Win 50 Books From Auckland University Press’s 50 Years

Press release from AUP 

Fifty years ago this year, Keith Sinclair and some University of Auckland colleagues first uttered the words ‘Auckland University Press’ and set about hiring an editor.

Since then, Auckland University Press has become New Zealand’s leading scholarly publisher, and our books have changed how New Zealanders see themselves and their world. 

After 50 years, we thought it was time for a fresh look and a new way to talk to the world. So we’re excited to be rolling out today a new logo, new e-newsletter, new catalogue, new website, even a new-look office.

‘Finding big ideas and turning them into books that change minds is what Auckland University Press is all about,’ says Press director Sam Elworthy.

‘That was true in 1962 and it’s true today. Now we reckon we’ve found a look and a language to embody those core values on book spines and imprint pages, at conferences and launches, on facebook and in our front window.’

The new look has been designed by awardwinning ALT Group, brain child of University of Auckland alumni Ben Corban and Dean Poole.

 ‘We loved what ALT had achieved working with the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival, the Museum and the Art Gallery.  They brought a conceptual clarity to the job that got us thinking hard about what we do at Auckland University Press and how to communicate that vision to the world.’

We’ve published a whole lot of ideas since 1962. To celebrate our 50 years of publishing, we’re running a draw to win 50 books from 50 years.

Sign up to receive our new e-newsletter by the end of May and you’ll go into the draw: Jump straight to Sign up for big ideas or use this link http://ow.ly/acpKF. (Existing subscribers are automatically in the draw.)

More about Auckland University Press

Auckland University Press publishes around 20 new books a year in history and politics, art and architecture, literature and poetry, Māori, Pacific and Asian Studies, science, business and health. The quality of our books is widely recognised –we’ve topped the list of finalists in New Zealand’s national book awards for the last four years – and are sold in good bookstores in this country and around the world. In 2003, AUP won the Thorpe-Bowker New Zealand Publishing Award for Outstanding Achievement in the New Zealand Book Industry.

Auckland University Press staff with key members of the ALT team and the new Press logo. L to R- Dean Poole, Sam Elworthy, Katrina Duncan, Christine O’Brien, Anna Hodge, Poppy Haynes, Ben Corban. Photo - Godfrey Boehnke,