ABDA Blog
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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:… Read more
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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 on…
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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 on…
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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 out…
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Diary of a Series Redesign
Allen & Unwin discuss the challenges and triumphs of redesigning the YA series The Hidden. In news just to hand: everybody in the entirety of the world judges books by their covers. That is what covers are for, to help…
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Q & A with Anna Maley-Fadgyas
Based in Perth, Anna Maley-Fadgyas has worked in design studios, designed surfing magazines and over the past decade, designed books for UWA Publishing. She now combines freelance life with being a mum. Did you mean to…
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I took a holiday to the Melbourne Art Book Fair
A blog post by Garry Trinh The 2017 Melbourne Art Book Fair brought together over 200 established and emerging art publishers, artists, writers and designers for fifty diverse programs including free talks, workshops, book launches and performances. My holiday…