Commercial book cover design
       
     
   Ladies, We Need to Talk  , Hardie Grant, 2021
       
     
   Plant Thieves: Secrets of the Herbarium  , NewSouth, 2023
       
     
   The Shortest History of Democracy  , Black Inc, 2021
       
     
   The Feminist Film Guide  , Smith Street Books, 2022
       
     
   The Sound of the Dark  , 100 Story Building, 2020
       
     
   Boundary Crossers: The hidden history of Australia's other bushrangers   ,  New South, 2022
       
     
   Sheilas: Bad Ass Women of Australian History  , Pan Macmillan, 2022
       
     
   Factory 19: a Novel  , Black Inc, 2021
       
     
   The Song Remains the Same  , Black Inc, 2020
       
     
Commercial book cover design
       
     
Commercial book cover design

Commissioned by various book publishers, this selection of concepts features some cover designs that have successfully made it to bookstore shelves and some that have ended up on the cutting room floor. Can you guess which ones were given the green light by marketing and which ones weren’t? Shoot me an email to let me know how many you got right.

   Ladies, We Need to Talk  , Hardie Grant, 2021
       
     

Ladies, We Need to Talk, Hardie Grant, 2021

   Plant Thieves: Secrets of the Herbarium  , NewSouth, 2023
       
     
   The Shortest History of Democracy  , Black Inc, 2021
       
     
   The Feminist Film Guide  , Smith Street Books, 2022
       
     

The Feminist Film Guide, Smith Street Books, 2022

   The Sound of the Dark  , 100 Story Building, 2020
       
     

The Sound of the Dark, 100 Story Building, 2020

   Boundary Crossers: The hidden history of Australia's other bushrangers   ,  New South, 2022
       
     
   Sheilas: Bad Ass Women of Australian History  , Pan Macmillan, 2022
       
     
   Factory 19: a Novel  , Black Inc, 2021
       
     

Factory 19: a Novel, Black Inc, 2021

   The Song Remains the Same  , Black Inc, 2020
       
     

The Song Remains the Same, Black Inc, 2020