The Work
Selected titles, set as spreads. Each project is presented as it would appear in a publisher's catalogue — cover plate, scope, and a short note on the design.
Fiction
What Lies Through the Smoke
A noir novel set in a sprawling deco metropolis. The cover frames an Art Deco border around an industrial skyline; interior pages carry a matching art-deco chapter ornament throughout.
Muriel's Manhunt
Cosy mystery with a Northern voice. Hand-set chapter openings and a warm, traditional book block built for comfortable, long-form reading.
The Eagle's Favour
Historical adventure with a grand cover treatment and classical interior typography to match its sweeping scale.
Blossoming of Truth
Restrained romance cover paired with a quietly elegant interior. The text was set for both print and reflowable EPUB.
Loose Ends
Crime fiction with a confident type-led cover. Interior pacing and chapter openers carry the same forensic precision.
Bluebell Lodge
A mysterious new home — illustrative cover and a soft, traditional book block to suit a young-reader audience.
War of the Hoses
Comic, character-driven novel. The cover pulls focus with a single bold subject; the interior keeps the reading experience unobtrusive.
Stanley South & the Hustledown Snipes
Middle-grade adventure with a distinctive title-led cover and an interior built around generous chapter openers.
The Skinned Man
Dark thriller. Stark cover composition with high-contrast typography; interior set for a tense, propulsive read.
Falsely Accused of the Unthinkable
Memoir-led courtroom drama. Cover and interior co-designed for both trade paperback and EPUB editions.
When the Rain Stops
A selection of fiction covers spanning post-apocalyptic, contemporary and literary titles — each tuned to its own genre conventions.
Non-fiction
The Art of Construction Estimating
Technical reference with extensive tabular data. Interior built on a strict grid so charts, formulas and prose share one consistent rhythm.
Science & Imagination
True stories from the Falconer Museum. Interior weaves archival imagery and captions through a calm two-column structure.
Chocolate-Coated Piranha
Memoir with a playful but precise cover. Interior runs a generous one-column measure designed for readability over decoration.
Deep Thoughts
A raw, fearless journey through life, laughter, loss, and living fully — set with a calm, classical interior.
An Expert Guide to Retirement
Financial guidance with rigorous tables and reference figures. Designed so complex data reads as easily as the prose around it.
The Human Paradox
Long-form essay with extensive citations. The reference apparatus is set as a first-class part of the design, not an afterthought.
A Place We Used to Call Home
Memoir built on photographs and archive material. Interior balances image plates with body text on a unified vertical rhythm.
Dog Grooming Scissors
What every dog groomer should know — a practical guide where diagrams, captions and instruction blocks share one disciplined system.
Buddhism and Other Such Rubbish
Wry, conversational non-fiction. A cover with personality and an interior set for a frank, fast read.
Flying Under the Radar
Career memoir with timelines and detailed reference tables — typeset to keep dense information clear and unhurried.
Coffee-table
Blue Bubbles: Underwater Fiji
A photographic journey through the rich biodiversity of Fiji's coral reef ecosystems. Full-bleed plates, descriptive captions and a dust-jacket designed end-to-end.
Brontë Places & Poems
Landscape photography woven through Brontë verse. The grid is set so that images, captions and inset poems share a single, calm vertical structure across every spread.
Voices from a Bombardment
Tales from the shelling of the Hartlepools, 1914. Archival photographs, maps and first-hand accounts set with the restraint of a period publication.