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Hand-drawn illustration of New College Oxford by Grace Ironside 

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Catherine Alette Clover

Hand-drawn illustration of New College Oxford by Grace Ironside

book design, illustrations and printing

Catherine Alette Clover

 

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Writer, Catherine Alette Clover, chooses Holywell to produce her first historical novel

The Templar's Garden Cover

When Oxford University graduate, Catherine Alette Clover, was looking for a printer to produce her debut historical novel she looked for a long-established Oxford printer because of her own ties to the city and the part the city plays in the book itself. Holywell Press, established over 125 years ago and still a family firm, was a natural choice and perfect fit.

Catherine was first attracted by the ‘magazines’ we regularly print for Areté. Like the Areté titles, The Templar’s Garden, has a double cover. It has a standard paperback cover printed on coloured card with the addition of a dust jacket with flaps.

Hand drawn illustration by Holywell for The Templar's Garden book

Catherine was pleasantly surprised to learn that not only could we print the book for her, but our studio could also design and set the book and indeed provide the illustrations that she was looking to include in the book. The illustrations were produced by Grace to look like they had been drawn with childlike naivety by the main character of the novel, a young girl.

As befitting the subject matter, the book is set in Stempel Garamond with chapter titles set in Black Chancery.

Inside The Templar's Garden

Another unusual feature of The Templar’s Garden, along with the inclusion of illustrations, is the addition of hand-drawn fold out maps and family trees. 

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