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 Alcuin of York.[2]

Awards

Since 1981, the society has awarded an Annual Award for Excellence in Book Design in Canada.[3][2] It is the ony 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.[4]

Robert R. Reid Award and Medal winners

Publications
  • The society's journal is Amphora (ISSN 0003-200X)[5]
  • From Writer to Reader is an ejournal (ISSN 1911-7302)[2] It is deposited with E-LIS.[6]

References
  1. ABC Book World.
  2. "Home".
  3. "Book Design Awards – Alcuin Society". alcuinsociety.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  4. "The Robert R. Reid Award and Medal". Alcuin Society. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  5. Alcuin Society (24 August 1967). "Amphora". Amphora. OCLC 2225811.
  6. Eprints.rclis.org.
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