29th
Annual Awards for
Excellence in Book Design
in Canada
for books published in
2010Catalogue (PDF)
for books published in
Book Design Awards 2010
The fundamental principle of the judging process is that each book must be considered as a total entity. The judges examine every aspect of each book, including the dust jacket, binding, endpapers, half-title page, copyright page, title page, page layout, typography, integration of illustrations, chapter openings, running heads, reproduction of illustrations, clarity of printing, choice of paper, footnotes, and bibliographical references.
The Alcuin Society is grateful to the judges for volunteering their time and considerable talent:
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Alan Brownoff
Book designer, Artist
University of Alberta Press
Edmonton, Alberta -
CS Richardson
Book designer, Author
Random House of Canada
Toronto, Ontario -
Dr. Shelley Gruendler
Book designer, Typographer, Professor
Vancouver, British Columbia
On behalf of The Alcuin Society, this year's judges have selected 37 winning titles for the 29th annual Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada. The books were chosen from 217 Canadian entries published in 2010, from 9 provinces and 96 publishers.
The winning books will be exhibited in Germany at the Frankfurt and Leipzig Book Fairs, and, in Canada, in every province except PEI. Exhibition venues will be posted on our web site.
The winning books will be entered in the international book design competition in Leipzig, Germany in February 2012. Awards will be given out this fall in Toronto (at The Arts & Letters Club) and Vancouver (at Emily Carr University).
A complete schedule of the book exhibitions associated with this year's winning designs is now available here [pdf].
This year's winners are: