Canadian Book Professionals' Association

Alcuin Awards

david — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:16:30 +0000

For all you lovers and producers of great-looking physical books, the Alcuin book design deadline is coming up fast: March 10, 2012. It’s the 30th anniversary, and the winning books will be shown all across the country, in Germany, Japan, and possibly the UK. Send off your best books, and see how they fare! Toronto judges this year are Stan Bevington of Coach House Press, and award-winning designer Ingrid Paulson, as well as Bonnie Zabolotney, Dean of Design and Dynamic Media at Emily Carr UAD in Vancouver.
The Alcuin Society Blog: Extra Extra! Our Book Design Awards for 2011: The Official Call for Entries

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

david — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:49:59 +0000

It’s time for the annual CanBPA Covers Panel! On February 2, join us for an entertaining evening as our panelists discuss/laugh at/praise/rant about recent book covers. Profanity sporadic, but guaranteed.

This year, our panel will be moderated by David Ward, president of the CanBPA and Production Manager at Random House of Canada. Our star-studded cast of panelists include:

Ingrid Paulson, Book Designer, Ingrid Paulson Design
David Gee, Book Designer
Terri Nimmo, Senior Designer, Manager of Creative Services, Random House of Canada
Steven Beattie, Review Editor, Quill and Quire
Nathan Maharaj, Manager, Merchandising, Kobo Inc.
Alan Jones, Art Director, HarperCollins Canada
Michel Vrana, Book Designer, Black Eye Design

There is a modest cover charge of $10, and $5 if you are a student. Doors open at 6pm, and the panel begins at 7pm. Stick around afterwards (or before) and get to know your fellow industry people. We look forward to seeing you there!

No One Writes to the Colonel
460 College Street (College & Bathurst, just west of Bathurst, north side)
Toronto, Ontario

CanBPA End of Summer Pub Night

david — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:52:24 +0000

Hi everyone,

Come on out to the CanBPA September Pub Night! No more summer hours, Frankfurt, fall launches, and IFOA are imminent, what’s a book person to do? What we do best, of course! Fill ourselves with potent potables.

We hope to see you there!

The CanBPA

September 30, 2011

The Wilson 96

615 College Street West

Toronto, Ontario

6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Covers Panel – Reviewing the Covers of 2010

david — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:32:16 +0000

Did you see enough of your family over the holidays to last until next December? Come reunite with your peers at the Canadian Book Professionals’ Association’s first event of 2011! Join us on Thursday, January 20, 2011 from 6 – 9pm for our Covers Panel and watch as our host (CanBPA president and production manager at McClelland & Stewart for Random House of Canada) David Ward presents a series of 2010 book covers for ultimate judgement by our panel of industry professionals. This panel promises to inform and entertain.

The panel:

Steven Beattie, Review Editor, Quill and Quire
Ingrid Paulson, Book Designer, Ingrid Paulson Design
Terri Nimmo, Senior Designer, Random House of Canada
David Gee, Book Designer
Nathan Maharaj, Manager, Merchandising, Kobo Inc.
Alan Jones, Art Director, HarperCollins Canada

If you want to know what this lot has to say about the looks of your favourite books, come out to Duggan’s Brewery, 75 Victoria Street in Toronto and be informed and entertained.

Doors open: 6 pm – Panel begins: 6:45-7 pm
Cost: $10.00 / $5.00 for students

7X20X21

admin — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:41:13 +0000

The Canadian Book Professionals’ Association is kicking off the 2010–2011 CanBPA season with a 7x20x21-style event, in which speakers present 20 slides for 21 seconds each, for a total of seven minutes per presentation. The theme of the evening is “The Future of Publishing” and will feature presentations from Erin Balser (CBC), Hugh McGuire (Iambik Audiobooks), Hal Niedzviecki (author, Peep Diaries; publisher, Broken Pencil Magazine), Ashleigh Gardner (Kobo), and more. The free event will be held at Duggan’s Brewery located at 75 Victoria Street in Toronto on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 7 pm. Following the presentations, the evening will be devoted to mingling with other guests and meeting this season’s CanBPA executive council.