The 2012 Alberta Book Publishing Awards finalists have been announced and the University of Alberta Press has nine nominations: five in the Book of the Year category, three in the Book Design category, and one for the Lois Hole Award for Editorial Excellence. Congratulations to all!
Trade Non-Fiction Book Award
The Grads Are Playing Tonight! by M. Ann Hall
Intersecting Sets by Alice Major
The Man in Blue Pyjamas by Jalal Barzanji
Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award
Kat Among the Tigers by Kath MacLean
Demeter Goes Skydiving by Susan McCaslin
Book Cover/Jacket Design
Intersecting Sets by Alice Major, cover design by Alan Brownoff
Book Design
Kat Among the Tigers by Kath MacLean, book design by Alan Brownoff
Intersecting Sets by Alice Major, book design by Alan Brownoff
Lois Hole Award for Editorial Excellence
The Man in Blue Pyjamas by Jalal Barzanji, Edited by Peter Midgley
The winners will be announced on Saturday, June 9 at the Alberta Book Awards Gala at the Hotel Arts in Calgary, co-hosted by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta and The Writers’ Guild of Alberta. Tickets to the Gala are available at the BPAA and the WGA. Everyone is welcome !