ABDA Blog
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2026 EARLY BIRD awards tickets ON SALE now!
Early Bird Tickets Are Now on Sale! Celebrate the best in book design at the 74th Australian Book Design Awards 2025 and grab your discounted tickets before they sell out! Date: Friday, 8 May 2026 Location: Terminus… Read more
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The 74th Australian Book Design Awards Shortlist
Congratulations to all of this year’s shortlisted designers. Our esteemed judging panel worked through a very impressive longlist, to arrive at a shortlist of original, creative and beautiful books. The full shortlist is available for download…
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2025 ABDA Award Winners
Drumroll, please! We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 73rd Australian Book Design Awards! Congratulations to all of the shortlisted and winning designers for the 73rd Australian Book Design Awards. A special thank you to our 2025 judges for…
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Entries are now open for the student categories for the 73rd Australian Book Design Awards.
The ABDA committee is excited to announce that the 73rd Australian Book Design Awards are now open for student submissions! The competition is open to books designed by students for the first time in Australia between 1 January…
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2024 ABDA Award winners
Drumroll, please! We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 72nd Australian Book Design Awards! Congratulations to all of the shortlisted and winning designers for the 72nd Australian Book Design Awards. Special thanks to our judges for committing their…
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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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Meet the judges for 2024!
Meet our esteemed judging panel for 2024! Jenna Lee (Designer and maker), Evi O. (Designer, publisher and artist), Zeno Sworder (Writer, illustrator and picture book maker), Ziga Testen (Designer and educator), Darren Holt (Designer and illustrator), Imogen Stubbs (Designer and…
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Entries are now open for the 72nd Australian Book Design Awards!
ABDA is pleased to announce the 72nd Australian Book Design Awards are open for submissions and we’re champing at the bit to see all your beautiful books. Entries close Friday 22 December 2023. The awards will be…
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Entries are now open for the student categories for the 72nd Australian Book Design Awards.
ABDA is opening entries early this year for the three student categories. The competition is open to books designed by students for the first time in Australia between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023. Entry is free for…
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The ABDA ‘Baseline’ Book Design Internship program
The Australian Book Designers Association is proud to announce the establishment of the ABDA ‘Baseline’ Book Design Internship. The Baseline program is a new paid opportunity aimed at fostering cultural diversity in the Australian book design community and training…
