AUP New Poets 6 — Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2021 FINALIST

Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2021

Finalist

Designer: Greg Simpson
Title:  AUP New Poets 6
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Format: 224 x 164mm, 114pp, paperback.
Cover printed on uncoated art card with matt varnish; internals on Yulong Pure 1.3 creamy paper; limp bound, section sewn with 2 x gatefold tip-ins to accommodate some of the unconventional poetry formatting.

Typography: Cover: GT Sectra Display Medium and Regular; Questa
Body: Questa, Source Han Serif, Acumin Pro, Emoji One
Main Chapter Headings: GT Sectra Display

Judges’ comments A deep sky-blue title over crumpled paper (or is it rumpled bedsheets?) suggesting artistic frustration or relational intimacy (later revealed as part of Vanessa Crofskey’s visual poetry) makes way for appropriately simple typesetting that allows focus on and space for three very different poets and their work.

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