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Save the Date for the 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Australian Book Designers Association

As a Professional Member of ABDA, you are invited to join us for the Association’s 2022 AGM. We will be conducting the full AGM online via Zoom.

Date: Monday 12 September, 2022
Time: 5.15pm (AEST) – for a 5.30pm start
A Zoom link will be sent out the day before.

The ordinary business of the Annual General Meeting is:

(a) to receive and consider the annual report of the Committee and the financial statements for the preceding financial year;
(b) to elect the members of the Committee; and
(c) to confirm or vary the amounts of the annual subscription.

If you wish to nominate to join the committee, nomination forms must be received no later than 5pm Sunday 4 September, 2022. The nomination forms can be downloaded here.

Proxy and Absentee voting forms must be received no later than 5pm Sunday 11 September, 2022. To register your interest, email: info@abda.com.au.

Proxy Vote

A Professional Individual Member of the Association may appoint another Professional Individual Member to vote on his or her behalf at the Annual General Meeting. A proxy form will be circulated once the nominations have been made, for members who cannot attend the meeting.

Absentee Vote

A Professional Individual Member of the Association may vote for committee members in advance of the meeting by filling out the Absentee Voting form (to be circulated one week prior to the AGM, with the nominee statements).

Please note: A proxy form must be submitted no later than 24 hours before the meeting if it is to take effect.

The nomination form and agenda will be available on Monday 5 September, 2022 and will be circulated in a subsequent EDM.

Only financial Professional Individual Members of ABDA may be nominated. If you are unsure of your current membership status, please email Mietta on info@abda.com.au with your details.

70th Awards Tickets

Join the Australian Book Designers Association to celebrate the most original and beautiful book designs of the year.

This year, the awards party returns to Melbourne at The Craft & Co, 390 Smith St, Collingwood and we invite you to join in the festivities at ABDA’s first live annual awards event since 2019!

The first 70 ticket buyers will receive a beautiful ABDA Tote bag. The bag is a collaboration between ABDA and The Jacky Winter Group, and features an exclusive design by illustrator Ilya Milstein.

Don’t miss out. Buy Awards tickets here!

Early bird prices available until 5 May.

Friday 3 June, 2022
7pm until late
The Craft & Co,
390 Smith Street, Collingwood

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Our master of ceremonies for the evening will be Michael Williams, Artistic Director of the 2022 Sydney Writers’ Festival.
Doors will open at 7pm with formal proceedings commencing at 8pm sharp.

The awards evening will also include the announcement of the Designers’ Choice awards voted for by ABDA members on the night.

• The Booktopia Designers’ Choice Cover of the Year
• The OPUS Designers’ Choice Children’s/YA Cover of the Year
• The Hachette Australia Designers’ Choice Book of the Year
• The HarperCollins Publishers Australia Designer’s Choice Children’s/YA Book of the Year

What does my ticket include?
The first 70 ticket buyers will receive a beautiful ABDA Tote bag.
An ABDA ‘surprise cocktail’, sparkling wine, white/red wines, beer and soft drinks.
Delicious grazing platters and a selection of hot and cold canapés.
The Australian Book Designers 2022 Catalogue featuring the winners and shortlisted designers of the year PLUS a special 70th Anniversary Catalogue edition.

ABDA gratefully acknowledges this event would not be possible without the support and generosity of our Sponsors

For further information please email info@abda.com.au

With thanks to our Platinum sponsors:

2022 ABDA Shortlist announced!

2022 Australian Book Design Awards Shortlist announced!

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 assets are available for download here for promotional purposes.

The winners of the Australian Book Design Awards will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on Friday, June 3 at Craft & Co. Early bird tickets will be on sale soon.

Designers — get your membership up to date to enjoy reduced ticket prices and to be eligible to vote for the Designers’ Choice Awards:

  • The Booktopia Designers’ Choice Cover of the Year 2022
  • The Hachette Designers’ Choice Book of the Year 2022
  • The OPUS Designers’ Choice Children’s/YA Cover of the Year 2022
  • The HarperCollins Publishers Australia Designers’ Choice Children’s/YA Book of the Year 2022
Email info@abda.com.au to check your membership status.

70th ABDA Longlist announced!

ABDA is thrilled to present the longlist for the 70th Australian Book Design Awards. Please join us in celebrating the bravest and brightest, the most original and beautiful books published in Australia in 2022.

You can download the 2022 ABDA Longlist

The shortlist will be announced in April 2022 and the winners of the Australian Book Design Awards will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on 3rd June at Craft & Co. We hope you will be able to join us then.

Voting for the Designers’ Choice Awards will take place at the awards.

Entries are now open for the 70th Australian Book Design Awards!

ABDA is delighted to announce the 70th Australian Book Design Awards are now open for submissions! The Australian Book Design Awards celebrate the bravest and brightest, the most original and beautiful books published in Australia each year.

The competition is open to books designed and published for the first time in Australia between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021.

Entries are open in twenty categories; all entry details are available in this year’s Submission Guidelines (PDF).

Subscribe to ABDA’s email newsletter for updates.

Hurry – entries for the 70th Annual Book Design Awards close on Monday, 20 December 2021.

ABDA Committee Elected for 2021/2022

Last night 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 paying tribute to the 2020/2021 Committee who had worked tirelessly during yet another challenging COVID-affected year. We said a fond farewell to:

Hannah Janzen (President)
Nina Heryanto (Vice President)
Pooja Desai (Secretary)
Philip Campbell (Treasurer)
Nada Backovic
Akiko Chan
Trisha Garner
Sarah Mitchell
Claire Orrell

And once these highly creative, hard-working folk had stepped down, we welcomed the 2021/2022 committee:

Mary Callahan (President)
Mietta Yans (Vice President)
Trisha Garner (Secretary)
Nada Backovic (Treasurer)
Megan Ellis
Jenny Grigg
Klarissa Pfisterer
Liz Seymour
Mika Tabata

This coming year is going to be a big year – everyone loves a birthday party! – and everyone on the ABDA committee looks forward to working with you as we build up to the celebrations.

Book Design Awards Winners Stickers

 

How do you spot a well designed book?

By searching for an ABDA sticker, of course! Stickers are now available for all Winning books in the 69th Australian Book Design Awards. Created to assist publishers and booksellers promote each title’s award nominated status, these eye-catching stickers also raise the profile of the significance book design plays in publishing and bookselling. ABDA will be in touch using the Call for Entries contact details supplied when each project was originally submitted, so if you have progressed in this year’s awards, keep an eye out for instructions on how to access these stickers. General inquires are welcomed via info@abda.com.au.

Tonight’s the night!

That’s right – the Australian book industry’s night of nights has finally come around. At 6.30pm follow this link to watch the digital broadcast of the 69th Australian Book Design Awards. See you at the party!

The 69th Australian Book Design Awards Digital broadcast is only hours away!

With only one sleep to go it’s time to choose your party outfit, stock up on drinks and nibbles and get ready for the 69th Australian Book Design Awards digital broadcast – just follow this link to find out more.