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| Recipients of the 2018 NEPCo Award: Southern Vermont College associate professor Daisy Levy and Northshire Bookstore publishing manager Debbi Wraga (center) flanked by Bookbuilders v-ps Josh Garstka and Margaret Rosewitz | |
Debbi Wraga, publishing manager at Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, Vt., and Daisy Levy, chair and associate professor of the Hunter Division of Humanities at Southern Vermont College, received the New England Publishing Collaboration Award for second place, as well as the audience choice award, for their collaboration project, the Shires Press Series.
In 2014, Northshire Bookstores/Shires Press partnered with SVC to create publishing opportunities for undergraduate students. Faculty from the college work alongside Shires Press staff through a four-course program that gives students hands-on experience with book publishing. To date, nine books have been published, and three authors are slated to publish in May 2019.
The awards were presented earlier this month at the NEPCo Award ceremony in Somerville, Mass., an event hosted by Bookbuilders that "educates its members who are new to the industry and rewards those who have achieved meaningful relationships with partners."
"We are so proud of the program and this partnership, and being able to represent Southern Vermont College and Northshire Bookstore in such a positive way," Levy said. "The whole event was intensely validating, not just for me and Debbi, but we hope for both the bookstore/press and Southern Vermont College--not to mention all the individuals who are part of supporting and building this program from the ground up."