Bolinda Publishing is a publishing house, based in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Australia, best known for producing

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s in conjunction with several book publishers, including

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and

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, under their own and other imprints.

History

Bolinda was founded in

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, Victoria in 1986 as Australian Large Print Audio and Video Pty Ltd, supplying public libraries with their own editions of popular books in large print format (Bolinda Press) and spoken word on

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s (Bolinda Audio). They have since opened offices in England, America and New Zealand. Readers have included

Tim Winton Timothy John Winton (born 4 August 1960) is an Australian writer. He has written novels, children's books, non-fiction books, and short stories. In 1997, he was named a Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia, and has won the Miles ...

, for his own stories,

Peter Combe Peter Charles Combe OAM (; born 20 October 1948) is an Australian children's entertainer and musician. At the ARIA Music Awards he has won three ARIA Awards for Best Children's Album, for ''Toffee Apple'' (1988), '' Newspaper Mama'' (1989) an ...

reading classic fairy stories for children, and

Dylan Alcott Dylan Martin Alcott, (born 4 December 1990) is an Australian former wheelchair tennis player, former wheelchair basketball player, radio host and motivational speaker. Alcott was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball te ...

reading his memoir ''Able: Gold Medals, Grand Slams and Smashing Glass Ceilings''.

Recognition

In 2011 Bolinda was shortlisted in the

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in the category "Small Publisher of the Year" Bolinda won *

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's Earphones Award for Jim Daly's narration of

Morris West Morris Langlo West (26 April 19169 October 1999) was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels '' The Devil's Advocate'' (1959), ''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' (1963) and ''The Clowns of God'' (1981). His books were publ ...

's "The Lovers" * Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year in 2016 for ''The Water Diviner'', read by

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. ::

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are bestowed by the

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in a great number of categories. Others in which Bolinda have been successful are: Autobiography or Memoir, Best Male Narrator, Business and Personal Development, Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction,

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, Literary Fiction or Classics, Middle Grade Title,

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, Narration by the Author,

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, Short Stories or Collections, Thriller or Suspense, Young Adult Title, Young Listeners' Title.

References

{{Reflist Audiobooks Audiobook companies and organizations 1986 establishments in Australia