Finance Aesthetics

Finance Aesthetics

A Critical Glossary

Goldsmiths Press / MIT Press
Paperback, 248pp.

Goldsmith Press’s PERC series seeks to refresh political economy, in the original sense of the term, as a pluralist and critical approach to the study of capitalism. In doing so it challenges the sense of economics as a discipline, separate from the other social sciences, aiming instead to combine economic knowledge with various other disciplinary approaches.

The cover design connects the volatility of economic systems with the social unrest that leads to street riots and broken shop windows.

Cover design Heather Ryerson
Publishing Consultant Susan Kelly
Series Editor William Davies
Series PERC Papers
Editors Torsten Andreasen, Emma Sofie Brogaard, Mikkel Krause Frantzen, Nicholas Alan Huber, Frederik Tygstrup

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Because Mummy Said So

Because Mummy Said So

by Shari Low  / Head of Zeus
Paperback, 360pp.

Shari Low wipes away the glossy veneer of the perfect mother in her weekly newspaper column, collected here. Cover re-design for the paperback release of the hardcover.

Unused cover designs by Heather Ryerson.

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Building Solidarity Architectures

Building Solidarity Architectures

Collective Care in Times of Crisis

by Elisavet Hasa
Goldsmiths Press / MIT Press
Paperback, 248pp.

The Spatial Politics Series is an inventive interdisciplinary series of books examining spatial politics at various geographical and critical scales—from the domestic to the neighbourhood to the global.

The book cover uses imagery from makeshift pharmacies set-up on the ground for protesters during long-term demonstrations in Greece. The colour palette evokes the bright, contrasting hues of medical capsules.

Cover design Heather Ryerson
Publishing Consultant Susan Kelly
Series Spatial Politics

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The Eyebrows of Doom

The Eyebrows of Doom

by Steve Smallman / Little Tiger
illustrated by Miguel Ordóñez
Hardback, 32pp.
Published in the US March 1, 2022.

This ridiculous, whacky, rhyming text is paired with deadpan illustrations. The frenetic hand-drawn energy of the mischief-making eyebrows creates a fun contrast with the ultra clean and cool characters.

Read by Steve Carrell on CBeebies →

Designer Heather Ryerson
Art director Rebecca Essilifie
Editor Ellie Farmer
Shortlisted for the ABCD Awards 2023

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Octopants: The Missing Pirate Pants

Octopants: The Missing Pirate Pants

by Suzy Senior / Little Tiger
illustrated by Claire Powell
Hardback, 32pp.

Octopants The Missing Pirate Pants is the silly and sweet follow-up to the Book Trust’s Bookstart Treasure book Octopants. Now that Octopants has found his unique style, he is on a mission to help Pufferfish find his favourite pirate underpants — that have gone mysteriously missing. Another great twist ending!

Working with illustrator Claire Powell from initial thumbnails to completed colour artwork was a dream.

Enjoy Gaz Coombes reading this book on BBC CBeebies Bedtimes Strories →

AD: Rebecca Essilifie
Design: Heather Ryerson

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Blood Ties

Blood Ties

by Ben Crane  / Head of Zeus
Paperback, 320pp.

A memoir about how one father with Aspberger’s syndrome used falconry to connect with his son after struggling to connect.

Art direction: Jessie Price & Matt Bray

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Planetary Portals

Planetary Portals

by Casper Laing Ebbensgaard, Kerry Holden, Kathryn Yusoff and Michael Salu / Goldsmiths Press
Planetarities series

Planetary Portals focuses on the colonial afterlives of extraction in southern Africa and its colonisation of the future. Through a critical engagement with imperial archives – specifically the archival records of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes during the Kimberley diamond rush (1871), South African gold rushes (1873-1886), and the “African expansion” of imperialism – the book maps new cartographies of passage into alternate futures.

Guided by an ethics of repair and restitution of silenced histories, Planetary Portals investigates how dreams of Empire are sustained through geographic imaginaries of Africa-as-mine, Africaas-continent and Africa-as-resource.

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The Time Traveller and the Tiger

The Time Traveller and the Tiger

by Tania Unsworth  / Head of Zeus (Zephyr)
Hardback, 256pp.
Published 01 October 2020

Accompanied by evocative internal illustrations by Laura Brett, this magical story whisks readers off to 1940s India, where Elsie must prevent her Great Uncle John from making a decision he’ll forever regret. Can she save her uncle and the tiger?

Cover Helen Crawford-White
Internal Illustrations Laura Brett
Typesetting Ben Prior & Heather Ryerson

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Lionheart Girl

Lionheart Girl

by Yaba Badoe  / Head of Zeus (Zephyr)
Hardback, 336pp.
Published 14 October 2021

Sheba must find her own power outside her mother’s grasp, which means deciding which bonds to keep and which to move beyond. A stunning story of coming of age set in West Africa, paired with evocative 1-colour illustrations.

Cover design Leo Nickolls
Typesetting & Artworking Heather Ryerson

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Nibbles Christmas

Nibbles Christmas

by Emma Yarlett / Little Tiger
Die-cut board book, 22pp.

Say HELLO to Nibbles, he’s ready for some fun Jolly, holly jingles – the Christmas countdown has begun! A naughty counting adventure for kids.

Publishing October 14, 2021.

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