31 March 2005
Gaspereau Press Shortlisted for CBA Awards

The Canadian Booksellers Association (CBA) announced today the finalists in its 2005 Libris Awards. Gaspereau Press has been shortlisted in the Book Design of the Year category for Thomas Wharton’s The Logogryph (released in October 2004) and in the Small Press Publisher of the Year category. Fellow nominees in the Book Design category are The Museum Called Canada (Random House Canada) designed by Jonathan Howells and Sara Angel, and Tree: A Life Story (Greystone Books) designed by Jessica Sullivan. Fellow nominees in the Small Press Publisher category are Cormorant Books and The Porcupine’s Quill.

The Libris Awards were created to recognize and celebrate the achievements of all those who create, promote and deliver great books to Canadian readers: the authors, editors, publishers, distributors, sales representatives and booksellers. This year’s winners will be announced at the association’s reception on 26 June 2005, during the BookExpo Canada tradeshow in Toronto.

BACKGROUND
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. Its publications have won numerous awards, including the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Evelyn Richardson Prize and the Alcuin Award for excellence in book design.

The Logogryph: A Bibliography of Imaginary Books is Thomas Wharton’s third work of fiction. It begins in a small town in the mountains when a young boy is given a suitcase filled with battered old books. This opens a lifelong pursuit of the elusive creature known as the logogryph. Describing imaginary books and alternate realities, Wharton explores the mysterious alchemy called reading.

This book was typeset and designed by Andrew Steeves at Gaspereau Press. It is a Smyth-sewn paperback with a jacket and full sleeve. The text was typeset in Caslon types and printed on Rolland Zephyr laid paper. The jacket was printed letterpress. The inside features illustrations by Wesley Bates.

For more information contact
Beth Crosby at Gaspereau Press
47 Church Avenue, Kentville, NS, B4N 2M7
902-678-6002, info@gaspereau.com