The Casual Optimist
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The Casual OptimistBook Covers of Note, September 2026 Hey. Hello. I hope you’re keeping safe and well. Things are a bit busy around here, so let’s just gone on with things shall we?…
The Casual OptimistBook Covers of Note, August 2026 Hey. Here are this month’s book covers of note… Blue Giant by Jordan Prosser; design by Design by Committee (UQP / August 2026) Fried egg…
The Casual OptimistTinder Press Andrea Levy These lovely covers for the new editions of the late Andrea Levy’s six books were designed and illustrated by Holly Ovenden for Tinder Press in…
The Casual OptimistPicador Édouard Louis I really like this new series design for Édouard Louis created by Violet Dine with AD Rodrigo Corral for Picador (US). The custom font was…
The Casual OptimistBook Covers of Note, July 2026 Hey. I hope you’re keeping safe and well. Here are this month’s book covers… Air by Christian Kracht, translated by Daniel Bowles; design by Sinem…
The Casual OptimistBook Covers of Note, June 2026 Hey, hello. Don’t you know there’s a World Cup on? Here are this month’s book cover selections… As If by Isabel Waidner; design by Na…
The Casual OptimistCover Designs for a Series of Highbrow Literary Novels I’m sure Tom Gauld‘s latest cartoon for The Guardian will resonate with a few folks around here… I liked Tom’s recent New Yorker cover too…
The Casual OptimistSergio García Sánchez and Lola Moral’s “The Secret Life of Books” I love this new cover for the Fiction Issue of The New Yorker by artists Sergio García Sánchez and Lola Moral. Is there a history…
The Casual OptimistBook Covers of Note, May 2026 Hi. Hello. I hope you’re all keeping well. This month seems to have flown by so I apologise for rather rushing this out at the…
The Casual OptimistThe Librarians by Tom Gauld It’s Friday so I’m posting comics… Tom Gauld for The Guardian.
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