9 April 2008
Gaspereau Press Wins Three Alcuin Awards

Gaspereau Press is delighted to announce the recognition of three of its books in the Alcuin Society’s 26th annual juried book-design competition.

Robert Bringhurst’s Everywhere Being is Dancing won first prize in the category of non-fiction. This book was designed by Robert Bringhurst and Gaspereau Press co-owner Andrew Steeves and was typeset in Giovanni Di Faccio and Lui Karner’s Rialto Piccolo and Fred Smeijers’ Quadraat Sans, for the main texts. The hardcover edition was printed offset on wove paper and bound cloth over boards, with an offset printed jacket.

Tim Bowling’s The Bone Sharps tied with Ameen Merchant’s The Silent Raga (published by Douglas & McIntyre and designed by Jessica Sullivan) for second place in the prose fiction category. The Bone Sharps was designed by Andrew Steeves, typeset in Baskerville, a neoclassical type designed by John Baskerville in the 1750s. The pages were printed offset on laid paper, with a letterpress-printed cover. The cover, jacket and interior feature illustrations by Jack McMaster.

Finally, Gaspereau Gloriatur Vol. 1 – Poetry, an anthology edited by Michael deBeyer, Kate Kennedy & Andrew Steeves, won third place in the poetry category. Gaspereau Gloriatur Vol. 1 was designed by Andrew Steeves, typeset in Dutch type designer Fred Smeijers’ Quadraat and Quadraat Sans. The pages were printed offset on laid paper and bound Finnish-style into an offset-printed cover.

The Alcuin Society was founded in 1965 and promotes the appreciation of fine book creation. This year’s judges – Sue Colberg, Jason Dewinetz and Tim Inkster – 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. The winning books will be exhibited internationally at the Frankfurt, Leipzig and Tokyo book fairs, and at locations across Canada. For more information about the awards and about the Alcuin Society, 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.

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