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April 09, 2009

Alcuin Book Design Awards 2008

The Alcuin Society has announced the winners of its 27th annual Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada. Of an astounding 233 entries, the judges selected 32 winning titles. You can view the full PDF list of winners and finalists here. Congratulations to all the Canadian titles recognized by The Alcuin Society’s Awards for Excellence in Book Design. The BC Book Prizes is proud to highlight a few titles and individuals here which have also been involved with the BC Book Prizes:

• In the category of Prose Non-Fiction Illustrated, Robert Bringhurst (Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize winner 2008) won first place for design of The Surface of Meaning : Books and Book Design in Canada, by Robert Bringhurst (CCSP Press / Simon Fraser University).
• And in fourth place of the Prose Non-Fiction Illustrated category is Jessica Sullivan, designer of Flight of the Hummingbird: a Parable for the Environment, by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Greystone Books), which has also been shortlisted for the BC Booksellers’ Choice Award in Honour of Bill Duthie 2009.
• Designer Andrew Steeves at Gaspereau Press was awarded Second Prize in the Poetry category for his work on The Muska Assemblage (Gaspereau Press) by Don McKay. Don McKay was the winner of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2007.
• Andrew Steeves at Gaspearu Press was also awarded Second Prize for the Prose Fiction category for his design of That Tune Clutches My Heart by Paul Headrick (Gaspereau Press). That Tune Clutches My Heart is shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize this year.

The Alcuin Society is a Vancouver-based not-for-profit society for the support and appreciation of fine books. In addition to the annual Book Design Competition, the Society publishes a quarterly journal, Amphora, and organizes lectures, workshops, exhibitions, and field visits on various aspects of the book.

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