28th
Annual Awards for
Excellence in Book Design
in Canada
for books published in
2009Catalogue (PDF)
for books published in
Book Design Awards 2009
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:
- Marian Bantjes
- Linda Gustafson
- Peter Koch
On behalf of The Alcuin Society, this year's judges have selected 30
winning titles for the 28th annual Alcuin Society Awards for
Excellence in Book Design in Canada. The books were chosen from 252
Canadian entries published in 2009, from 9 provinces and 108
publishers.
The Alcuin Award winning books will be exhibited internationally: in
Germany, at the Frankfurt and Leipzig Book Fairs; in England, at the
Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library and the Norwich University
College of the Arts; and in Japan, at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo,
in conjunction with the Tokyo International Book Fair. The books
will also be exhibited in 19 venues across Canada. They will compete
in the international book design competition in Leipzig, Germany in
February 2011.
Here is a complete
schedule of the book exhibitions associated with this year's winning
designs. (PDF)
This year's winners are: