Cover Meeting
Episodes
Cover Meeting with Charlotte Abrams Simpson
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Charlotte Abrams Simpson is one of the Art Directors at the Orion publishing group. She left Wolverhampton and moved to London at 18 to pursue her pas...
Cover Meeting with Craig Oldham
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Oldham has been named by his peers as one of the most influential designers working in the UK, and has written books on a range of topics, inclu...
Cover Meeting with Sarah Wasley
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Wasley is the Production Director and Design Director of Granta Books. Sarah began her career at The Women's Press in 1987 as a receptionist ...
Cover Meeting with Jack Smyth
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of season 2, we speak with Jack Smyth – a freelance designer and illustrator from Ireland. His clients include Penguin Random ...
Cover Meeting with Tree Abraham
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this last episode of Season One, we speak with Tree Abraham – a brilliant book designer, illustrator and writer. Tree was born and raised in Ott...
Cover Meeting with Suzanne Dean
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Suzanne Dean is a Creative Director who has worked at Vintage Books for over twenty years. She has created covers for iconic titles and bestsellers f...
Cover Meeting with Mike Dempsey
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Dempsey has been a practising graphic designer since 1964. From the late sixties he worked as an Art Director for two leading British publishing ...
Cover Meeting with Jamie Keenan
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Keenan is a book cover designer who has been freelancing since setting up his own studio in 1998. He has since designed covers for Stephen King...
Cover Meeting with Zoe Norvell
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Zoe Norvell has been in the book publishing world since she graduated from the Pratt Institute in 2011. Her very first job was an internship with Rod...
Cover Meeting with James Jones
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James Jones is an award-winning art director, designer and illustrator who freelances for publishers all over the world. James has worked at Orion Pub...
Cover Meeting with Micaela Alcaino
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Cover Meeting speaks with Micaela Alcaino, a book cover designer and illustrator who relocated from her home in Sydney, Australia to L...
Cover Meeting with David Pearson
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of Cover Meeting, Steve Leard is joined by David Pearson, a graphic designer who has been commissioned by Wes Anderson, Christi...