The Alcuin Society

Alcuin Society Book Design Awards18th Annual Awards for
Excellence in Book Design
in Canada

1999

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

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

Children's Books

1st Prize

Title

The Magic Mustache

Designer

Andree Lauzon

Author

Gary Barwin

Publisher

Annick Press

Illustrator

Stephane Jorisch

Printer

Friesens

2nd Prize

Title

A Barbecue for Charlotte

Designer

Marc Tetro

Author

Marc Tetro

Publisher

McArthur & Company

Illustrator

Marc Tetro

Printer

Friesens

Hon. Mention

Title

The Prairie Fire

Designer

Christine Toller

Author

Marilynn Reynolds

Publisher

Orca Book Publishers

Illustrator

Don Kilby

Printer

Kings Time, Hong Kong

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1st Prize

Title

Inishbream

Designer

Crispin Elsted

Author

Theresa Kishkan

Publisher

Barbarian Press

Printer

Jan Elsted, Barbarian Press

2nd Prize

Title

Francesco Griffo da Bologna : Fragments & Glimpses

Designer

Rollin Milroy

Author

Rollin Milroy, editor

Publisher

A Lone Press

Printer

Rollin Milroy

3rd Prize

Title

The Island of Demons

Designer

Hugh Michaelson

Author

George Woodcock

Publisher

Harwood Press

Printer

Hugh Michaelson

Pictorial^ back to top

1st Prize (tie)

Title

Krieghoff : Images of Canada

Designer

George Vaitkunas

Author

Dennis Reid, editor

Publisher

Douglas & McIntyre / Art Gallery of Ontario

Printer

Friesens

1st Prize (tie)

Title

First Son : Portraits by C.D. Hoy

Designer

Timmings & Debay

Author

Faith Moosang

Publisher

Presentation House Gallery / Arsenal Pulp Press

Printer

Harpell Printing

2nd Prize

Title

Canada Our Century

Designer

Concrete Design Communications / Sara Borins

Author

Mark Kingwell and Christopher Moore

Publisher

Doubleday Canada

Printer

Friesens

Hon. Mention

Title

Carlo Scarpa Architect : Intervening with History

Designer

Glenn Goluska

Author

Mildred Friedman, et al.

Publisher

Canadian Centre for Architecture / The Monacelli Press

Printer

Litho Acme

Poetry^ back to top

1st Prize

Title

Waterglass

Designer

Sonia Chow

Author

Jeffrey Donaldson

Publisher

McGill-Queen's University Press

Illustrator

Cathy Gibbon

Printer

AGMV Marquis

2nd Prize

Title

Lake Where No One Swims

Designer

Zab Design & Typography

Author

Chris Chambers

Publisher

Pedlar Press

Printer

Transcontinental

3rd Prize

Title

Chess Pieces

Designer

David Drummond

Author

David Solway

Publisher

McGill-Queen's University Press

Printer

AGMV Marquis

Prose Fiction^ back to top

1st Prize

Title

Olivo Oliva

Designer

Angel Guerra (cover), Tannice Goddard (text)

Author

Phillipe Poloni; David Homel (trans.)

Publisher

Stoddart

Printer

Transcontinental

2nd Prize

Title

Gabriel Dumont in Paris

Designer

Alan Brownoff

Author

Jordan Zinovich

Publisher

The University of Alberta Press

Printer

Friesens

3rd Prize

Title

The Question

Designer

Sari Ginsberg

Author

Austin Clarke

Publisher

McClelland & Stewart

Printer

Transcontinental

Hon. Mention

Title

Slander

Designer

Ingrid Paulson

Author

William Deverell

Publisher

McClelland & Stewart

Printer

Friesens

Prose Non-Fiction^ back to top

1st Prize

Title

Setting the Stage : Montreal Theatre, 1920-1949

Designer

David Drummond

Author

Herbert Whittaker

Publisher

McGill-Queen's University Press

Printer

Friesens

2nd Prize

Title

Desire in Seven Voices

Designer

Val Speidel

Author

Lorna Crozier, editor

Publisher

Douglas & McIntyre

Printer

Friesens

Hon. Mention

Title

A Story as Sharp as a Knife

Designer

Robert Bringhurst

Author

Robert Bringhurst

Publisher

Douglas & McIntyre

Printer

Friesens

Hon. Mention

Title

The Importance of Lunch : And Other Real-Life Adventures in Good Eating

Designer

Sharon Foster Design

Author

John Allemang; Susanna Denti (illustrator)

Publisher

Random House Canada

Printer

Friesens

Hon. Mention

Title

No Place to Run : The Canadian Corps and Gas Warfare in the First World War

Designer

Aitken + Blakeley

Author

Tim Cook

Publisher

UBC Press

Printer

Friesens

Prose Non-Fiction Illustrated^ back to top

1st Prize

Title

Remembering Bobby Orr : A Celebration

Designer

Bill Douglas @ The Bang

Author

Craig MacInnis, editor

Publisher

Stoddart

Printer

Friesens

2nd Prize

Title

The Trickster Shift : Humour and Irony in Contemporary Native Art

Designer

George Vaitkunas

Author

Allan J. Ryan

Publisher

UBC Press / University of Washington Press

Printer

Friesens

3rd Prize

Title

A History of Domestic Space : Privacy and the Canadian Home

Designer

George Vaitkunas

Author

Peter Ward

Publisher

UBC Press

Printer

Friesens

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