Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists wins Alcuin Design Award

The Alcuin Society has announced the winners of its 25th annual Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada. The judges (Alan Brownoff (University of Alberta Press, Edmonton), book designer, artist, and teacher; Jan Elsted (Barbarian Press, Mission, BC), letterpress printer and teacher; and Glenn Goluska (Imprimerie Dromadaire, Montreal), book designer, typographer, and letterpress printer) selected 34 winning titles from 252 entries; 96 publishers from 9 provinces participated.<!--newline--><!--newline-->Wide slumber for lepidopterists by a.rawlings, and designed by Bill Kennedy, tied for second place in the Poetry category. Congratulations to a.rawlings and Bill Kennedy!<!--newline--><!--newline-->The winning books will be exhibited internationally at the Frankfurt and Leipzig Book Fairs, and, in Canada: in Halifax; Wolfville (NS); Montréal; Ottawa; Toronto; Edmonton; Vancouver; and Victoria (BC).<!--newline--><!--newline--><!--newline-->