ABDA Blog
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One Book, Two Covers
For this post, ABDA committee member and designer Hazel Lam has brought together local book covers and their international counterparts with insights on their design processes. I have always enjoyed going overseas and seeing how different the book covers are… Read more
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2018 Covered : Favourite Covers of the Year
As we turn the page on 2018, the ABDA committee and wider publishing community reflect on their favourite covers of the year. Jessica Lowe • ABDA Committee Member, Design Manager at Hardie Grant Books My Year of Rest and…
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Hall of Fame – Tony Palmer
Tony Palmer was awarded the ABDA Hall of Fame Award in 2016. Here we revisit the interview published in the 2016 awards catalogue by fellow Hall of Fame recipient and book designer W. H. Chong. Tony Palmer…
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Hall of Fame – W.H. Chong
'To illustrate the cover of a book, especially a novel, is to pinpoint and construct a single image to convey an entire narrative.' Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2013, Miriam Rosenbloom interviews W.H. Chong about his life in…
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Local Knowledge: Covers Customised for the Australian Market
So a publisher wants to remake an overseas book cover for Australian shops. What are they thinking? What are the designers thinking? Why is a cover good for one place but not another? Australian designers reveal the local knowledge behind…
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How to Deconstruct a Science Fiction Cover
"I remember the covers as much for the pleasure and excitement of recalling the book as for the cover art. But in truth it is far easier to remember the covers than the characters or plots."…