Judge-a-Book-by-Its-Cover Competition (2009)
The Judge a 2009 Book by Its Cover Competition
- Eligibility: the novel must have been written by an Atlantic Canadian author, and the book (or version thereof) must have been released in 2009.
- Salty Ink picked the longlist, the general public will vote for the month of February to create a shortlist of three, and a panel will choose a winner in March of 2010.
The Longlist is Below, the Shortlist of 3 will be up to YOU who vote.
- For the month of February, voting is open to the general book-loving public. You can only vote once, but you can vote for up to 3 books,
- Voting Open until February 28th.
- Click on Any of These Book Covers to Enlarge Them.
*** Click a Book’s Title to Read More about That Book.
Amphibian by Carla Gunn (Coach House Books, design by Alana Wilcox)
Atlantic Canada’s 100 Greatest Books by Trevor J. Adams and Stephen Patrick Clare (Nimbus, design by Co. & Co.)
Away from Everywhere by Chad Pelley (Breakwater Books, design by Rhonda Molloy)
Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant (Knopf Canada, design by Kelly Hill)
Downhill Chance by Donna Morrisey (Penguin Canada, design by Ingrid Paulson)
The Factory Voice by Jeanette Lynes (Coteau Books, design by Duncan Campbell)
Falling by Anne Simpson (McClelland & Stewart, design by Kelly Hill)
Going Fast by Elaine McCluskey (Goose Lane Editions, design by Julie Scriver)
Gun Dogs by James Langer (Anansi, design by Bill Douglas)
Hard ol Spot edited by Mike Heffernan (Creative Books, design by Darren Whelan)
Hit and Mrs. by Leslie Crewe (Vagrant Press, design by Heather Bryan)
Kit’s Law by Donna Morrisey (Penguin Canada, design by Ingrid Paulson)
Lovesongs of Emmanuel Taggart by Syr Ruus (Breakwater Books, design by Erin Cossar)
Migration Songs by Anon Quon (Invisible Publishing, design by Megan Fildes & art by Sydney Smith)
Mole by Patrick Warner (Anansi, design by Bill Douglas)
Never More There by Stephen Rowe (Nightwood Editions, design by Carelton Wilson)
One by Serge patrice Thibodeau (Goose Lane, design by Julie Scriver)
Rig: An Oral History of the Ocean Ranger Disaster by Mike Heffernan (Creative Books, design by Darren Whelan)
Scrabble Lessons by Leslie Vryenhoek (Oolichan Books, design by)
Sylvanus Now by Donna Morrisey (Penguin Canada, design by Ingrid Paulson)
This American Drive by Mike Holmes (Invisible Publishing, design by Megan Fildes and art by Mike Holmes)
The Wanton Troopers by Alden Nowlan (Goose Lane, design by Julie Scriver)
Where Genesis Begins by Tom Dawe and Gerry Squires (Breakwater Books, design by Beth Oberholtzer)
You can vote for up to 3 covers.
- Migration Songs (26%, 234 Votes)
- Factory Voice (24%, 214 Votes)
- Hit and Mrs. (17%, 149 Votes)
- Lovesongs of Emmanuel Taggart (12%, 110 Votes)
- This American Drive (11%, 101 Votes)
- Amphibian (10%, 92 Votes)
- Mole (10%, 89 Votes)
- Gun Dogs (9%, 83 Votes)
- Never More There (8%, 74 Votes)
- Atlantic Canada's 100 Greatest Books (8%, 71 Votes)
- One (8%, 68 Votes)
- Come, Thou Tortoise (5%, 49 Votes)
- Away from Everywhere (5%, 45 Votes)
- Downhill Chance (5%, 44 Votes)
- Where Genesis Begins (4%, 38 Votes)
- Scrabble Lessons (4%, 36 Votes)
- Hard ol Spot (4%, 32 Votes)
- Wanton Troopers (3%, 25 Votes)
- Sylvanus Now (2%, 20 Votes)
- Rig (2%, 19 Votes)
- Falling (2%, 19 Votes)
- Going Fast (2%, 18 Votes)
- Kit's Law (2%, 15 Votes)
Total Voters: 894
Loading ...Not to sound like a grade school teacher, but every one of these books is already a winner: I choose 20 from a pool of 500-odd options, that’s amazing, and, these votes are only the opinion of the people who voted, not the rest of the world. Etc.
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Date: December 13, 2009
