Black Dog Books was an independent publisher and production house based in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. Since 2011 it is an imprint of

Walker Books Walker Books is a British publisher of children's books, founded in 1978 by Sebastian Walker, Amelia Edwards, and Wendy Boase. In 1991, the success of Walker Books' ''Where's Wally?'' series enabled the company to expand into the American ma ...

. It focuses on

children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

(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

. The company's books are distributed in Australia by

Murdoch Books Murdoch Books is an Australian publisher, mainly of gardening and cook books. The company had its beginnings when '' The Advertiser'' of Adelaide started printing magazines. Advertiser Magazines was renamed Murdoch Magazines in 1988. It publi ...

, New Zealand by

Scholastic Corporation Scholastic Corporation () is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, parents, and children. Products are distributed via retail and on ...

, and in South Africa by Rynew Educational Enterprises. Black Dog Books is also a production house, producing books for Horwitz Martin and Pearson Education. 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. 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. Other winning authors include Sue Lawson, Mark Norman,

Pamela Freeman Pamela Freeman is an Australian author of books for both adults and children. Most of her work is fantasy but she has also written mystery stories, science fiction, family dramas and non-fiction. Her first adult series, the ''Castings Trilo ...

, Danny Katz, Ben Beaton, Leon Davidson, and Paula Hunt. In July 2011, it was announced that the company had been acquired by

and would become an imprint.

References

External links

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