Allen & Unwin (A&U) is Australia’s leading independent publisher and is regularly voted “Publisher of the Year” at the Australian Book Industry Awards – fifteen times including in the inaugural award in 1992 and twelve times since 2000. In 2025 our A&U Children’s imprint won the inaugural Children’s Publisher of the Year!

Allen & Unwin champions leading and emerging Australian, First Nations and New Zealand authors and illustrators many of which go on to win or be finalists for highly prestigious awards. Our adult list publishes around 180 new titles each year including literary and commercial fiction, and a broad range of general nonfiction and lifestyle titles. Our A&U Children’s list of approx 70 new titles a year focusses on quality commercial through to literary fiction, narrative non-fiction and graphic novels, from board books through to Young Adult with the occasional crossover.

While we are Australian-owned and operated, we are international in our thinking, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland and London; a global network of connected partners; and local lists that are unrivalled in scope and quality.