July.07.2017
2017 Alberta Book Publishing Award finalists announced
The Book Publishers Association of Alberta announced the finalists for the 2017 Alberta Book Publishing Awards — and Freehand is thrilled to be in good company with our Alberta publishing colleagues on the list. You can find the full shortlist here. The awards will be presented at a gala reception at the Delta South in Edmonton on September 15, 2017 — tickets are now available at bookpublishers.ab.ca.
Congratulations to our authors, and our fellow nominees!
Book Design
- University of Calgary Press
The Frontier of Patriotism: Alberta and the First World War
edited by Adrianna Davies and Jeff Keshen
book design by Garet Markvoort - Freehand Books
Perfect World by Ian Colford
book design by Natalie Olsen, Kisscut Design - Athabasca University Press
Visiting with the Ancestors: Blackfoot Shirts in Museum Spaces by Laura Peers and Alison K. Brown
book design by Marvin Harder
Trade Fiction Book of the Year
- Stonehouse Publishing
Kalyna by Pam Clarke
editors Julie Yerex & Netta Johnson - NeWest Press
Paper Teeth by Lauralyn Chow - University of Alberta Press
Rising Abruptly by Gisèle Villeneuve - Freehand Books
White Elephant by Catherine Cooper
editor Barbara Scott