Welcome to A Mischief of Magpies | Studio, a London-based creative company specialising in book design and publishing. From first ideas to finished files, we bring together creativity, expertise and craft to create books that look beautiful, read brilliantly and leave a lasting impression.

A simple, stylized black and white illustration of a bird with a long pointed beak, standing on one leg.
Silhouette of a bird standing on a branch, depicted in black and white.
  • Colorful book cover for 'The Odyssey' by Liv Albert with a stylized illustration of a person wearing a helmet and ship sailing on turbulent waves illustrated by Hazem Asif
  • Four colorful activity books with whimsical illustrations and titles: 'Up Yours Menopause!', 'Up Yours Old Age!', 'Up Yours Adulting!', and 'Up Yours Marriage!' by Clare Baggaley, published by Sona Books and Up Yours! Publishing.
  • A colorful book cover for 'The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac' by Bloomsbury featuring wizard-themed illustrations like a phoenix, dragon, owl, and various magical symbols and creatures with a predominantly purple and gold color scheme.
  • Four hardcover books with botanical and animal illustrations on the covers, arranged in two rows with two books each.
  • A book cover titled 'Medieval Women: Voices & Visions.' Published by The British Library. It features an illustrated painting of women holding books and musical sheets, with a large, orange key staff on the cover.
  • 'A Field Guide to Parking' by Lara Maikle, with a yellow elastic band on the right side. Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, London.
  • Book cover titled 'I Saw Your Ship & Other Stories' by Michael Le Baron, illustrated by Amanda M. Janson, featuring a black and white illustration of two women's faces.
  • Black packaging box with gold ornate border, gold logo of a lion, and gold text that reads 'Game of Thrones House Lannister Lion 3D Mask & Wall Mount'.
  • 'Game of Thrones House Lannister Lion 3D Mask & Wall Mount'. A mask and wall mount, paper engineering by Wintercroft.
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What we do

Book cover titled "The Tropical Hothouse" by Chris Thorogood, featuring botanical illustrations of leaves and colorful tropical flowers.
Book cover titled "The Tropical Hothouse" by Chris Thorogood, featuring botanical illustrations of leaves and colorful tropical flowers.

Design Service

We design covers, interiors, visual identities and publishing logos across a wide range of genres and formats. Our focus is on strong visual direction, structured layouts and thoughtful detail, creating work that is distinctive and production-ready.

Design Projects
Book cover titled 'Coming Home' by Cara Dillon, featuring a woman with blonde hair wearing a patterned sweater, standing in front of a stone building with a window.
Book cover titled 'Coming Home' by Cara Dillon, featuring a woman with blonde hair wearing a patterned sweater, standing in front of a stone building with a window.

Publishing Support

We provide editorial, design and production support across the publishing process. Working with authors, publishers and brands, we help develop, refine and deliver books from early concept through to final print files.

Publishing Support
Cover of a book titled 'Up Yours Menopause!' with floral and colorful illustrations on a blue background.
Cover of a book titled 'Up Yours Menopause!' with floral and colorful illustrations on a blue background.

Publishing

We publish our own titles through A Mischief of Magpies | Publishing, our independent London-based imprint. The list includes original books, series and activity titles shaped by strong ideas and distinctive design. Click on Up Yours Menopause! to fly over to our publishing house.

Our Books

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Simple illustration of a a Magpie.