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 […]

Sasha Beekman

Sasha Beekman is a multidisciplinary creative with nearly a decade of experience in the publishing industry. Her background and specialisation in print production is invaluable to her book design practice, particularly in the areas of children’s books and illustrated non-fiction. She currently works in-house as Production & Design Manager at Little Book Press, and is […]

Alex Langdon

G’day! My name is Alex, I’m an Naarm/Melbourne based graphic designer, with over a decade of experience in branding and visual identity. I have a passion for all things books and love designing standout covers with abstract images, striking colours and bold typography. If that sounds like your kind of thing I’m currently looking to […]

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.

Laura Thomas

Laura Thomas is a freelance book designer specialising in cover design and typesetting for fiction and nonfiction. She has almost two decades of publishing experience, including nine years at Penguin Books Australia and eight years at Scribe Publications. Her work has been recognised multiple times at the Australian Book Design Association Awards, where she has […]

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 […]

Mary Callahan

Mary has been designing books for more than 20 years. Her passion for this pursuit has resulted in a high profile throughout the publishing industry and is recognized by the many awards her book designs have received. Since expanding her practice, she designs for a wide range of clients including art galleries, museums and private […]

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 […]

Megan Ellis

Megan is a typesetter and pre-press operator based in Melbourne. She’s an InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator pro and wears many hats along the publishing process, including image work and preparing and outputting files for print, and has an extensive knowledge of pre-press. Megan works on illustrated and non-illustrated titles.