ABDA Blog
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Booktopia’s September Cover Round-up
We’ve reached a huge week in the Australian publishing calendar, with books from some of the country’s biggest authors hitting shelves everywhere. Booktopia’s Brand and Content Manager, Mark Harding, took ABDA through his reasons for loving the cover… Read more
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Q & A with Duncan Blachford
Currently undertaking a Master of Communication Design at RMIT University, Duncan Blachford has over eight years experience in the book publishing industry. He’s worked at Black Inc. Books in Melbourne and Bloomsbury Publishing in London and is currently the…
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Q & A with Tess McCabe
As the designer and director of Creative Minds Publishing, Tess McCabe publishes books and resources for creative professionals and their businesses. Like the creative’s guide to copyright, ‘Owning It’ by Sharon Givoni, or the illuminating interviews in ‘Conversations With Creative…
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The 2017 ABDA Awards President’s Report
The ABDA catalogue celebrates the books shortlisted in the 65th annual Australian Book Design Awards. Selected from 341 entries submitted across 16 categories, these designs are the cream of the crop of books published between 1 January and 31…
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The Power of a Cover
Award-winning book designer and president of the Australian Book Designers Association, Zoë Sadokierski dives deep into her love for print and reveals why many of us do judge a book by its cover. Edible Garden Design designed…
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The Making of Begin, End, Begin
A blog post by Danielle Binks. A new anthology of #LoveOzYA short stories is being released in May by HarperCollins. Editor Danielle Binks runs us through how the concept and design for the cover came together. To understand the…
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Senior Book Designer, Captain Honey Publishing
Are you ready to jump ship? Get on board with Captain Honey, an innovative publishing company based in the beautiful hinterland town of Bangalow in the northern rivers (15 minutes drive from Byron Bay). We create illustrated books…
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Q & A with Phil Campbell
Phil Campbell has been designing books, amongst other things, for 20 years. He worked previously as a designer for Text Media and EmeryStudio and spent time as a sessional lecturer in Communications design at RMIT. He works…
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Images and Influence
A post by ABDA member Peter Long “But what kind of a cover should go on a book about flying saucers? At the outset, there was no consensus as to what the saucers even actually looked like: they were…
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Jessica Helfand Workshop
Our friends at the Australian Graphic Designer’s Association are presenting a workshop in Melbourne with designer, author, and educator Jessica Helfand from NYC. Tuesday 22 November (1pm registration, 1.30 – 5.30pm) The Depot Donkey Wheel House 673…