Black Dog Books was an independent publisher and production house based in

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, Australia. Since 2011 it is an

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of Walker Books. It focuses on children's literature (as does the Walker Group) but publishes books in all genres.

History

Black Dog Books publish books in all genres but have a main focus on children's literature. The company's books are distributed in Australia by Murdoch Books, New Zealand by Scholastic Corporation, and in South Africa by Rynew Educational Enterprises. Black Dog Books is also a production house, producing books for Horwitz Martin and

Pearson Education Pearson Education is a British-owned education publishing and assessment service to schools and corporations, as well for students directly. Pearson owns educational media brands including Addison–Wesley, Peachpit, Prentice Hall, eCollege, ...

. The company has published multiple award-winning and short-list nominee titles. Their first winning title was in 2002 with '' When Mum Was Little'' by Mini Goss which won the

Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration The CBCA Award for New Illustrator (previously Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration) is one of several awards presented annually by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA). The award was originally set up from a legacy made to th ...

. A notable author that they publish is Carole Wilkinson whose works published by Black Dog Books have won more than five awards, including the Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers and the

Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers". To qualify, a work must have been fir ...

. Other winning authors include Sue Lawson, Mark Norman, Pamela Freeman, Danny Katz, Ben Beaton, Leon Davidson, and Paula Hunt. In July 2011, it was announced that the company had been acquired by Walker Books and would become an imprint.

References

External links

Walker Books Australia
Book publishing companies of Australia Companies based in Melbourne {{publish-company-stub