The Alcuin Society

Alcuin Society Book Design Awards16th Annual Awards for
Excellence in Book Design
in Canada

1997

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

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

This Year's Judges:

Roberto A. Dosil Praxis Design, Vancouver

Dennis Nagy Studio Allsorts Vancouver

Robert R. Reid Retired Book Designer, Vancouver

Bibliographic data supplied by Dr. Ronald Hagler.

Children's Books

1st Prize

Title

Silent Night : The Song from Heaven

Author

Linda Granfield

2nd Prize

Title

Flirt, Punk Loo My Dogs and I

Author

Emily Carr

Illustrator

Emily Carr

3rd Prize (tie)

Title

Hungry Animals : My First Look at a Food Chain

3rd Prize (tie)

Title

A New Butterfly : My First Look at Metamorphosis

3rd Prize (tie)

Title

A Seed Grows : My First Look at a Plant's Life Cycle

Hon. Mention

Title

Cowboy on the Steppes

Author

Song Nan Zhang

Hon. Mention

Title

Glass Town

Author

Michael Bedard

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1st Prize

Title

Rufinus : The Complete Poems in English Versions

Designer

Crispin Elsted

Author

Robin Skelton

Publisher

Barbarian Press

Illustrator

Wesley Bates (wood engravings)

Printer

Jan Elsted at Barbarian Press

2nd Prize

Title

Air : Poemes = Poems

Designer

Lucie Lambert

Author

Robert Melançon; Philip Stratford, trans.

Publisher

Les editions Lucie Lambert

Illustrator

Lucie Lambert (woodcuts)

Printer

Barbarian Press

3rd Prize

Title

Harlem : The Artist's Annotations on a City. Revisited in Two Classic Photographic Essays

Designer

Michael Torosian

Author

Gordon Parks; introduction and interview by Michael Torosian

Publisher

Lumiere Press

Printer

Lumiere Press

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1st Prize

Title

Ornament and Object : Canadian Jewellery and Metal Art

Designer

Adams + Associates

Author

Anne Barros

Publisher

Boston Mills Press

Printer

Friesens

2nd Prize

Title

Darwin Wiggett Photographs Canada

Designer

Carbon Media

Author

Darwin Wiggett

Publisher

Whitecap Books

Printer

Friesens

3rd Prize

Title

Mother Nature : Animal Parents and Their Young

Designer

DesignGeist

Author

Candace Savage

Publisher

Greystone Books

Printer

C.S. Graphics

Hon. Mention

Title

Gabor Szilasi : Photographies = Photographs 1954-1996

Designer

François Blais

Author

David Harris

Publisher

McGill-Queen's University Press for Vox Populi

Printer

Litho Acme

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1st Prize

Title

The Soft Signature

Designer

Gordon Robertson

Author

Lise Downe

Publisher

ECW Press

Printer

Coach House Printing

2nd Prize

Title

Debbie : An Epic

Designer

cardigan.com

Author

Lisa Robertson

Publisher

New Star Books

Printer

Hignell Printing

3rd Prize

Title

Apostrophes II : Through You, I

Designer

Alan Brownoff

Author

E.D. Blodgett

Publisher

The University of Alberta Press

Printer

Friesens

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3rd Prize

Title

In the Wings : A Novel

Designer

Bill Douglas @ TheBang; Kinetics Design Illustration (typography)

Author

Carole Corbeil

Publisher

Stoddart

Printer

Friesens

Hon. Mention

Title

Barney's Version

Designer

Spencer Francey Peters

Author

Mordecai Richler with footnotes and afterword by Michael Panofsky

Publisher

Knopf

Printer

Printed in the USA; Quebecor (cover)

Hon. Mention

Title

American Whiskey Bar : A Novel

Designer

cardigan.com

Author

Michael Turner

Publisher

Arsenal Pulp Press

Printer

Webcom

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1st Prize

Title

The Pullet Surprise : A Year on an Urban Farm

Designer

Dean Allen

Author

Michael Kluckner

Publisher

Raincoast Books

Illustrator

Michael Kluckner

2nd Prize

Title

Sinews of Survivial : The Living Legacy of Inuit Clothing

Designer

George Vaitkunas

Author

Betty Kobayashi Issenman

Publisher

UBC Press in association with Études / Inuit / Studies

Printer

Friesens

3rd Prize

Title

Coming West : A Natural History of Home

Designer

Kelly Stauffer

Author

Kevin Van Tighem; preface by Peter Christensen

Publisher

Altitude Publishing Canada

Illustrator

Stephen Hutchings

Printer

Friesens

Hon. Mention

Title

Click : Becoming Feminists

Designer

Douglas Robertson

Author

Lynn Crosbie, editor

Publisher

MacFarlane Walter Ross

Printer

Transcontinental

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1st Prize

Title

Lines of Country : An Atlas of Railway and Waterway History in Canada

Designer

Mark Fram

Author

Christopher Andreae

Publisher

Boston Mills Press

Illustrator

Geoffrey Matthews (cartography)

Printer

Printed in Hong Kong for Book Art Inc. (Toronto)

2nd Prize

Title

Vulture : Nature's Ghastly Gourmet

Designer

Tom Brown

Author

Wayne Grady

Publisher

Greystone Books

Printer

C & C Offset

3rd Prize

Title

Secret Montreal : The Unique Guidebook to Montreal's Hidden Sites, Sounds, Tastes

Designer

Paul Davies

Author

Todd Hoffman

Publisher

ECW Press

Photographer

Linda Rutenberg

Printer

Imprimerie Interglobe

Hon. Mention

Title

Foundation of Marketing

Designer

Opus House

Author

M. Dale Beckman, David L. Kurtz, Louis E. Boone (6th Canadian edition)

Publisher

Harcourt Brace

Printer

Metropole Litho

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