Australian Book Publishers

A&A Book Publishing
A&A Book Publishing Pty Ltd is a self-publishing house that publishes quality Non-Fiction (including Autobiography/Memoir, Business, Spirituality, Self-Help) and Fiction  (Adult, Young Adults and Children). In 2007 the Short Stop Press™ Imprint was established for Fiction, e-book publications and our webstore.

Affirm Press
Affirm Press is a Melbourne-based publishing company committed to publishing books that have a positive impact on the community and that influence by delight rather than being earnest or ‘right-on'.

Allen & Unwin Book Publishers
Allen & Unwin is Australia's leading independent publisher and has been voted "Publisher of the Year" eight times including the inaugural award in 1992 and six times since 2000. We publish around 250 new titles each year including literary and commercial fiction, a broad range of general non fiction, academic and professional titles and books for children and young adults. Our imprints include Allen & Unwin, Arena, Crows Nest, Inspired Living (MBS) and Jacana (Natural History).

Black Pepper Publishing
Black Pepper is one of the livelier new houses that has sprung up after the large publishers decided to exit poetry publishing.

Boolarong Publishing
We are a book publishing company that offers: Commercial, (ie we pay all costs and author receives royalty); Joint Venture (ie we share the costs and profits) and self publishing services to authors (ie the author pays the costs and receives the profits).

Brandl & Schlesinger
Brandl & Schlesinger, established in 1994, has developed a reputation as one of Australia’s most renowned independent publishers. We publish and nurture first time fiction authors, with many of their titles winning major literary awards. We have a diverse list of quality fiction and non-fiction, literary memoir and biography, academic journals, translations and a distinctive poetry list. As an independent publisher we are committed to publishing books that are often overlooked by the multi-national conglomerate publishers, and that appeal to both the national and international market.

Catchfire Press
Catchfire Press is a Hunter Valley publishing house located in Newcastle, incorporated in October 1998, when we commenced book publication. Our overall purpose is to publish writers from the Hunter area*, in books wholly designed and illustrated here, and we have deliberately set a slow pace to maintain standards in book design and editing, as well as literary quality, comparable with anywhere in Australia.

Cengage Learning Australia
Cengage Learning Australia is a leading provider of learning solutions for the school and higher education markets for Australia and New Zealand. Cengage Learning Australia publishes a successful range of school and university educational resources, written by Australian and New Zealand authors who are specialists in their field. We also distribute international product for the schools, higher education and library reference markets. Cengage Learning Australia is one of the leading school publishers and one of the top three publishers in the academic market in Australia.

Charles Darwin University Press
CDU Press is the publisher based at Charles Darwin University in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The Press was founded in 1989 and has developed a publication list which is a unique blend of titles, often focused on the Northern Territory, northern Australia and the Asia-Pacific region and/or written by staff and students from Charles Darwin University. The books range from collections of academic papers to textbooks and monographs, and right through to novels.

Discovery Press
Discovery Press is a not-for-profit publisher. We are committed to telling the stories of Australia, and to supporting the writers, illustrators and other artists who tell these stories. Discovery Press also supports the educational, professional and community sectors by offering publication services for suitable materials. We value different methods of story-telling, so we publish text, illustrations and audio.

ETT IMPRINT
ETT IMPRINT represents nearly one hundred Australian authors and Estates, many of which were purchased from the Angus & Robertson backlist in the mid-1990s. Our aim is to keep Australian literary classics available, and our authors include Judith Wright, Kenneth Slessor, Arthur Upfield, Ion Idriess, Christina Stead, Eleanor Dark, Miles Franklin, CJ Dennis, Mary Gilmore, Ern Malley, and Sir Donald Bradman. We also publish key critical works on Gwen Harwood, Elizabeth Jolley, Sally Morgan, Jack Davis, Francis Webb, Peter Carey and Mudrooroo.

Fontaine Press
Fontaine Press is a feisty independent book publisher with a fresh approach. We work with both Australian and internationally based authors, publishing a wide range of quality publications for the Australian market, and beyond.

Fremantle Press
Fremantle Press is a small independent publishing house renowned for books of high quality. Our publications include works by new and established authors in the fields of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, creative non-fiction and children’s literature. A key component of the Press’ publishing program is our Indigenous titles list, which is highly regarded at a national and international level.

Ginninderra Press
Ginninderra Press, described in The Canberra Times as 'versatile and visionary', was set up in 1996 to provide opportunities for new and emerging authors as well as for authors writing in unfashionable genres or on unpopular subjects. The press recognises that there are many more publishable manuscripts than mainstream publishers can publish.

IAD Press
IAD Press is Australia’s national Indigenous publishing house. The purpose of the Press is to: publish the work of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and illustrators, promote the many and varied voices of Indigenous Australia and maintain and promote Indigenous languages and culture.

Interactive Publications
IP is Australia's most innovative independent publisher. We publish books, e-books and multimedia under four imprints from Treetop Studio, Brisbane, Australia. We've been in business since 1997.

Macmillan Publishers Australia
Macmillan is one of the largest and best known international publishing houses in the world, characterised by academic and professional, educational, fiction and non-fiction publishing of the highest quality. Powerful brands owned by Macmillan, such as Macmillan Education, Nature, Palgrave Macmillan, Pan and Picador are now established in 70 countries.

Melbourne University Publishing
In January 2003, MUP became Melbourne University Publishing Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Melbourne. Melbourne University Publishing Ltd inherits the proud 80-year history of Melbourne University Press, which was founded in 1922. MUP publishes approximately 80 books and electronic products each year over a wide range of subject areas and disciplines, and maintains a backlist of some 350 titles.

Mountain Mist Productions
Online publishers and booksellers

Penguin Books Australia
Penguin is home to some of Australia’s bestselling and award-winning writers and illustrators: Maggie Alderson, Stephanie Alexander, Pamela Allen, Graeme Base, Geoffrey Blainey, Isobelle Carmody, Kaz Cooke, Bryce Courtenay, Robert Drewe, Nick Earls, Mem Fox, Morris Gleitzman, Sonya Hartnett, Ian Irvine, Paul Jennings, Kylie Kwong, Michael Leunig, Melina Marchetta, Monica McInerney and Rachael Treasure are household names.

Piper Press
Piper Press supplies art books to schools and libraries. We send out a catalogue twice a year, and we invite teachers and librarians to contact us to receive the most recent issue of our catalogue.

Pluto Press Australia
Pluto Press Australia is an independent publisher of non-fiction books. First established in 1984, in June 2003 Pluto Press moved from Sydney to Melbourne under new ownership and management.

PressPress
PressPress is a poetry publisher. It is probably the smallest publisher in the known universe. The aim of PressPress is to have good, accessible chapbooks at a reasonable price. It's a bit idealistic, but then, so is writing poetry in a time of fire.

Quenda Books
Quenda Books is an independent publisher located in the Perth Hills, a region noted for its wildflowers, wine, walking trails and wildlife, including the southern brown bandicoot. Known as a 'quenda' in the Nyungar language, the southern brown bandicoot is a small Western Australia marsupial.

Text Publishing
We are committed to providing first-class services to the writers who trust us with their books. If we are to fulfil our promises to readers, our job is to do everything in our power to help our writers write the best books they can. We publish a very broad range of fiction and non-fiction, international and local, books for adults and young adults.

University of Queensland Press
For more than 60 years, the University of Queensland Press has been at the forefront of innovative Australian publishing. It has launched the careers of many great Australian novelists, published contemporary Australian poets, been a pioneering force in children's and young adult publishing and has set the benchmark for award-winning scholarly and Black Australian writing. UQP is a dynamic university press known for its risk-taking philosophy and commitment to publishing works of high quality and cultural significance.

Wakefield Press
In 2010 Wakefield Press is a leading independent Australian publisher, often hitting best-seller lists and regularly winning literary, design and production awards. Some of our recent wins include Ochre and Rust by Philip Jones taking out the Non-Fiction Category in the inaugural (2008) Prime Minister's Literary Awards; the Blue Ribbon Cookbook winning in the 2008 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in the Best Easy Recipes category and One Magic Square winning in the category Best Innovative Cookbook. The Blue Ribbon Cookbook and One Magic Square have also achieved best-seller status in the Australian market, with a US edition of the latter now hitting that market.

Walleah Press
Walleah Press is the Tasmanian publisher of the biannual literary journal 'Famous Reporter'. Walleah Press publishes the  occasional collection by local authors including Tim Thorne, Anne Collins, Pete Hay, Gina Mercer, Liz Winfield, Lyn Reeves, Graeme Hetherington, Mary Jenkins, Henry Sheerwater and Jenny Barnard. However, we regret we are not accepting collections for publication at this time.

Warrigal Press
Warrigal Press is a internet-only secondhand bookshop, situated in Mundaring, Western Australia. Warrigal Press has been publishing since 1987, and selling new, used, antiquarian and collectable books since 2002. We have over 20,000 books in our collection. The owner of Warrigal Press, Bob Sheppard, looks at thousands of books every week. If there is a title that you are looking for and cannot find on our website, email Bob and he will keep an eye out for it.

Zeus Publications
Zeus Publications Australia  commenced business in 1997, as Australia's first e-book publisher and on line e-bookshop. Now, we give aspiring new authors a chance to have their work published in traditional paperback format. We publish books of all genres, with the exception of pornography. Our team is experienced in all facets of the publishing industry  with collectively over 100 years experience in the media in marketing, sales, promotion, management and production.