Gasperau Press Titles Displayed in Alcuin Awards Exhibits

July 03, 2008

For more information, contact:

Beth Crosby, Gaspereau Press
47 Church Avenue, Kentville, NS, B4N 2M7
(902) 678-6002 | booksales@gaspereau.com

www.gaspereau.com

The winning titles in the 2008 Alcuin Awards for excellence in Canadian book design will be on display across Canada and internationally. Three Gaspereau Press titles will be included in the exhibits: Robert Bringhurst’s Everywhere Being is Dancing (first prize, non-fiction), Tim Bowling’s The Bone Sharps (tied for second place, prose fiction) and Gaspereau’s Gloriatur Vol. 1 - Poetry, an Anthology (third place, poetry). The venues and dates follow. More details will be added to the Alcuin Society’s website as they become available.

The winning titles in the 2008 Alcuin Awards for excellence in Canadian book design

Background

The Alcuin Society was founded in 1965 and promotes the appreciation of fine book creation. This year’s awards were judged by Sue Colberg, Jason Dewinetz and Tim Inkster, who examined 254 books published in 2007. A total of 35 awards were granted in eight categories: Children’s, Limited editions, Pictorial, Poetry, Prose fiction, Prose non-fiction, Prose non-fiction illustrated and Reference. For more information about the Alcuin Society, the awards, and an updated display schedule, please visit www.alcuinsociety.com

Gaspereau Press is a literary publisher and printer based in Kentville,Nova Scotia. The press is committed to literature and the book arts,incorporating a range of modern and antique forms of printing and binding to create books that are distinctive in manufacture and design. In addition to its trade editions, Gaspereau also produces limited-edition hardcovers, letterpress books and an occasional chapbook series.

Exhibition Schedule

WOLFVILLE, NS
1-15 June 2008
Vaughan Memorial Library
Acadia University

VANCOUVER, BC
16 June 2008
The Alcuin Society AGM

TOKYO, JAPAN
July 2008
Canadian Embassy

HALIFAX, NS
1-15 July 2008
Anna Leonowens Gallery
NSCAD University

FREDERICTON, NB
15 July 2008
Harriet Irving Library
University of New Brunswick

MONTREAL, QC
July 2008
Redpath Library
McGill University

BURNABY, BC
1 July-31 August 2008
W.A.C. Bennett Library
Simon Fraser University

WINNIPEG, MB
August-October 2008
Elizabeth Dafoe Library
University of Manitoba

VANCOUVER, BC
28 September 2008
The Word on the Street
Vancouver Public Library, Central

VICTORIA, BC
September 2008
McPherson Library
University of Victoria

ST. JOHN’S, NL
September 2008
Memorial University Library

SASKATOON, SK
1 October-30 November 2008
Natural Sciences Library
University of Saskatchewan

PORT MOODY, BC
October 2008
Port Moody Arts Centre

VANCOUVER, BC
2 October 2008
Alcuin Awards Ceremony
Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design

TORONTO, ON
6 October 2008
Alcuin Awards Ceremony
The Arts & Letters Club

FRANKFURT, GERMANY
15-19 October 2008
Frankfurt Buchmesse

VICTORIA, BC
November 2008
Royal Roads University Library

WEST VANCOUVER, BC
December 2008
West Vancouver Memorial Library

EDMONTON, AB
Winter 2008
Fine Arts Building Gallery
University of Alberta

LEIPZIG, GERMANY
12-15 March 2009
Leipzig Buchmesse

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