Winners of the Designer Bookbinders UK Competition Announced

Designer Bookbinders UK prizes are awarded in 15 categories including four prizes in two categories that are considered to be the most important of them all: The Folio Society Set Book and The Clothworkers Open Choice Book.

Set book is published by The Folio Society. Illustrations by James Albon. 112 pages. Frontispiece, 3 color illustrations, including 2 double-page spreads, and 6 black & white integrated illustrations. 228 x 146 mm.

The Mansfield Medal awarded to Thomas Hosking for his binding of Mort by Terry Pratchett, The Folio Society, 2016

iBookBinding is preparing a series of interviews with some of the prize winners on our Bookish Talk podcast. Stay tuned!

The Folio Society Prize (1st) Set Book

Miranda Kemp – Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The Folio Society Prize (2nd) Set Book

Laura Jamieson – Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The Clothworkers’ Prize (1st) Open Choice

Thomas Hosking – Mort by Terry Pratchett, The Folio Society, 2016

The Clothworkers’ Prize (2nd) Open Choice

Richard Beadsmoore – Hokusai by David Burnett, Incline Press, 1996

Sally Lou Smith Forwarding Prize – Glenn Malkin Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Set book)

Bernard C. Middleton Finishing Prize – Jeanette Koch A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman, George G Harrop & Co Ltd, 1940

Elizabeth Greenhill Prize for Gold Tooling – Andreas Maroulis Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Set book)

J. Hewit & Sons Prize for Interesting Use of Leather – Miranda Kemp Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Set book)

Harmatan & Oakridge Prize for Sympathetic Handling of Leather – Amy Kitcherside Lost in the Woods… but guided by the moon, Photographs by Fox & Owl

Maggs Bros Judge’s Award – Richard Beadsmoore – Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Set book)

John Purcell Paper Prize – Clare Bryan – Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Set book)

Ratchfords Non-Leather Prize (3x)

Linda Miles – The Endless Web by Joan Evans, Jonathan Cape, 1955

Rebecca Price – Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Set book)

Rebecca Price – Book Samples 2021

The Circles of Art Prize for Artistic Innovation – Laura Jamieson – The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico, Michael Joseph, 1947

Ash Rare Books Lettering Prize – Sarah Williams – The Poems of Sappho, The Latin Press, 1953

Shepherds Prize for Book Arts – Richard Beadsmoore – Hokusai by David Burnett, Incline Press, 1996

Lisa Von Clemm Prize for Best Newcomer – Ted Bennett – Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Set book)

ABA Highly Commended Certificates (x4)

Nesta Davies – Selected Poems by Emily Dickinson, Folio Society, 2016

Miranda Kemp – Tulipomania by Wilfrid Blunt, Penguin Books, 1950

Jeanette Koch – Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Set book)

Pamela Richmond – Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Set book)

You can find additional info on the Designer Bookbinders’ website.

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