Pocket Canons
The Pocket Canons is the name of a series of small books, designed by Pentagram Partner, Angus Hyland, featuring the text of individual Books of the Bible along with introductions by various well-known authors. The Bible texts are drawn from the King James Version of the Bible. The series was conceived by Matthew Darby, who published it in partnership with Canongate Books in the UK. The series has now (2006) been published in 12 languages and in 16 countries, selling well over a million copies. The US publisher of the Pocket Canons is Grove/Atlantic Inc..
In 1998 the series was the winner of the Publishers' Publicity Circle award for Generic Campaign of the Year. It also won several design awards, the D&AD Silver Award, and awards from the Art Directors Club and the Tokyo Type Directors Club.
[edit] Pocket Canons: Series 1
| Book of the Bible | Text at Wikisource | UK Introduction Writer | US Introduction Writer | ISBN (see note) |
| Genesis | Genesis | Steven Rose | E. L. Doctorow | ISBN 0-8021-3610-9 |
| Exodus | Exodus | David Grossman | ISBN 0-8021-3611-7 | |
| Job | Job | Louis de Bernières | Charles Frazier | ISBN 0-8021-3612-5 |
| Proverbs | Proverbs | Charles Johnson | ISBN 0-8021-3613-3 | |
| Song of Solomon | Song of Solomon | A. S. Byatt | ISBN 0-8021-3615-X | |
| Ecclesiastes | Ecclesiastes | Doris Lessing | ISBN 0-8021-3614-1 | |
| Matthew | Matthew | A. N. Wilson | Francisco Goldman | ISBN 0-8021-3616-8 |
| Mark | Mark | Nick Cave | Barry Hannah | ISBN 0-8021-3617-6 |
| Luke | Luke | Richard Holloway, The Bishop of Edinburgh |
Thomas Cahill | ISBN 0-8021-3618-4 |
| John | John | Blake Morrison | Darcey Steinke | ISBN 0-8021-3619-2 |
| Corinthians (1 & 2) |
First Corinthians Second Corinthians |
Fay Weldon | ISBN 0-8021-3620-6 | |
| Revelation | Revelation | Will Self | Kathleen Norris | ISBN 0-8021-3621-4 |
Note: The ISBN's listed are the US editions of the Pocket Canons.
[edit] Pocket Canons: Series 2
| Book of the Bible | Text at Wikisource | Introduction Writer |
| Ruth & Esther | Ruth / Esther | Joanna Trollope |
| Samuel (1 & 2) |
1 Samuel 2 Samuel |
Meir Shalev |
| Psalms | Psalms | Bono |
| Isaiah | Isaiah | Peter Ackroyd |
| Jonah, Micah & Nahum | Jonah / Micah / Nahum | Alasdair Gray |
| Wisdom | Wisdom of Solomon | Piers Paul Read |
| Acts | Acts of the Apostles | P. D. James |
| Romans | Romans | Ruth Rendell |
| Hebrews | Hebrews | Karen Armstrong |
