4 September 2018

Finalists for British Book Design and Production Awards 2018 announced

Finalists for British Book Design and Production Awards 2018 announced

The BPIF are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the British Book Design & Production Awards (BBD&PAs) 2018. These awards recognise and acknowledge the excellence and craftsmanship of the British book design and production industry.

A panel of four judges, selected from the areas of design, publishing and production, gathered for two days at Oxford Brookes University, where they went through a tough selection process in order to reach the shortlist decision for each category. Due to the high quality of entrants this year the judges had an extremely difficult decision on their hands to select the shortlist.

The winners of each category will be announced on Thursday 22 November at a dazzling ceremony at the prestigious Montcalm London Marble Arch Hotel. Not only will a winner be announced for each of the listed categories, but one book will be awarded the illustrious crown of ‘Book of the Year'.

This year's awards are certain to be a memorable night as industry and clients come together to celebrate the best of British book design and production. There are individual tickets and package tickets for a table of 10 available, with the ticket price including a drinks reception, a three course meal, an evening of excellent entertainment, and of course - most importantly - the dazzling ceremony celebrating the finalists and winners.

To book your early bird tickets, please visit www.britishbookawards.org/tickets

The BPIF would like to thank its sponsors: Boss Print, Canon, Denmaur, Fedrigoni, Friedheim International, HP, IFS, Muller Martini, The Printing Charity, Winter & Co and media partners BookMachine, Oxford Brookes University, The Bookseller and The Publishers Association.

To keep up to date with all BBD&PA news, follow @BBDPAwards on Twitter, or visit www.britishbookawards.org

The shortlisted books and their respective entrants are as follows:

Brand / Series Identity 

Noted Brand Series  - Boss Print
Eat Like A Local Series - Bloomsbury Publishing
First Baby Days - Hachette Children's Group
Little Guides Series - Laurence King Publishing
Notting Hill Editions Series - Notting Hill Editions
Cased Classics - Peter Owen Publishers

Limited Edition & Fine Binding

Outside - Boss Print
Cartographic Colour - Boss Print
Every Boy's Alphabet/ Every Girl's Alphabet - Kate Holland Books
The Art in Whisky - StudioMono
Norma Bar: Bittersweet - Thames & Hudson
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - The Folio Society
The Wanderer & Other Old English Poems - The Folio Society

Self - Published Books

Tracks in the Sand: A Railwayman's War - Jardine Press
The Sussex Trug: Form, Function & Craft - Otherwise Publishing
Seen London - The Morrison Studio
The Unicorn and the Professor -  Unicorn Moon

Digitally Printed Books 

That Book - Hurtwood Press
The Art of Light - Hurtwood Press
This Time It's for Real - Hurtwood Press

Exhibition Catalogues 

Sublime - Boss Print
Anni Albers: Notebook 1970 - 1980 - David Zwirner Books
Oscar Murillo - David Zwirner Books
Antonio Caldera for Lisson Gallery - Generation Press
London Nights - Hoxton Mini Press
Jac Leirner: Add It Up - The Fruitmarket Gallery

Photographic Books 

Outside - Concentric Editions
The Corners - Hoxton Mini Press
Daido Moriyama: Record - Thames & Hudson
John Galliano: Unseen - Thames & Hudson
Silver Lake Drive - Thames & Hudson
The Paper Time Machine - Unbound

Art / Architecture Monographs

Anni Albers: Notebook 1970 - 1980 - David Zwirner Books
Oscar Murillo - David Zwirner Books
In Situ - et al design consultants
Kurumidza - Praline
Are You Sitting Comfortably? - The Mainstone Press
The Snail that Climbed the Eiffel Tower - The Mainstone Press

Graphic Novels 

Thornhill David - Fickling Books
Illegal - Hachette Children's Group
Brazen - Penguin Random House
The Worm and the Bird - Penguin Random House
The Lion Tattoo - Tiny Owl Publishing
Mr Trump goes to Washington - Veloce Publishing

Trade Illustrated 

You Are Awesome - Hachette Children's Group
Painted Cities - Head of Zeus
Around the World in 80 Trees - Laurence King Publishing
River Cafe 30 - Penguin Random House
Planting for Honeybees - Quadrille Publishing
The Story of The Face - Thames & Hudson
I Wonder What I'm Thinking About - Unbound

Lifestyle Illustrated 

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat - Canongate Books
Mad About the House - Pavilion Books
Making Books - Pavilion Books
Hawksmoor: Restaurants & Recipes - Penguin Random House
Nurture - Penguin Random House
River Cafe 30 - Penguin Random House
PrettyCityLondon - The History Press

Literature

I am Legend - The Folio Society
Japanese Tales - The Folio Society
The Hundred and One Dalmatians - The Folio Society
The Little Prince - The Folio Society
We - The Folio Society
The Handmaid's Tale - Vintage, Penguin Random House

Educational Books

Pattern Cutting - Bloomsbury Publishing
My First Book of Quantum Physics - GMC Distribution
The Ways of the Wolf - Hachette Children's Group
Critical Thinking - Sage Publishing
Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover - Walker Books

Scholarly, Academic and Reference Books

Children & Families at the Centre:
Radical Innovation 1938-2018 - Anikst Design
Oh Sh*t What Now? - Laurence King Publishing
The Blacker Trilogy - Medlar Press
500 Years of the Royal College of Physicians - Profile Books
The Anglo-Saxons - The Folio Society

Children's Trade 0 to 8 Years

A Tall Story - Boss Print
Bad Nana - HarperCollins Children's Books
Bob's Blue Period - Laurence King Publishing
ABC Pop! - Old Barn Books
Little Hazelnut - Old Barn Books
Mr Left and Mr Right - Templar Publishing

Children's Trade 9 to 16 Years 

Poster Power - Cicada Books
Thornhill - David Fickling Books
My First Book of Quantum Physics - GMC Distribution
The Man With No Shadow - Olympia Publishers
The Worm and the Bird - Penguin Random House
Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor and Loki - Walker Books

Best Jacket / Cover Design

Children & Families at the Centre:
Radical Innovation 1938-2018 - Anikst Design
A Line in the River - Bloomsbury Publishing
Sing Unburied Sing - Bloomsbury Publishing
How to Love Brutalism - Pavilion Books
Conan Doyle for the Defence - Profile Books
The Handmaid's Tale - Vintage, Penguin Random House
It's Only Blood: Shattering the Taboo of Menstruation - Zed Books

Best Student Book 

Unmasked - Meg Alderson, University of the West of England
Edris Stannus - The Irish Doyenne of Bullet - Cliodhna Dempsey, National College of Art & Design
Seven - Miles Hammond, University of the West of England
Nike "Swoosh" Book - Thomas Jones, University of the West of England
Bread & Butter - Ciara McLaughlin, National College of Art & Design
Grey Area - Sarah O'Neill, National College of Art & Design
The Key - Morgan Shipley, University of the West of England
Kurdish Freedom Fighter - Saoirse Suvari, National College of Art & Design

Best British Book 

Cartographic Colour - Boss Print
Outside - Boss Print
The RAF Centenary Anthology - Extraordinary Editions
The Art in Whisky - StudioMono
Gargoyles & Tattie-Bogles - The Fleece Press