Alcuin Society

Alcuin Society

A voluntary association established in 1965 by Geoff Spencer, The Alcuin Society is a non-profit organization founded for the book arts. It is located in Canada. [http://www.alcuinsociety.com/]

Among the other six founding members is Basil Stuart-Stubbs [http://www.abcbookworld.com/?state=view_author&author_id=5060] .

The Society is named after the Alcuin of York.

Awards

Since 1996, the Society has awarded an Annual Award for Excellence in Book Design [http://www.alcuinsociety.com/awards/index.html] .

Publications

*The Society's journal is "Amphora" (ISSN 0003-200X) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2225811]
*From Writer to Reader is an ejournal (ISSN 1911-7302) [http://www.alcuinsociety.com/ejournal/index.html] . It is deposited with E-LIS [http://eprints.rclis.org/]

External links

* [http://www.alcuinsociety.com/ The Alcuin Society]
* [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2225811 Amphora]
* [http://www.alcuinsociety.com/awards/index.html Annual Award for Excellence in Book Design]
* [http://www.abcbookworld.com/?state=view_author&author_id=5060 Basil Stuart-Stubbs] at BC BookWorld
* [http://eprints.rclis.org/ E-LIS]
* [http://www.alcuinsociety.com/ejournal/index.html From Writer to Reader]


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