2018 Alberta Book Publishing Award Winners
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Calgary – The Book Publishers Association of Alberta 2018 Alberta Book Publishing Awards Winners. The winners represent the most outstanding work of the Alberta book publishing industry as adjudicated by experts and publishing professionals from across Canada.
At this year’s awards gala, hosted at the Hotel Arts in Calgary, the industry honoured Douglas Barbour of NeWest Press and David & Rose Scollard of Frontenac House for their lifetime achievements in publishing. We also recognized eBOUND Canada and Shannon Culver for bringing Alberta published books to libraries across the province through the innovative Read Alberta eBooks project.
Also of note was the announcement of additional funding for the book publishers of Alberta through the Alberta Media Fund. The Minister of Culture & Tourism, the Honourable Ricardo Miranda, was on hand to make that announcement. Many thanks to the Alberta Government for this show of support and to the Minister for joining us on this important day in Alberta book publishing.
Winners of 2018 Alberta Book Publishing Awards
Book Design Awards
Book Design
NeWest Press
What is Going to Happen Next
Designed by Natalie Olsen
Cover Design
NeWest Press
My True and Complete Adventures as a Wannabe Voyageur
Designed by Vikki Wiercinski
Book of the Year Awards
Children and Young Adult
Tyche Books
Maddie Hatter and the Gilded Gauge
Jayne Barnard
Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry Book of the Year
University of Calgary Press
Fail Safe
Nikki Sheppy
Scholarly and Academic Book of the Year
Athabasca University Press
Alberta’s Lower Athabasca Basin: Archaeology and Paleoenvironments
Brian M. Ronaghan
Learning Book of the Year
Brush Education
Pathology Review & Practice Guide
Edited by Dr. Zu-hua Gao
Speculative Fiction Book of the Year
Laksa Media
Where the Stars Rise
Edited by Lucas K. Law and Derwin Mak
Trade Fiction Book of the Year
Freehand Books
Dazzle Patterns
Alison Watt
Trade Non Fiction Book of the Year
Freehand Books
The Unravelling
Clem Martini and Olivier Martini
Industry Awards
Lois Hole Award for Editorial Excellence
Freehand Books
Dazzle Patterns
Alison Watt
Edited by Rosemary Nixon
Emerging Publisher of the Year
Hingston & Olsen
Special Achievement in Publishing
Shannon Culver, eBound Canada
Lifetime Achievement in Publishing
Douglas Barbour, NeWest Press
David and Rose Scollard, Frontenac House