Our fabric envelopes come in two different designs: the red and cream pattern used for the endpaper for As It Was, and the blue and white pattern used for the endpaper for A Well Full Of Leaves.

Each envelope neatly fits a Persephone book inside, except for the very long ones over 600 pages like Few Eggs, The Oppermanns and National Provincial, where it is a bit of a squeeze. It is a way to gift-wrap books that is kinder to the environment than paper, but the envelopes have a number of other uses too: as a sandwich bag, a make-up bag, or just to keep your current read clean rather than covered in ink or crumbs.

The envelopes have been specially designed for us by Re-Wrap, a social enterprise in South India which manufactures organic cotton products in a way that impacts positively on its women suppliers and employees.