7th Edition of Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize 2022 held to announce this year’s winner

on Mar 25, 2022

Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize, instituted in March 2015 by the Oxford Bookstore, has gained traction as the most esteemed award in the book cover design industry. It is a first-of-its-kind award for excellence in book design, an initiative by the iconic bookstore to recognize and encourage the extraordinary work of designers, illustrators, and publishers across India. The prestigious prize appreciates the importance of the balance of graphics and narrative. A book cover interprets and illustrates the text in crucial ways that undoubtedly contributes to its ultimate success. Every year Oxford Bookstore announces the award’s shortlist and winner. This year was its 7th edition of the Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize. Entries for this year’s award were opened in September 2021. On 24 March 2022, they announced the winner of the prize. Visual artist Ishan Khosla was awarded the Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize 2022 for designing the cover of “Kintsugi: A Novel” Khosla was felicitated with a trophy and Rs 1 lakh cash prize at the India Habitat Centre here by the jury, which included writer and MP Dr.Shashi Tharoor, art historian Dr. Alka Pande, Author Dr. Kunal Basu, and director of Apeejay Surendra Group, Ms. Priti Paul. The guest juror was Mr. Emmanuel Lebrun-Damiens, Director of the French Institute in India. ‘Kintsugi’ is an astonishing book cover. Intricately illustrated, it conveys the superior craft of the creator and draws one’s eyes into the heart of the book. In addition to the winning book cover, three more designers were honored with Special Jury Awards in appreciation of their remarkable command of graphics and visual narrative. These designers are Maithili Doshi for "Turmeric Nation" published by Speaking Tiger; Shashi Bhushan Prasad for "The Maharaja of Jodhpur's Guns" published by Niyogi Books and Gavin Morris for "Estuary" published by Eka.