How to judge a book by its cover: a masterclass in design

3:30pm, Saturday 18th September 2021 - Walter MacFarlane Stage

Two of the country’s finest book designers reveal their secrets and inspiration

Jamie Keenan and Queen’s Park resident Greg Heinimann are two of the country’s finest book designers. Together they have created covers for many of the most celebrated authors in the world, designing thousands of book covers and pioneering the exciting art of cover design.

In this unique event for Queen’s Park Book Festival, Jamie and Greg will be in discussion with Festival Director Thomas du Plessis on how to create the perfect book cover.

“Looking back over Heinimann’s body of work, the variety of subjects covered and creative styles explored by the designer is remarkable.”
creative review – april 2021

Greg Heinimann

Greg Heinimann is Debuty Creative Director at Bloomsbury Publishing, where he designs and illustrates literary fiction and non-fiction book covers on the Adult Trade list. He studied at Camberwell College of Art, Goldsmiths College, Central Saint Martins, and began his cover design career at Vintage (Penguin Random House).

Awards include:

D&AD award win for Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race.
Winner (Eat Like A Local series), and twice finalist at the British Book Design and Production Awards.
Five times shortlisted at the A.B.C.D awards.
Designed covers that have won: the Man Booker Prize for Lincoln In The Bardo (with four shortlisted over the years), Women’s Prize Winner for Home Fire, the Golden Man Booker Prize, the Pulitzer Prize for A Visit From The Goon Squad, Folio Prize Winner for Tenth of December, and the National Book Award.