The British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF), Oxford Brookes University and
The Publishers Association are proud to announce the shortlist for the British Book Design and Production Awards 2010. With 16 categories, each full of high calibre applicants, the eighth annual awards are set to be a great display of excellence and eye-catching book design and production.

A five-strong panel of industry experts from the areas of design, publishing and production gathered for two days at Oxford Brookes University, where they went through a tough selection process in order to reach the shortlist decision.  Due to the high quality of entrants this year the judges had an extremely difficult decision on their hands to select the shortlist.

The winners of each respective category will be announced at a glittering Gala Awards evening, seen as the event of the year for all those involved in the industry, and the focal point for all book and journal publishers in the UK. The dazzling ceremony will be held on Tuesday 5th October at the prestigious Lancaster London Hotel, a venue famed for its spectacular views across the centre of London.

The shortlisted books and their respective entrants are as follows;

Brand / Series Identity                    Entered By:

A Very Peculiar History                    Book House
The Elephant Tale + 3 others            Orion Publishing Group
W&N 60's                                       Orion Publishing Group
Coast & Country Walks                    Pocket Mountains
Unauthorised Guide to Doing Business    TJ International
Pattern Series                                 V&A Publishing


Limited Edition and Fine Binding        Entered By:                

A Outrance                                     Oak Tree Fine Press
And Another Thing                          Penguin Books
The White Queen                            Simon & Schuster
Land, Sea & Sky                             The Fleece Press


Digitally Printed Books                 Entered By:

Memories and Nightmares           1st Byte Print
Monet                                        Hurtwood Press
A Outrance                                Oak Tree Fine Press


Environmental                            Entered By:

Unfold                                        Paulus M. Dreibholz
How to Make and Use Compost     TJ International



Exhibition Catalogues                    Entered By:

Shaped by War                            Jonathan Cape
The Mechanics of Man – Leonarda da Vinci    Royal Collection Publications
Victoria & Albert: Art & Love         Royal Collection Publications
Chris Ofili                                    Tate Publishing


Photographic Books, Art /               Entered By:
Architecture Monographs

Country                                        Conran Octopus
Voices of the Vivarais                     et al Design Consultants
Irving Penn Portraits                      National Portrait Gallery
England, My England                      Northumbria Press



Trade Illustrated                            Entered By:

Britain by Bike                              Anova Books
My Cool Caravan                           Anova Books    
The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland    Butler Tanner & Dennis
Twiggy: A Life in Photographs         National Portrait Gallery


Lifestyle Illustrated                         Entered By:

52 Weekends by the Sea                 Virgin Books
Miss Masala                                    HarperCollins    
Rose Elliot's New Complete Vegetarian    HarperCollins
Tender                                           HarperCollins
The Geometry of Pasta                    Pan Macmillan


Literature                                       Entered By:

The Changeling                              Atlantic Books
And This is True                             Hodder & Stoughton
Garden Wisdom                             Merrell Publishers
Skippy Dies                                   Penguin Books


Primary, Secondary and                      Entered By:
Tertiary Education

Basics Animation: Stop-motion            AVA Publishing
The Fundamentals of Marketing           AVA Publishing
Child Care and Development 6th Edition    Hodder Education


Scholarly, Academic and Reference Books        Entered By:

Collins Flower Guide                                      HarperCollins
Overlooking the Visual                                  Taylor & Francis


Children's Trade                            Entered By:

The Heart and the Bottle               HarperCollins Children's Books
Baby Touch: Quack! Quack!           Penguin Books
A Little Book of Language              TJ International


Best Jacket / Cover Design            Entered By:

The Flavour Thesaurus                  Grade Design
Granta 110: Sex                           Granta
One Day                                      Hodder & Stoughton
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet    Hodder & Stoughton
Architecture 09                            Merrell Publishers
Imperial Bedrooms                       Pan Macmillan
Drawing, Doodling and Colouring Book    Usborne Publishing


Best Student Book                        Entered By:

The Revolution will be televised      Ged Palmer
A Battle of Wills                            Jono Lewarne
An Anthology of Fairytales...          Louise Evans


Best British Book                        Entered By:

Britain by Bike                            Anova Books    
Twiggy: A Life in Photographs      National Portrait Gallery
Bridget Riley: Complete Prints 1962 - 2010        Ridinghouse