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Creeps 30 Jul 2013 | 11:00 pm
I really enjoyed reading this YA title about that kid who’s bullied and belittled in high school. The idea was to evoke the sting of a slushy snowball (and allude to the threat of yellow snow); the sn...
Radiance from Halcyon 6 Jul 2013 | 11:00 pm
Paul Eli Ivey’s book about a utopian Californian community established at the turn of the 1900s. The community’s religious views intermingled with science; so I thought to link the idea of the God (th...
What Do You Buy The Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife? 27 Jun 2013 | 08:34 pm
Two big challenges with this memoir by David Harris-Gershon. One, the exceedingly long title, and two, the subject matter. The fragmented treatment works to both slow down the reader, and to communica...
The Hundred Hearts 16 Mar 2013 | 04:57 am
Is there such a thing as obliquely literal? In this book by William Kowalski, the protagonist’s grandmother crafted cute, hand painted red balsawood hearts that she gave away. If you count the hearts ...
I’ll Seize the Day Tomorrow 10 Oct 2012 | 07:30 pm
Having moved to Toronto from Montreal around this time last year, it was a double pleasure to work on this cover for Montreal writer and radio personality Jonathan Goldstein’s collection of dry essays...
Siege 13 5 Oct 2012 | 11:28 pm
Tamas Dobozy’s book about the Red Army siege of Bucharest is packed with powerful short stories. One that really resonated with me is about zookeepers struggling to feed the starving animals during th...
1982 19 Sep 2012 | 07:43 pm
The comps for Jian Ghomeshi’s charming 80s memoir began with an Adidas bag, and finished with this smashed cassette. I slipped in the comp with a late round of other options, and it ended up being ‘th...
Understanding the Essay 1 Aug 2012 | 06:38 pm
The first comps felt to the authors to be more about writing rather than understanding, and they wanted something that conveyed the range of topics and cleverness of the essay. The text on the origami...
The Slumbering Masses 31 Jul 2012 | 09:37 pm
For this cover about ‘sleep, medicine, and modern american life’, the pillow case was printed with the title and photographed. The editor liked the case so much she wanted to keep it once the job was ...
More in Anger 2 Jul 2012 | 02:00 am
A novel about anger, and how it passes down from mother to daughter over three generations. The hornet with its multiple stings serves as a symbol of anger; and the wallpaper evokes the house that is ...
