Alcuin Society
A voluntary association established in 1965 by Geoff Spencer, the Alcuin Society is a non-profit organisation founded for the book arts. It is located in Canada. It should not be confused with the Alcuin Club, an Anglican publishing society. Among the other six founding members were Basil Stuart-Stubbs,[1] Sam Black and Bill Duthie (founder of Duthie Books).[2] The society is named after Alcuin of York.[3]
Awards and exhibitions
Since 1981, the society has awarded an Annual Award for Excellence in Book Design in Canada.[4][3] It is Canada's only national book design competition. In 2007, the society started awarding the Robert R. Reid Award and Medal for lifetime achievement or extraordinary contributions to the book arts in Canada.[5]
The University of Saskatchewan Archives and Special Collections displayed books which had been distinguised with awards by the Alcuin Society.[6]
Robert R. Reid Award and Medal winners
In 2007 the Alcuin Society inaugurated the annual Robert R. Reid Medal for Lifetime Achievement in the Book Arts in Canada, and named Read as the first recipient.[7] The full list of winners is given on the Alcuin Society website.[8]
- 2024 Michael Torosian
- 2023 Martin Jackson
- 2020 Odette Drapeau[9]
- 2019 Tim & Elke Inkster
- 2018 Robert Bringhurst
- 2017 Denise Lapointe & David Carruthers
- 2015 Rod McDonald
- 2015 Jan & Crispin Elsted, Barbarian Press
- 2013 William Rueter RCA MGDC
- 2012 Stan Bevington
- 2011 Glenn Goluska
- 2010 Jim Rimmer
- 2009 Frank Newfeld
- 2007 Robert R. Reid[7]
Publications
- The society's journal is Amphora (ISSN 0003-200X)[10]
- From Writer to Reader is an ejournal (ISSN 1911-7302)[3] It is deposited with E-LIS.[11]
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References
- ^ ABC Book World.
- ^ Leroux, Éric; Bedwell, Linda; Burr, Christina; Grosbois, Guy De; Hould, Claudette; Landon, Richard; Rainer, Jim; Speller, Randall; McDonald, Rod (2007), Gerson, Carole; Michon, Jacques (eds.), "Chapitre 13. L'imprimerie et le livre matériel", Histoire du livre et de l’imprimé au Canada, Volume III : De 1918 à 1980, Thématique Art et littérature (in French), Montréal: Presses de l’Université de Montréal, pp. 367–406, ISBN 979-10-365-0422-8, retrieved 2024-02-13
- ^ a b c "Home".
- ^ "Book Design Awards – Alcuin Society". alcuinsociety.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
- ^ "The Robert R. Reid Award and Medal". Alcuin Society. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ^ "The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design". University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ a b Stoffman, Judy (3 March 2022). "Printing virtuoso Robert Reid created paper masterpieces". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "Robert R. Reid Medal". Alcuin Society. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "The Art of Bookbinding – Robert R. Reid Medal Event with Odette Drapeau". Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild. March 11, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ Alcuin Society (24 August 1967). "Amphora". Amphora. OCLC 2225811.
- ^ Eprints.rclis.org.
- ^ "Alcuin Society". Canadian Heraldic Authority. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
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