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David Pearson has won the The Academy of British Cover Design (ABCD) "winner of all winners" award for his redacted Penguin Classics design of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.
The prize was handed out to mark ABCD’s 10th awards ceremony, which took place in Hoxton, London, last night (23rd March). Pearson’s design was judged to be the best book design to have won an ABCD award in its decade-long history. The awards, run by freelance designers Jon Gray and Jamie Keenan, are free for designers to enter, with shortlists compiled by a panel of industry creatives, and the winners voted for by those in attendance on the night.
The 2023 awards were dominated by Holly Ovenden, who snapped up both Children’s 6-12, for Eve McDonnell’s The Chestnut Roaster (Everything With Words), and Literary Fiction, for Joan by Katherine J Chen (Hodder & Stoughton).
Other winners included Lydia Blagden in the Sci-fi/Fantasy category for Out There by Kate Folk (Hodder Studio), and Jon Gray in the Non-Fiction category for Boy Friends by Michael Pedersen (Faber), illustrated by Nathaniel Russell, with Donna Payne as art director.
Jo Thomson won series design for her work on Collins Modern Classics, while Suzanne Dean triumphed in the Classics/Reissue category with Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (Vintage), illustrated by Nakamura Kyoko.
Audrey Keri-Nagy scooped Children’s 0-5 with her work on The Boy With Flowers in His Hair (Walker) written and illustrated by Jarvis, with Deirdre McDermott as art director.
Luke Bird landed the Crime and Thriller award for A Helping Hand by Celia Dale (Daunt Books) with art director Marigold Atkey. Jack Smyth took home Mass Market with The Black Dog by Kevin Bridges (Wildfire), art directed by Patrick Insole.
Finally, Michelle Brackenborough won the Young Adult award for All That’s Left in the World by Erik J Brown (Hodder Children’s Books) illustrated by Luke Martin.