Sort of Books to publish Moomin Special Collectors’ hardback editions in Oct 2017
/Our amazing news is that we will be launching Special Collectors’ Editions of the original Moomin novels in October 2017: the first four titles to coincide with the opening of the Tove Jansson retrospective at Dulwich Picture Gallery. Four further titles will follow in Spring and Winter 2018.
The titles will be lovingly restored to their original 1950s and 60s designs, with stunning full colour wrap-around art paper jackets, and Finn Family Moomintroll – the most popular Moomin title – will include the book’s original fold-out map of Moominvalley.
“Our aim is to recreate the books that the first Moomin readers treasured,” says Sort Of publisher Nat Jansz. “There’s a touch of Moomin mania at the moment, with the sell-out Adventures in Moominland show at the Southbank, a new animation series in development, and beautiful Moomin merchandise wherever you look. But these eight Moomin novels are at the heart of everything. They are philosophically wise, packed with adventure and have enduring values of non-materialism, love of nature and the imperative of hospitality.”
The first four titles will be Finn Family Moomintroll, Comet in Moominland, Exploits of Moominpappa and Moominland Midwinter. Publication date is 5th October 2017.
