ABDA Blog
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2024 Australian Book Design Awards Shortlist!
Congratulations to all of this year’s shortlisted designers. Our hard-working judges whittled down an impressive longlist, to arrive at a shortlist of original, creative and beautiful books. The full shortlist is available for download here. Awards branded… Read more
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Design enthusiasts, this is your weekend in Melbourne!
Join us for the 2024 Australian Book Design Awards on May 24th and make it a perfect Melbourne design weekend. Enjoy discounted rates at Lyf Accommodation or Citadines on Bourke. Immerse yourself in Collingwood’s creative hub,…
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ABDA Committee Elected for 2021/2022
On September 27 ABDA held its Annual General Meeting and elected a new committee to lead the organization through the next year when, amongst other things, we will celebrate our 70th birthday! The meeting began by thanking and…
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2021 Australian Book Design Awards
The ABDA Committee is delighted to announce the 69th Australian Book Design Awards are now open for submissions! The Australian Book Design Awards celebrate the best of the best of Australian book design each year. The competition is…
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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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Everyone on the same page: the ABDA survey results
In 2018, the ABDA community shared their experiences, difficulties and suggestions in a survey aimed to shed light on the collective and often unspoken trials of our profession. The main aims of the survey were to: Measure the health of…
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The Australian Book Designer’s Survey 2018 (And why you should take part)
A post by ABDA member Mary Callahan (who instigated the survey idea originally).
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The 2017 PANZ Book Design Awards shortlist announced
The 2017 PANZ Book Design Awards shortlist has been announced with winners to be presented at the awards ceremony in Auckland on 20 July 2017. The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) established the PANZ Book Design Awards to promote excellence in, and…
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Mark Campbell Joins HarperCollins
The role of Head of Design at HarperCollins Publishers has been taken up by Mark Campbell, who joined the company in May. Mark previously worked as the Design Manager at Hardie Grant Books, where he lead a team of…
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Take Cover — Jon Gray on Book Design
The amazingly talented Jon Gray of Gray 318 visited our shores in September last year and we were fortunate enough to have him as a guest speaker for an ABDA partnership event with The Wheeler Centre. Here’s the…