Covers & Colors

virtual event; open to all mentees, mentors & alumni

We may not want to admit it, but most of us are guilty of judging books by their covers. A good book cover won’t necessarily keep us reading, but a bad one can definitely prevent us from starting!

Whether someone finds our work online or in the pages of a book, frequently the first interaction they have with it is through visual representation. Book covers, logos, thumbnails, and websites serve as an entryway into the thoughts, ideas, and stories we’ve created. How can we design and advocate for visual representation that invites a reader into our work?

We’ll talk about the implicit bias in color theory and the ways we can question and shift the traditional understanding of color psychology. Together, we’ll dream of visual representations for our own work, and collaborate on images to represent work created by the Girls Write Now community.