The Australian Book Designers Association exists to support Australian book designers – promote their work and connect with the broader publishing community.
Thank you to the 2020/2021 Committee who had worked tirelessly during yet another COVID-affected year:
Hannah Janzen (President)
Nina Heryanto (Vice President)
Pooja Desai (Secretary)
Philip Campbell (Treasurer)
Nada Backovic
Akiko Chan
Trisha Garner
Sarah Mitchell
Claire Orrell
1 - I have a simple plea - could more publishers start crediting cover designers and illustrators on their social media posts, particularly cover reveals which I find odd when it’s missing 🙏🏾
It's been under lock and key, but did you hear? This year's shortlist is OUT! Take a look now: https://t.co/KzdF5lEiLF
Big thank you to our sponsors @booktopia, @CopyrightAgency, @rrdonnelley and OPUS Group.
🚨 ABDA Needs YOU! 🚨
Nominations are now open for the 2021/22 ABDA Committee for election at this year’s forthcoming AGM. All current ABDA Professional Individual Members are eligible to both nominate and be nominated. To register your interest, email [email protected]
Have just seen the final cover for my poetry collection, and let me just say that Allison Colpoys is a damn genius. This is cover #7 from her (inc 2 x covers for The Hate Race and Foreign Soil, Carrying The World and Fashionista) and she has bat it out of the ballpark again 🙌🏾
So many good-looking books as always. Delighted to see Mary Callaghan in the Hall of Fame. What a talent, what a line-up of beautiful covers for some of Australia’s best books in the past 30 years.
In a new post on the Giramondo website, see Jenny Grigg's design process in creating the cover art for Beverley Farmer's A Body of Water, which won @theABDA award for Best Designed Literary Fiction Cover last week. https://t.co/SBKHGtLe4N
Congratulations to @thamesandhudson#thissmallbluedot#zenosworder It is one of my favourite picture books and as an educator provides thoughtful discussions about so many topics: https://t.co/QAYcKfH0RO