Alanna Rance

Alanna is a freelance book designer specialising in artisan book covers. As a fervent bookworm and skilled illustrator, she brings these passions together to create covers rich in emotional intelligence, visual storytelling, and grounded in art theory. Through collaborations with publishers and independent authors, Alanna’s work is driven by a simple ambition: to draw people […]

Madison de Sousa

Madison de Sousa is a graphic designer and artist with a textural, organic style. Interested in the (rather personal) relationship between the book and the reader, she designs to evoke the senses and engage. She designs to surprise. Madison also adores old films, vinyl records, and reading with a cup of tea.

Emi Chiba

Emi Chiba is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator who specialises in illustrative books. Winner of the 2025 Deb Brash Emerging Designer Award, Emi brings her enthusiasm for typography and illustration to books and brands. Previously at Evi-O.Studio, Emi believes in the importance of developing an eye for detail and being able to bring a […]

Eloise Myatt

Eloise Myatt is a Sydney-based graphic designer and illustrator, working on Gadigal land. Books came first; she was selling them before designing them, and the obsession stuck. Previously at Re and Evi-O.Studio, she now works independently across brand identity and publication design, with a focus on thoughtful, craft-led storytelling.

Sue Dani

Sue is an award-winning educational book designer with over 15 years experience in educational publishing. Her design career began when an opportunity arose in a niche publishing house working with the challenges of magazine design and layout. This was the springboard that propelled her to work across the gamut of design, art direction, illustration, printing […]

Allison Colpoys

Allison Colpoys is an award-winning designer and illustrator based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. Allison is represented by the Jacky Winter Group for illustration.

Jenny Grigg

Jenny Grigg is an award winning Australian graphic designer who has worked in Sydney, London, Copenhagen and Melbourne. She has a PhD from RMIT University.

Louisa Maggio

After designing more than 500 book covers, Louisa joined the team at Penguin Random House in 2016 in the Adult Publishing Department as an In-House designer, where she is working on an array of fiction and non-fiction titles.  

Sandra Nipperess

Since 1996, Sandra has worked with the Self Publishing community offering a concept to completion service incl. design, illustration, layout, editing, proofreading and print broking. Managing the publishing process of: poetry books to historical diaries; memoirs of WWI and WWII veterans; research volumes; short stories; tourism publications; college year books and children’s books, to name […]

Nada Backovic

Nada Backovic is an award-winning Sydney based book designer and illustrator with more than 25 years’ experience working within publishing. Nada works across a broad range of genres, including, fiction, non-fiction, illustrated books and textbooks. Nada, who is originally from London, worked in house at Random House UK and was the Design Manager at Allen […]

Claire Orrell

Claire is an award-winning designer working professionally since 2003. She has experience in both the commercial and cultural arenas, working seven years in design agencies and a further ten years in the museum sector. Claire works part-time as the Design Manager of the Museum of Contemporary Art where a large part of her job involves […]

W.H. Chong

W. H. Chong is the long-time design director at Text Publishing and designed their logo. In 2013 Chong was inducted into the Australian Book Design Hall of Fame. He is a founding member of ABDA, serving as Secretary from 2014 to 2016. He has written and spoken about book design, and blogged on art and […]