The Alcuin Society

Alcuin Society Book Design Awards15th Annual Awards for
Excellence in Book Design
in Canada

1996

Children | Limited Editions | Pictorial | Poetry
Prose Fiction | Prose Non-Fiction | Reference

1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Children's Books

1st Prize

Title

The Very Hungry Lion : A Folktale

Designer

Tara Publishing and Annick Press

Author

Gita Wolf

Publisher

Annick Press; distributed by Firefly Books Ltd

Illustrator

Indrapramit Roy

Printer

C. Arumugan, AMM Screens (India)

2nd Prize

Title

The Basics

Designer

Peter Cocking

Author

Sean Rossiter; foreword by Pat Quinn (Hockey the NHL Way)

Publisher

Greystone Books

Printer

Friesens

3rd Prize (tie)

Title

The Kids Canadian Bug Book

Designer

Blair Kerrigan / Glyphics

Author

Pamela Hickman

Publisher

Kids Can Press

Illustrator

Heather Collins

Printer

Wing King Tong Co. Ltd

3rd Prize (tie)

Title

The Kids Canadian Plant Book

Designer

Blair Kerrigan / Glyphics

Author

Pamela Hickman

Publisher

Kids Can Press

Illustrator

Heather Collins

Printer

Wing King Tong Co. Ltd

Hon. Mention

Title

Who's Afraid of the Dark?

Designer

Yuksel Hassan

Author

Christiane Duchesne and Doris Barrette

Publisher

North Winds Press (a division of Scholastic Canada)

Printer

Friesens

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2nd Prize

Title

L'ete, Parfois

Author

Annie Molin Vasseur

Publisher

Editions Bonfort and Edition d'art La Tranchefile

Illustrator

Celyne Fortin (drawings)

Printer

Imprimerie Saint-Louis (text), Copie B.G.R. (illustration)

Hon. Mention

Title

La Fanciulla di Terracotta = The Terracotta Maiden = La Jeune Fille en Terre Cuite : Poesie = Poems = Poemes

Designer

Crispin Elsted (Barbarian Press)

Author

Carlo Toselli

Publisher

Le Grazie

Printer

Jan Elsted (Barbarian Press, text); Benwell-Atkins, Ltd (photographs and dustwrapper for unboxed copies)

Binder

Rasmussen Bindery

Pictorial^ back to top

1st Prize (tie)

Title

Wildfowl Art : Carvings from the Ward World Championship

Designer

Linda J. Menyes / Q Kumquat Designs

Author

Laurel Aziz

Publisher

Firefly Books

Photographer

Ernie Sparks

Printer

Friesens

1st Prize (tie)

Title

Michael Kluckner's Vancouver

Designer

Dean Allen

Author

Michael Kluckner

Publisher

Raincoast Books

Illustrator

Michael Kluckner (watercolours)

Printer

Palace Press International

2nd Prize

Title

Works : The Architecture of A.J. Diamond, Donald Schmitt and Company, 1968-1995 (Documents in Canadian Architecture)

Designer

Bhandari Co.

Publisher

TUNS Press

Printer

Atlantic Nova Print Co. Ltd

3rd Prize (tie)

Title

Joe Fafard : Les Annees de Bronze

Designer

France Lafond

Publisher

Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal

Printer

France Lafond

3rd Prize (tie)

Title

Ozias Leduc : An Art of Love and Reverie

Designer

Martin Dufour

Publisher

Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal and Musee du Quebec

Printer

Richard Veilleux imprimeur inc.

Hon. Mention

Title

It Pays to Play : British Columbia in Postcards 1950s-1980s

Designer

Alexandra Hass

Author

Peter White

Publisher

Presentation House Gallery and Arsenal Pulp Press

Printer

Kromar Printers

Poetry^ back to top

1st Prize

Title

Poemes Contre la Montre

Designer

Claude Prud-Homme et Carle Coppens

Author

Carle Coppens, with reproductions of the works of Jesus Carles de Vilallonga

Publisher

Le Noroit (distribution Fides)

Printer

AGMV "L'imprimeur" inc.

2nd Prize

Title

The Concrete Air

Designer

Gordon Robertson (cover); TASK (composition and page design)

Author

Nelson Ball

Publisher

Mercury Press

Printer

Metropole Litho

Hon. Mention

Title

Voices from the Wild : An Animal Sensagoria

Designer

Dean Allen

Author

David Bouchard

Publisher

Raincoast Books

Illustrator

Ron Parker (paintings)

Printer

Palace Press International

Prose Fiction^ back to top

1st Prize

Title

Last Seen : A Novel

Designer

Gordon Robertson (text); Paul Hodgson, Spencer Francey Peters (cover)

Author

Matt Cohen

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf Canada

Printer

R.R. Donnelley (text); Phoenix Colour (cover)

2nd Prize (tie)

Title

Hard Core Logo

Designer

Patty Osborne (text); Dean Allen (cover)

Author

Michael Turner

Publisher

Arsenal Pulp Press

Printer

Kromar Printing

2nd Prize (tie)

Title

Slow Emergencies

Designer

Michael P. Callaghan (text); Tania Craan (cover)

Author

Nancy Huston

Publisher

Little, Brown Co.

Printer

Best Book Manufacturers

3rd Prize (tie)

Title

Alias Grace

Designer

Kong Njo

Author

Margaret Atwood

Publisher

McClelland & Stewart

Printer

Friesens

3rd Prize (tie)

Title

Butterfly Lovers

Designer

Linda Gustafson (Counterpunch)

Author

Charles Foran

Publisher

Harper Collins

Prose Non-Fiction^ back to top

1st Prize

Title

Propaganda and Censorship During Canada's Great War

Designer

Alan Brownoff

Author

Jeffrey A. Keshen

Publisher

The University of Alberta Press

Printer

Friesens

2nd Prize

Title

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

Designer

Sari Ginsberg

Author

Stephen Leacock

Publisher

McClelland & Stewart

Illustrator

Wesley Bates

Printer

Friesens

3rd Prize

Title

Reclaiming Higher Ground : Creating Organizations That Inspire the Soul

Designer

Kevin Connolly

Author

Lance H.K. Secretan

Publisher

Macmillan Canada

Printer

Friesens

Hon. Mention

Title

The Presumption of Culture : Structure, Strategy, and Survival in the Canadian Cultural Landscape

Designer

Dean Allen

Author

Tom Henighan

Publisher

Raincoast Books

Printer

Best Books

Reference^ back to top

1st Prize (tie)

Title

Origins : Canadian History to Confederation (3rd edition)

Designer

Opus House Inc.

Author

R. Douglas Francis, Richard Jones and Donald B. Smith

Publisher

Harcourt Brace Canada

Printer

Best Book Manufacturers

1st Prize (tie)

Title

Destinies : Canadian History Since Confederation (3rd edition)

Designer

Opus House Inc.

Author

R. Douglas Francis, Richard Jones and Donald B. Smith

Publisher

Harcourt Brace Canada

Printer

Best Book Manufacturers

2nd Prize (tie)

Title

Aunt Maud's Recipe Book from the Kitchen of L.M. Montgomery

Designer

Linda Gustafson (Counterpunch)

Author

Elaine Crawford, Kelly Crawford

Publisher

Moulin Publishing Ltd

Printer

Friesens

2nd Prize (tie)

Title

Mammiferes du Quebec et de l'est du Canada

Designer

Standish Communications

Author

Jacques Prescott and Pierre Richard

Publisher

Editions Michel Quintin

Printer

Imprimerie HLN

3rd Prize

Title

The Prairie Garden Planner

Designer

Kunz + Associates

Author

Jan Mather

Publisher

Red Deer College Press

Printer

Friesens

Hon. Mention

Title

Bishop's : The Cookbook

Designer

George Vaitkunas

Author

John Bishop; with additional recipes by Michael Allemeier, Dennis Green and Tina Perenseff

Publisher

Douglas & McIntyre

Printer

Friesens

Hon. Mention

Title

Contact Canada

Designer

Brett Miller

Author

Fraser Cartwright, Gary Birchall and Gerry Pierce

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Printer

Friesens

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