Longacre Press

New Zealand publisher


Longacre Press was founded in 1995 in New Zealand, by Barbara Larson, Paula Boock, and Lynsey Ferrari, three former workers at McIndoe Publishing, Dunedin.[1] The company was originally located at Dowling Street, close to the city's Exchange Neighbourhood, but later moved to Moray Place in the city centre of Dunedin.

Longacre specialized in non-fiction, including self-help, food, the outdoors, and natural history books. Additionally, they published junior and young-adult fiction, and work by writers such as Owen Marshall, Brian Turner, Lynley Hood, and Jack Lasenby for which they won multiple national book awards.[1][2]

In 2003, the company took on the catalogue of Shoal Bay Press of Christchurch. At about the same time, the distribution of Longacre's books changed from Macmillan Books to Random House.[1] Longacre Press was acquired by Random House in 2009.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Cawley, N., "Publish and be praised,", New Zealand Listener, 14 February 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. ^ Lewis, J., "Award for Dunedin publisher," Otago Daily Times, 28 January 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Dunedin".

Sources

  • The New Zealand Writer's Handbook
  • Writers & Artists' Yearbook
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