Black Dog Books is an independent publisher and production house based in Fitzroy, Victoria

Fitzroy, Victoria

Fitzroy is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra. Its borders are Alexandra Parade , Victoria Parade , Smith Street and Nicholson Street. Fitzroy is Melbourne's...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. They publish books in all genres but focus mainly on children's literature

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

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History

Black Dog Books publish books in all genres but have a main focus on children's literature

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

. The company's books are distributed in Australia by Murdoch Books

Murdoch Books

-History:The company had its beginnings when The Advertiser of Adelaide started printing magazines. Advertiser Magazines was renamed Murdoch Magazines in 1988. It published Australian editions of such magazines as Better Homes and Gardens and Marie Claire.Matt Handbury, a nephew of Rupert Murdoch,...

, 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

Pearson Education is an international educational publishing and technology company providing textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia learning tools...

. 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

Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration

The Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration is one of several awards presented annually by the Children's Book Council of Australia ....

. A notable author that they publish is Carole Wilkinson

Carole Wilkinson

Carole Wilkinson is an award-winning Australian writer, best known for Dragonkeeper .-Career:Wilkinson's family emigrated to Australia when she was 12 in 1963. Up to the age of 40 she worked as a laboratory assistant until she decided on a change of career.To help her achieve her goal she studied...

 whose works published by Black Dog Books have won more than five awards, including the Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers

Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers

The Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers has been presented annually since 1982 by the Children's Book Council of Australia...

 and the Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel. Other winning authors include Sue Lawson, Mark Norman, Pamela Freeman

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 Trilogy is published globally by Orbit books...

, Danny Katz, Ben Beaton, Leon Davidson, and Paula Hunt.