Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2018
Finalist
Designer: Rachel Clark
Title: Bird Words
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Format: 198 x 128 mm, 240pp, hardback, section sewn with ribbon marker. Jacket printed on woodfree paper; case 125 Wibalin over 2.5mm chipboard. Text printed on 100gsm Baijin 1.6
Typography: Adobe Garamond Pro, various weights for text and headings and Lydian BT Roman for subtitle and author name.
Judges’ Comments: Charming illustration and evocative end papers are well set to nest a much-loved subject.