The eighth edition of Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize announced a total of 21 titles across genres and themes. The longlist was made public at The Park, New Delhi on December 19 and the jurors included Priti Paul, Shobhaa De, Kunal Basu, Shashi Tharoor and Alka Pande who helped create a rich and diverse perspective for the selection of the longlist from amongst 600 plus eligible entries.
Shashi Tharoor congratulated the designers and their publishers
Considered to be one of the most prestigious book cover design awards in the publishing industry, the longlist aligns with the celebration of the 100 glorious years of Oxford Bookstore. Priti Paul, prize jury member and director Apeejay Surrendra Group said, “Resilience, innovation and creativity in the recent times of turmoil and lockdown, are strikingly apparent in this year’s longlist of excellent book covers reiterating that artistic expression constantly evolves in times of crises.”
Here’s the list
1. Nominated book: Birdwatching: A Novel by Stephen Alter
Name of the designer: Bena Sareen
2. Nominated book: Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Name of the designer: Leeza John
3. Nominated book: Shakti, An exploration of the Divine Feminine by Nilima Chitgopekar
Name of the designer: Priyanka Thakur
4. Nominated book: Boys Don't Cry by Meghna Pant
Name of the designer: Akangksha Sarmah
5. Nominated book: The Lesbian Cow and Other Stories by Indu Menon
Name of the designer: Bhavya/Saurabh Garge
6. Nominated book: The Illuminated: A Novel by Anindita Ghose
Name of the designer: Bonita Vaz-Shimray
7. Nominated book: Gods, Giants and Geography of India by Nalini Ramachandran
Name of the designer: Sharanya Kunnath
8. Nominated book: Onam in a Nightie by Anjana Menon
Name of the designer: Anujath Sindhu Vinaylal
9. Nominated book: Who’s Not Afraid of Z? Not Me! by Lubaina Bandukwala
Name of the designer: Allen Shaw
10. Nominated book: Onyoder Jiban by Neel Mukherjee
Name of the designer: Trinankur Banerjee
11. Nominated book: Pebble Monkey by Manindra Gupta
Name of the designer: Paramita Brahmachari
12. Nominated book: Kankabati Kalpabigyan Lekheni by various authors, edited by Yashodhora Raychaudhuri, Ankita and Dip Ghosh
Name of the designer: Ujjwal Ghosh
13. Nominated book: Metronama: Scenes from the Delhi Metro by Rashmi Sadana
Name of the designer: Shikhar Gaur
14. Nominated book: India: A Story Through 100 Objects by Vidya Dehejia
Name of the designer: Sneha Pamneja
15. Nominated book: Motherland: Pushpamala N’0s Woman and Nation by Monica Juneja & Sumathi Ramaswamy
Name of the designer: Advaita Vats
16. Nominated book: Growing up Jewish: Synagogues, Customs, and Communities from the Bene Israel to the Art of Siona Benjamin by Ori Z. Soltes
Name of the designer: Misha Oberoi
17. Nominated book: How the Earth got its Beauty by Sudha Murty
Name of the designer: Cover design by Akangksha Sarmah & Devangana Dash / Cover illustration by Priyanka Pachpande
18. Nominated book: Tirahe Par Teen by Rajni Gupt
Name of the designer: Archana Jain
19. Nominated book: A Paradox of Dreams by Harshali Singh
Name of the designer: Sourish Mitra
20. Nominated book: Invisible Empire by Pranay Lal
Name of the designer: Ahlawat Gunjan
21. Nominated book: The Muslim Vanishes by Saeed Naqvi
Name of the designer: Antra