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Longacre Press

Longacre Press

New Zealand publisher

Longacre Press was a publisher based in Dunedin, New Zealand. The company was founded in 1995 by Barbara Larson, Paula Boock, and Lynsey Ferrari, three former workers at Dunedin's McIndoe Publishing.[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.

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

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

References

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

Sources

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


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