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The Australian Book Designers Association exists to support Australian book designers – promote their work and connect with the broader publishing community.

Australia
Joined August 2014
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This CBCA Book Week we encourage you to #shoplocal and #readlocal to support our Australian authors, illustrators and booksellers!
Imogen Stubbs, Text's super talented art director and recent double @theABDA winner, interviewed in @LeafMagAus πŸ‚
β€œThe standard in Australia is extremely high." Clare spoke to Imogen Stubbs about her role as Art Director at Text Publishing leafmag.com.au/interviews/im…
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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.
πŸŽ‰ πŸ“™ WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT πŸ“™ πŸŽ‰ And without further ado, we are thrilled to announce our Book Design Award Winners for the 69th Australian Book Design Awards! For a full list visit our website: bit.ly/3zN0hwt
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Congratulations to all the winners in the Australian Book Design Awards 2021.
πŸŽ‰ πŸ“™ WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT πŸ“™ πŸŽ‰ And without further ado, we are thrilled to announce our Book Design Award Winners for the 69th Australian Book Design Awards! For a full list visit our website: bit.ly/3zN0hwt
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Congratulations to @thamesandhudson #thissmallbluedot #zenosworder It is one of my favourite picture books and as an educator provides thoughtful discussions about so many topics: teacherlibrarianjanet.com/20…
πŸŽ‰ πŸ“™ WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT πŸ“™ πŸŽ‰ And without further ado, we are thrilled to announce our Book Design Award Winners for the 69th Australian Book Design Awards! For a full list visit our website: bit.ly/3zN0hwt
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Sometimes it *is* okay to judge a book by its cover πŸ“–@theABDA Congrats to all involved.
πŸŽ‰ πŸ“™ WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT πŸ“™ πŸŽ‰ And without further ado, we are thrilled to announce our Book Design Award Winners for the 69th Australian Book Design Awards! For a full list visit our website: bit.ly/3zN0hwt
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Congrats to @uonsoci #visComm student Finn Redmond, who just won β€˜Best Designed Student Cover’ at the Australian Book Designers Association Awards @theABDA and Charlie Rose for making the final shortlist. abda.com.au/2021-award-winne… @Uni_Newcastle #bookdesign #illustration #design
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We're chuffed to see the gorgeous BUSY BEAKS awarded Best Designed Children's Non-Fiction Illustrated Book in @theABDA! Congratulations to designer @KirbyArmstrong and author-illustrator Sarah Allen, and to all the shortlisted designers.
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We are absolutely thrilled that our Art Director Imogen Stubbs has won the Best Design Young Adult Cover at the 2021 Australian Book Design Awards! A big congratulations to illustrator Rachel Szopa as well! πŸŽ‰
The Egans Asset Management BEST DESIGNED YOUNG ADULT COVER 69th Australian Book Design Awards Winners For a full list visit our website: bit.ly/3zN0hwt
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The Booktopia BEST DESIGNED COMMERCIAL FICTION COVER 69th Australian Book Design Awards Winners For a full list visit our website: bit.ly/3zN0hwt
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The HarperCollins Publishers Australia BEST DESIGNED CHILDREN’S FICTION BOOK 69th Australian Book Design Awards Winners For a full list visit our website: bit.ly/3zN0hwt
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The Booktopia DESIGNERS' CHOICE COVER OF THE YEAR 2021 69th Australian Book Design Awards Winners And the WINNER is β€˜All Our Shimmering Skies’ by Darren Holt (HarperCollins Publishers Australia) @HarperCollinsAU For a full list visit our website: bit.ly/3zN0hwt
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Super excited that #planetcity won this @theABDA tonight. Great work @mrstuartgeddes and @TestenZiga for the book design and @liam_young for the the extraordinary project. Available @UroPublications now! bookshopbyuro.com/products/p…
The Hardie Grant Books BEST DESIGNED FULLY-ILLUSTRATED BOOK UNDER $50 69th Australian Book Design Awards Winners For a full list visit our website: bit.ly/3zN0hwt
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Replying to @theABDA
Congratulations to Josh Durham for encapsulating our story
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I am beyond thrilled that my lovely friend and colleague Mika Tabata has won @theABDA Emerging Designer of the Year Award! πŸ₯³ Mika is an extremely talented designer who I'm so happy to work with, and I'm excited to see how her craft develops. πŸ‘
The Penguin Random House Australia DEB BRASH EMERGING DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 69th Australian Book Design Awards Winners πŸ… The Emerging Designer of the Year 2021 is: Mika Tabata πŸ… For a full list visit our website: bit.ly/3zN0hwt
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Gorgeous Indonesian covers by @sukutangan Captured by @ruthpriscilia of @bukugpu
YOUR COVER IS FABULOUS. We love that you love your cover. We love it too!Β  And we’re asking you to spread the love a little further by crediting the book designer responsible for making your cover so fabulous.
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Beautiful UK/ANZ Edition, designed by @lukejbird for @ScribeUKbooks @scribepub Love, love, LOVE everything about this cover. The stunning image, the iconic layout, the unique typeface, the SHINY SILVER FOIL!!! ✨✨✨ Such perfection!!! 😭😭😭
YOUR COVER IS FABULOUS. We love that you love your cover. We love it too!Β  And we’re asking you to spread the love a little further by crediting the book designer responsible for making your cover so fabulous.
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Fantastic initiative from @theABDA
YOUR COVER IS FABULOUS. We love that you love your cover. We love it too!Β  And we’re asking you to spread the love a little further by crediting the book designer responsible for making your cover so fabulous.
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