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Five long-term Stroll of Poets members and their imprint Five Magpie Press have a title that has been shortlisted for the 2008 Alberta Book Publishing Awards. Eyeing the Magpie by Rusti Lehay, Nancy Mackenzie, Julie C. Robinson, Anna Mioduchowska, and Myrna Garanis is among three finalists in the Book Illustration category.
The visual artists whose renderings of magpies illustrate Eyeing the Magpie are: Sydney Lancaster, cover art and interior; Keegan Callaghan, poster art and interior; Judy Villett, interior art; and Elaine Berglund, interior art. Criteria on which the books are judged include: artistic merit, innovation of form, quality of production values, appropriateness to the intended market.
The winners of this year’s Book Publishers Association of Alberta www.bookpublishers.ab.ca book awards will be announced at a gala in Calgary on May 9, 2008.
For sample poems and visuals as well as details for ordering your own copy of Eyeing the Magpie, please visit fivemagpiepress.ca
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