Australian Book Design Awards 2022 longlists announced

The longlists for the 2022 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced.

The longlisted titles in some of the categories are:

Best designed commercial fiction cover

• Catch Us the Foxes (Nicola West, S&S) designed by Sandy Cull
• Driving Stevie Fracasso (Barry Divola, HarperCollins) designed by Darren Holt
• Love, in Theory (Elodie Cheesman, Macmillan) designed by Christa Moffitt, Christabella Designs
• One Hundred Days (Alice Pung, Black Inc.) designed by Sandy Cull
• Paris Savages (Katherine Johnson, Ventura Press) designed by Josh Durham, Design by Committee
• The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison (Meredith Jaffé, HarperCollins) designed by Emily O’Neill
• The Hush (Sara Foster, HarperCollins) designed by Darren Holt
• The Other Side of Beautiful (Kim Lock, HQ Fiction) designed by Christa Moffitt
• The Speechwriter (Martin McKenzie-Murray, Scribe) designed by Nathan Burton
• The Younger Wife (Sally Hepworth, Macmillan) designed by Christa Moffitt, Christabella Designs
• Tussaud (Belinda Lyons-Lee, Transit Lounge) designed by Josh Durham, Design by Committee
• When Things Are Alive They Hum (Hannah Bent, Ultimo) designed by Alissa Dinallo

Best designed literary fiction cover

• A Room Called Earth (Madeleine Ryan, Scribe) designed by Allison Colpoys
• Axiomatic (Maria Tumarkin, Penguin) designed by Adam Laszczuk
• Devotion (Hannah Kent, Picador) designed by Sandy Cull
• Everything All at Once (Ultimo) designed by George Saad
• Friends & Dark Shapes (Kavita Bedford, Text) designed by Imogen Stubbs
• How Decent Folk Behave (Maxine Beneba Clark, Hachette) designed by Allison Colpoys
• How We Are Translated (Jessica Gaitán Johannesson, Scribe) designed by Allison Colpoys
• In Moonland (Miles Allinson, Scribe) designed by Allison Colpoys
• O (Steven Carroll, Fourth Estate) designed by Jon Gray
• Travelling Companions (Antoni Jach, Transit Lounge) designed by Josh Durham, Design by Committee
• Two Women and a Poisoning (Alfred Döblin, Text) designed by W H Chong

Best designed nonfiction cover

• Books That Made Us (Carl Reinecke, HarperCollins) designed by Mietta Yans
• He. (Murray Bail, Text) designed by W H Chong
• In My Defence, I Have No Defence (Sinéad Stubbins, Affirm) designed by Josh Durham, Design by Committee
• Jacinda Ardern (Carl A Harte & Supriya Vani, Hardie Grant) designed by Mietta Yans
• Muddy People (Sara El Sayed, Black Inc.) designed by Alissa Dinallo
• New and Selected Poems (J S Harry, Giramondo) designed by Jenny Grigg
• No Document (Anwen Crawford, Giramondo) designed by Jenny Grigg
• Sex, Lies and Question Time (Kate Ellis, Hardie Grant) designed by Ella Egidy
• Ten Thousand Aftershocks (Michelle Tom, Fourth Estate) designed by Sandy Cull
• The Ghost in the Garden (Jude Piesse, Scribe) designed by Laura Thomas
• The Shape of Sound (Fiona Murphy, Text) designed by W H Chong
• White Russians, Red Peril (Sheila Fitzpatrick, La Trobe University Press) designed by Akiko Chan

Best designed cookbook

• 3D Munchies (Eli George, Smith Street) designed by George Saad
• Home Made (Broadsheet, Plum) designed by The Company You Keep
• How Wild Things Are (Analiese Gregory, Hardie Grant) designed by Daniel New
• Istria (Paola Bacchia, Smith Street) designed by Vanessa Masci
• Italian Street Food (Paola Bacchia, Smith Street) designed by George Saad
• Preserving the Italian Way (Pietro Demaio, Plum) designed by Evi O Studio, Evi O, Nicole Ho & Kait Polkinghorne
• Take One Fish (Josh Niland, Hardie Grant) designed by Daniel New
• The Vegan Butcher (Zacchary Bird, Smith Street) designed by Evi O

Best designed children’s illustrated book

• A Pair of Pears and an Orange (Anna McGregor, Scribble) designed by Anna McGregor
• Arno and his Horse (Jane Godwin, illus by Felicita Sala, Scribble) designed by Miriam Rosenbloom
• Big Love (Megan Jacobson, illus by Beck Feiner, Walker) designed by Amanda Tarlau
• Day Break (Amy McQuire, illus by Matt Chun, Bright Light) designed by Pooja Desai
• Happy Hoppy Home (Tull Suwannakit, Scholastic) designed by Hannah Janzen
• Hello World (Lisa Shanahan, illus by Leila Rudge, ABC Kids) designed by Kristy Lund-White
• Rajah Street (Myo Yim, Walker) designed by Amanda Tarlau
• Tall Poppy (Heath McKenzie, Hardie Grant) designed by Hannah Janzen
• The Boy and the Elephant (Freya Blackwood, Angus & Robertson) designed by Hannah Janzen
• The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name (Sandhya Parappukkaran, illus by Michelle Pereira, Hardie Grant) designed by Pooja Desai
• The Tiny Explorers (Kat Macleod, T&H) designed by Kat Macleod
• Vernon the Penguin (Natashia Curtin, Omnibus) designed by Hannah Janzen
• Walk of the Whales (Nick Bland, Little Hare) designed by Sarah Mitchell
• Who Fed Zed? (Amelia McInerney, illus by Adam Nickel, A&U) designed by Kirby Armstrong
• You Two, You Two (Brooke Hill, illus by Elin Matilda, Wonderthink) designed by Belinda Hubball

Best designed children’s fiction book

• Balloon Girls (Darrell Pitt, Text) designed by Jessica Horrocks
• Dragon Skin (Karen Foxlee, A&U) designed by Hannah Janzen
• Eliza Vanda’s Button Box (Emily Rodda, Angus & Robertson) designed by Hazel Lam & Jessica Cruickshank
• Exit through the Gift Shop (Marym Master, illus by Astrid Hicks, Pan) designed by Astred Hicks, Design Cherry
• Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat (Monica McInerney, Puffin) designed by Marina Messiha
• Paris Takes Over the World (Kyla May, Scholastic) designed by Hannah Janzen
• Rainfish (Andrew Paterson, Text) designed by Imogen Stubbs
• Rhyme Hungry (Antonia Pesenti, Scribble) designed by Antonia Pesenti
• The Promise (Richard Dove, illus by Kyoko Imazu, Little White Bird Press) designed by Hannah Janzen
• Treasure in the Lake (Jason Pamment, A&U) designed by Jason Pamment

Best designed young adult cover

• 100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze (Clayton Zane Comber, Angus & Robertson) designed by Astrid Hicks, Design Cherry
• Dirt Circus League (Maree Kimberley, Text) designed by Jessica Horrocks
• Harmony (Richard Yaxley, Omnibus) designed by Elly Whiley
• Off the Map (Scot Gardner, A&U) designed by Debra Billson
• Sabriel (Garth Nix, A&U) designed by Sandra Nobes
• The Boy from the Mish (Gary Lonesborough, A&U) designed by Kirby Armstrong
• Tiger Daughter (Rebecca Lim, A&U) designed by Romina Panetta Edwards
• Waking Romeo (Kathryn Barker, A&U) designed by Amy Daoud 

Emerging Designer of the Year

• George Saad
• Elly Whiley
• Mietta Yans.

In their 70th year, the awards celebrate the ‘best and brightest, most original and beautiful designs of the past year’. The judges considered 497 books across 20 categories including best designed series (including classics), children’s illustrated nonfiction, fully illustrated book over $50/under $50, and three student design categories.

The shortlists will be announced in early April with the winners to be announced in June. For the complete longlist in all categories, see the ABDA website.

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