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 is Basil Stuart-Stubbs.^[1]

The society is named after the Alcuin of York.^[2]

Awards

Since 1996, the society has awarded an Annual Award for Excellence in Book Design.^[2] 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.^[3]

Robert R. Reid Award and Medal winners

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

Publications

The society's journal is Amphora (ISSN 0003-200X)^[4]
From Writer to Reader is an ejournal (ISSN 1911-7302)^[2] It is deposited with E-LIS.^[5]

References

↑ ABC Book World.
1 2 3 Official website
↑ "The Robert R. Reid Award and Medal". Alcuin Society. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
↑ www.worldcat.org
↑ Eprints.rclis.org.

External links

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