Spine Magazine

For this bonus episode host Hiba Tahir interviews celebrated writer, illustrator, and poet, Jasmin Kaur. They discuss her debut poetry and prose collection, WHEN YOU ASK ME WHERE I’M GOING, published by HarperCollins. For more on Jasmin Kaur you can visit her website at www.jasminkaur.com. For more interviews with publishing industry creatives, visit www.spinemagazine.co. Music: Sweet Berry Wine, Blue Wednesday.

In this interview Holly Dunn speaks with Designer and former Creative Director at Picador, Henry Sene Yee. This discussion includes changes in the industry over the years, as well as design, illustration, photography and more. You can find Henry Sene Yee on Twitter and Instagram at @ hsyee. For more interviews with publishing industry creatives, visit www.spinemagazine.co. Music: Sweet Berry Wine, Blue Wednesday.

For this episode Holly Dunn interviews freelance book cover designer Amanda Weiss. Weiss has been recognized frequently by the Association of University Presses for her work, including selections for the 2019 AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show: Beyoncé in Formation, and Woke Gaming. Dunn and Weiss discuss typography, photography, and use of color. You can view Weiss's portfolio at: www.amandaweiss.org For more interviews with publishing industry creatives, visit www.spinemagazine.co....

For this episode Holly Dunn interviews Mark Campbell, Head of Design at HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand, and President of the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA, https://abda.com.au.) They have an in-depth conversation on the working relationship between art director and designer. They also review results from a survey conducted by the ABDA in 2018. The survey’s focus was of the work experience among the ABDA book-design community, covering things such as contracts and...

For this episode Holly Dunn talks to Miraphora Mina, who, along with Eduardo Lima, make up the design duo MinaLima. Mina is responsible for designing elements for the Harry Potter Films, as well as the Fantastic Beasts series, including The Marauders Map, The Daily Prophet, and all the text books. She and Holly also discuss MinaLima’s work on interactive classics for HarperCollins. You can read more about MinaLima at www.minalima.com. For more interviews with publishing industry creatives,...

For this episode Holly Dunn interviews Sarahmay Wilkinson, Associate Art Director at W. W. Norton. They discuss some of Wilkinson's book cover designs, including the fascinating backstory to her design of Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls. Also talked about is Wilkinson's journey into publishing after having first established herself as a designer in the beauty industry. You can find more of Wilkinson's work at www.sarahmaywilkinson.com, or find her social media links in the show notes on our...

For this episode Holly Dunn interviews Creative Director/VP for Orbit Books, Lauren Panepinto. They discuss how she came to be at Orbit, artist collaboration, and cover design for science fiction/fantasy books. You can view more of Panepinto's work at www.laurenpanepinto.com. For more interviews with publishing industry creatives, visit www.spinemagazine.co. Music: Sweet Berry Wine, Blue Wednesday.

For this first episode of Season 3 of our podcast Holly Dunn interviews cover designer, graphic novelist, and Art Director, Kristen Radtke. The conversation includes Radtke’s process on design, writing Imagine Wanting Only This, and how she works with other artists for The Believer Magazine. View the covers discussed in the show notes on our website (www.spinemagazine.co.) You can read more about Radtke’s work at www.kristenradtke.com For more interviews with publishing industry creatives,...

With this episode we’re starting something new. Occasionally we’ll be offering you a bonus episode in which host Hiba Tahir has a conversation with an author about their upcoming book, their writing process, or anything else under the sun they’d like to discuss. In this episode Hiba talks to Kris Waldherr, author of THE LOST HISTORY OF DREAMS, releasing April 9th by Atria Books. Waldherr details a bit about her process for writing the novel, how she came to be a novelist, and a few other...

For the final episode of Season 2 we close out with a conversation with Isabel Urbina Peña. We discuss her work as a book cover designer, lettering artist, typographer, and zine publisher. You can find more of her work at http://www.isabelurbinapena.com. For more interviews with publishing industry creatives, visit www.spinemagazine.co. Music: Sweet Berry Wine, Blue Wednesday.

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. You can view Mulvanny's portfolio at www.saramulvanny.com. For more interviews with publishing industry creatives, visit www.spinemagazine.co. Music: Sweet Berry Wine, Blue Wednesday.

In this episode we talk with Paul Buckley, Vice President Executive Creative Director of Penguin US. You'll be familiar with his work through projects such as the Penguin Drop Caps Series, Penguin Black Spines, Deluxe Classics, and many more. For more interviews with publishing industry creatives, visit www.spinemagazine.co. Music: Sweet Berry Wine, Blue Wednesday.

For this episode Holly Dunn talks to Marcie Lawrence, Senior Designer for Little, Brown and Company. Lawrence creates covers primarily for middle-grade and young adult titles. Topics covered include marketing to young people, how to design for books with difficult topics, and the vices and virtues of Pinterest. For more interviews with publishing industry creatives, visit www.spinemagazine.co. Music: Sweet Berry Wine, Blue Wednesday.

Holly Dunn speaks with a team of designers from HarperCollins, including Jessie Gang, David Curtis, Alison Klapthor & Erin Fitzsimmons. They discuss individual projects developed for HarperCollins, as well as how they work together as a team. Editor's Note: There are a couple of technical issues in the recording towards the end of the interview, but it was felt that those topics discussed were too important to leave out. For more interviews with publishing industry creatives, visit...

In this episode Holly Dunn interviews designer / author / illustrator and all-around brilliant creative, Coralie Bickford-Smith. Topics discussed include Coralie's breaking into the publishing industry, the creation of a few of her covers, and how she came to write and illustrate The Fox And The Star, and The Worm And The Bird. For more interviews with publishing industry creatives, visit www.spinemagazine.co. Music: Sweet Berry Wine, Blue Wednesday.

For the final episode of Spine Season 1 we speak with Australian Book Cover Designer, Alissa Dinallo. Alissa has won many design awards including The Australian Book Design Association (ABDA) Award for Young Designer of the Year in 2015. Alissa discusses with us the catalog she created for ABDA, her illustration technique, and her lifelong love for William Morris. For more interviews with publishing industry creatives, visit www.spinemagazine.co. Music: Sweet Berry Wine, Blue Wednesday.

In this episode we interview Nicole Caputo and Anne Twomey, Co-Founders of She Designs Books, a celebration of female talent in the world of book design. Whatever your gender, whether you are brand new to publishing or have been in the industry for years, you are certain to enjoy this interview. For more interviews with publishing industry creatives, visit www.spinemagazine.co. Music: Sweet Berry Wine, Blue Wednesday.

In this episode we interview Jo Thomson, a freelance book cover designer who previously worked in-house at Pan Macmillan. Thomson is the recipient of a British Book Design & Production Award for Best Jacket for Not Working, by Lisa Owens. She also earned and ABCD Award for her cover design of Haus Frau, by Jill Alexander Essbaum. For more interviews with book cover designers, visit www.spinemagazine.co. Music: Sweet Berry Wine, Blue Wednesday.

We’re taking a break from our usual design discussion to bring you this bonus episode. Earlier this year when we were developing this podcast we took a look at several different formats for the show. One of the thoughts we had was to discuss with authors the process of bringing one of their books to life. Which led us to record an interesting conversation with author Erika Swyler. Erika's first novel was The Book of Speculation. She has a fascinating story to tell as to how she became...

In this episode we talk to cover designer M. S. Corley. Corley works with traditionally published and independent authors alike. He's designed covers for best selling author Hugh Howey, Aaron Mahnke's Lore series, and many other great books. For more interviews with book cover designers, visit www.spinemagazine.co. Music: Sweet Berry Wine, Blue Wednesday.