast, Season 2, Episode 5: Sara Mulvanny

For this episode we talk to illustrator Sara Mulvanny. She shares with us how she got into illustration, what her process looks like, and If she finds working on book covers different to other illustration work.

Spine Podcast, Season 2, Episode 5: Sara Mulvanny