The shortlist has been announced for the $25,000 2023 Alice Award, honoring "a richly illustrated book that makes a valuable contribution to its field and demonstrates high standards of production" and sponsored by Furthermore grants in publishing, a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund. The winner will be announced September 5 and presented in the Rare Book Room at the Strand Book Store on October 24. This year's shortlist:
Wendy Red Star: Delegation edited by Brendan Embser and designed by Emily CM Anderson (Aperture and Documentary Arts)
Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club edited by Kimberli Gant and Ndubuisi Ezeluomba and designed by Margaret Ann Bauer (Yale University Press)
Flesh and Bones: The Art of Anatomy by Monique Kornell with contributions by Thisbe Gensler, Naoko Takahatake, and Erin Travers and designed by Kurt Hauser (Getty Research Institute)
New York: 1962-1964 by Germano Celant, edited by Sam Sackeroff, and designed by Michael Rock (The Jewish Museum and Skira Editore)
Cinema Ann Arbor: How Campus Rebels Forged a Singular Film Culture by Frank Uhle and designed by Ann Arbor District Library, Fifth Avenue Press (University of Michigan Press and Fifth Avenue Press)
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A shortlist has been released for the 2023 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award, which celebrates storytelling in all genres and is presented annually to "a compelling novel with brilliant characterization and a distinct voice that is confidently written and assuredly realized." The winner, who receives both £2,000 (about $2,580) and a handmade glass bell, will be named September 28 in London. This year's shortlisted titles are:
When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews
Metronome by Tom Watson
Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka.
David Headley, Goldsboro Books co-founder and managing director, and founder of the Glass Bell Award, said: "The Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Awards' ethos, from its inception in 2017, is that it is a compelling novel. The books must possess that innate ability to draw the reader in to its pages, so that time stands still and you're likely to miss your stop on the train. These shortlisted books all achieve that in spades and my team and I are delighted with the results. I'm expecting a few lively discussions around the judging table and can't wait to see who will be crowned the winner come autumn."