Fantasy book covers – in pictures

A decade-long fascination with wordplay, consumer culture and illustration is what first led Anna Hoyle to start painting imaginary book covers. “I’ll be cooking dinner and I’ll get this silly sentence in my head or this silly bundle of words,” says the Melbourne-based artist. “In my studio I’ve got a long list of words and sentences that are books ready to have their covers illustrated.” Her satirical book titles serve to remind us, she says, that physi