Slender Volumes — Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2025 FINALIST

Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2025

Finalist

Designer: Katie Kerr, Studio Katie Kerr

Title: Slender Volumes
Publisher: Spoor Books
Format: 130 x 196mm, 192pp, perfect bound. Wide cover flaps with a slight fore edge overhang.


Typography:
Plantin (Monotype) and Meursault (Universal Thirst)
Although the press will be publishing in English, Spoor Books maintains a strong connection to India that we wanted to manifest in the design. The typeface Meursault was created by Universal Thirst, an Indian foundry that specialises in both Indic and Latin scripts.

Publisher’s Brief
“Slender Volumes is the first book produced by Spoor Books, a new independent publisher. As the inaugural title, it may not be immediately apparent that the publication follows a structured template that will be used for all future titles. While certain design elements will adapt for each book — such as the cover image and spine colour — the typography and page construction will remain consistent, creating a sense of unity across their collection. Not all forthcoming books will be poetry, so the design needed to be flexible enough to accommodate multiple genres, while expressing the core values of the publisher.”

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