ABDA Blog
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Re:collection and Sun Books
A guest post by Dominic Hofstede A look at the history and art of Sun Books, the iconic Australian paperback publisher launched in 1965. In 2016 Warren Taylor and I undertook a Creative Fellowship with the State Library of Victoria… Read more
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How I mucked up Ickypedia
A blog post by Bruno Herfst about the making of Ickypedia. Bruno won the Best Designed Children’s Fiction Book at the 2016 ABDA awards for this work. WARNING: THIS IS A ONE-SIDED VIEW OF THE CREATION OF…
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The 2017 ABDA Awards President’s Report
The ABDA catalogue celebrates the books shortlisted in the 65th annual Australian Book Design Awards. Selected from 341 entries submitted across 16 categories, these designs are the cream of the crop of books published between 1 January and 31…
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Staff Picks—Readings Bookstore Favourite Book Cover Designs
This is the first in an ongoing series of interviews where we ask staff at bookstores to tell us about their favourite book designs. This month we hear from staff at Readings Bookstores. Bronte Coates, Readings Digital Content Coordinator:…
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Q & A with Andy Warren
Andy Warren is one of two designers shortlisted in the Young Designer of the Year category for the Australian Book Design Awards 2017. Before the winner is announced…
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The Power of a Cover
Award-winning book designer and president of the Australian Book Designers Association, Zoë Sadokierski dives deep into her love for print and reveals why many of us do judge a book by its cover. Edible Garden Design designed…
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Q & A with Ella Egidy
Ella Egidy is one of two designers shortlisted in the Young Designer of the Year category for the Australian Book Design Awards 2017. Before the winner is announced…
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The Making of Begin, End, Begin
A blog post by Danielle Binks. A new anthology of #LoveOzYA short stories is being released in May by HarperCollins. Editor Danielle Binks runs us through how the concept and design for the cover came together. To understand the…
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Senior Book Designer, Captain Honey Publishing
Are you ready to jump ship? Get on board with Captain Honey, an innovative publishing company based in the beautiful hinterland town of Bangalow in the northern rivers (15 minutes drive from Byron Bay). We create illustrated books…
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Q & A with Phil Campbell
Phil Campbell has been designing books, amongst other things, for 20 years. He worked previously as a designer for Text Media and EmeryStudio and spent time as a sessional lecturer in Communications design at RMIT. He works…