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.
Sonya Murphy
I’m a book designer and typesetter with more than 35 years industry experience. I work with self publishing authors and publishing companies providing book design, typesetting, and proofreading services. My work spans fiction and non-fiction, academic and learning materials, along with coffee-table books. I create websites and organise book printing for my clients.
Nicole Klassmann
Nicole Klassmann (she/they) is a graphic designer based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. After a number of years working in web production as a project leader, she returned to university to pursue a degree in communication design at RMIT. She is especially passionate about publication design and typography and is always on the lookout to expand her […]
Peter Long
Peter has been designing books for more than fifteen years, and until recently was Senior Designer at Black Inc.Books and the Art Director of The Monthly magazine. Before books he designed mostly for stage and film. He is also a filmmaker; the short film A Telephone Call for Genevieve Snow, which he wrote and directed, […]
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 […]
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.
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.
Vanessa Masci
Vanessa is a Melbourne-based book designer for non-fiction titles that marry with her own interests; wellness, design, food and travel. In recent years, she has worked in-house for Hardie Grant Books and their London subsidiary, Quadrille.
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.
Alex Fleischer
I am a thinker, dealing with the inherent meaning of things. I equally enjoy the creation and analysis of design to explore the ways in which information, values, and emotions can be visually expressed. As a problem solver, I am eager to take on a challenge and strive for highest quality outcomes whether it’s visual-, […]