Blood & Tinsel – The grand and monumental memoir of Jim Sharman. Spanning some 60 years of theatre, film and opera productions, it tells the extraordinary stories of Sharman and his various collaborators in developing a unique flavour to Australian culture and taking it to the world. Designed with close consultation with the author Blood & Tinsel features a surprise pictorial timeline in the inner cover and embossed and foil treatment to the hard cover. Letterbox designed the entirety of this elegant publishing project. Winner Best Designed Fiction, Australian Books Design Awards (2009)