Named after the pioneering founder of Angus & Robertson, the George Robertson Awards recognise distinguished service to the Australian publishing industry.

Presented at the APA’s Annual General Meeting, recipients of the award must:

  1. Have devoted more than thirty years to the publishing industry
  2. Have demonstrated respect among their colleagues and members of the industry
  3. Be nominated by a present or a past employer, or by a colleague who is a current member of the APA
  4. Be currently employed in the publishing industry, or have been retired for less than 3 years

Nominations open around February each year and are assessed by the APA’s Board of Directors.

Past George Robertson Award recipients

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Congratulations to the 2009 recipients of the George Robertson Award:
  • Robert Andersen (Robert Andersen & Assoc/Black Hills Publishing Pty Ltd)
  • Peter Blake (Penguin)
  • Katharine Brisbane (Currency Press)
  • Barbara Burton (freelance editor)
  • Helen Chamberlain (Children’s publisher)
  • Eddie Coffey (Peribo)
  • Neil Conning (freelance editor)
  • Eleanor Curtain (Eleanor Curtain Publishing)
  • John Dennithorne (Thames & Hudson)
  • Jim Dwyer (John Wiley & Sons)
  • John Ferguson (Australian Book Group and Halstead Press)
  • Andrew Porter (Penguin)
  • David Rosenberg (Rosenberg Publishing)
  • Ian Templeman (Freemantle Arts Press/National Library)
  • Pat Woolley (Wild and Woolley)
  • Jackie Yowell (freelance/consultant publisher)

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