UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An exhibition of selections from the 2023 Association of University Presses “Book, Jacket, and Journal Show” is on display in the Franklin Atrium in University Park's Pattee Library through March 22. The annual show, now in its 58th year, honors the university publishing community’s design and production professionals; recognizes achievement in the design, production and manufacture of print publications; and serves as a spark to conversations and source of ideas about intelligent, creative and resourceful publishing.
The 2023 selections include two books published by Penn State University Press, "Radical Dreams: Surrealism, Counterculture, Resistance," edited by Elliott H. King and Abigail Susik, and "’Pataphysics Unrolled," edited by Katie L. Price and Michael R. Taylor. Regina Starace, art director of Penn State University Press, was the designer of both, which were selected in the Jackets and Covers category.
Open to Association of University Presses member publishers worldwide, the 2023 competition attracted 488 submissions, published during 2022 in these categories:
- Scholarly typographic books
- Scholarly illustrated books
- Trade typographic books
- Trade illustrated books
- Poetry and literature books
- Reference books
- Journals
- Jackets and covers (of books and journals)
“There is so much knowledge and creativity in this community,” said Wendy McMillen, production and design manager at the University of Notre Dame Press, who, along with Mindy Basinger Hill, art director at the University of Washington Press, co-chaired the 2023 show.
“The printed book should be both a functional and a beautiful object,” added Hill, “and every year this community finds new and innovative ways to bring that vision to our books.”
The 2023 show jurors were Jason Alejandro (The College of New Jersey), Anna Jordan (Rochester Institute of Technology), Amanda Weiss (Nashville, Tennessee), and Jayme Yen (Seattle, Washington). Click here to browse the full catalog of 2023 show selections. To request a print edition of the 2023 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show catalog, contact Cate Fricke, associate marketing director at Penn State University Press, at crf16@psu.edu.