Alcuin Awards

G'Day all, 

You might remember that David Mason's The Pope's Bookbinder has received an honourable mention for book design in the nonfiction category at this year's Alcuin Awards.  The awards ceremonies will be taking place this fall in Toronto and Vancouver.

The Toronto Awards will take place on Monday October 6th at 5:30 pm at the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto.

The Vancouver Awards will take place on September 11th at 7 pm at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design Auditorium, Granville Island (south building). 

You can see The Pope's Bookbinder, along with all of the other winning books at the Confederation Centre Gallery in Charlottetown, PEI from March 7th to April 16th. 

Cheers!

The Pope's Bookbinder Receives Honourable Mention from the Alcuin Society

Well we've thought for almost a year now that David Mason's The Pope's Bookbinder was one of our handsomest productions, and it seems that others agree. Want the specs? We printed it as a 6x9 hardback (boards Rainbow BB with a foil-embossed spine), jacket in uncoated Mohawk Feltweave, with the text on 55lb Rolland offset cream with 80lb gloss art paper for the photo spread. The vintage-looking Faber and Faber-inspired cover has been a hit with bibliophiles across the country. The endpapers were taken from a painting of David Mason's Gerrard St. store by Ruth Jackson. And we haven't even got to the limited-edition leatherback copies, hand-bound by Dan Mezza out of London, Ontario ....

Congratulations to David, to typesetter Chris Andrechek, and cover designer Kate Hargreaves. Well done!