Frank Newfeld\xa0is a Canadian book designer, illustrator, art director and educator.
He has designed over 650 books and won more than 170 Canadian and international awards, \xa0is a former Vice-President of Publishing at McClelland & Stewart and \xa0Head of the Illustration Program at Sheridan College, \xa0and Co-founder of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada
Newfeld has written and designed three children\u2019s books, two of them published by Oxford University Press and one by Groundwood Books (Douglas & McIntyre). In 2008 his memoir\xa0 Drawing on Type was published by Porcupine\u2019s Quill.
We talk here about the origins of his career as a book designer and illustrator, about some of his innovations, about the books he considers his best, and about which of his titles the collector might fruitfully pursue.
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