ABDA Blog
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2020 Covered: Favourite Covers of the Year
As we near the end of the year, and the season of ‘best-of’ lists, ABDA asked its members and those-in-the-know in publishing to reflect on their favourite covers of 2020. Which designs stood out online among the multitude of #coverreveals?… Read more
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Booktopia’s September Cover Round-up
We’ve reached a huge week in the Australian publishing calendar, with books from some of the country’s biggest authors hitting shelves everywhere. Booktopia’s Brand and Content Manager, Mark Harding, took ABDA through his reasons for loving the cover…
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Printing the 2020 ABDA Book Design Awards Catalogue
This year’s ABDA Book Design Awards catalogue is truly a thing of beauty, inside and out. Designed by the 2019 Emerging Designer of the Year Jessica Horrocks, ABDA recently visited the wonderful Ligare Book Printers in Sydney to watch…
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Q&A with Emerging Designer nominee Akiko Chan
The Penguin Random House Australia Emerging Designer of the Year Award at this years ABDA Awards features two incredibly talented shortlisted entrants. ABDA spoke with the finalists – Vanessa Masci and Akiko Chan – on their journey into Book…
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Q&A with Emerging Designer nominee Vanessa Masci
The Penguin Random House Australia Emerging Designer of the Year Award at this years ABDA Awards features two incredibly talented shortlisted entrants. ABDA spoke with the finalists – Vanessa Masci and Akiko Chan – on their journey into Book…
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One Year On with 2019 Emerging Designer, Jessica Horrocks
As we look forward to the 68th ABDA Awards later this year and celebrate our shortlisted designers, we thought it would be a good time to check in with the 2019 winner of the Emerging Designer Award –…
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How the Australian Book Community is Responding to the Pandemic with Creativity
The outbreak of COVID-19 and efforts to slow the spread of the virus has seen the rapid shutdown of workplaces, book launches and events across our creative community. ABDA itself has postponed our annual Book Design Awards until later…
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Meet Your Judges — The Australian Book Design Awards 2020
The ABDA committee is pleased to announce the judges of the 2020 awards. With experience across a wide range of publishing, design, academic and retail platforms, we’re thrilled to have them on board to uncover the best and brightest, most…
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Q&A with Freda Chiu
Freda Chiu is a Sydney-based freelance illustrator, with a diverse client list including Penguin Random House, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Google and Sony. She is also an Educator at The University of Technology Sydney. We spoke with Freda…
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2019 Covered: Favourite Covers of the Year
As we near the end of the year, and the season of ‘best-of’ lists, ABDA asked its members and those-in-the-know in publishing to reflect on their favourite covers of 2019. Which designs stood out online among the multitude of #coverreveals?…