Allen & Unwin
Book and Periodical PublishingQueensland, Australia51-200 Employees
Allen & Unwin is an independent Australian book and periodical publisher based at 83 Alexander Street, Crows Nest, Queensland, Australia, employing 51-200 people. The company traces its origins to 1976 as a subsidiary of the British publisher George Allen & Unwin Ltd, with independence achieved in July 1990 through a management buy-out after the UK firm was acquired by HarperCollins. It publishes a broad list across fiction, non-fiction (including biography, history, true crime, politics and travel), academic and professional titles, as well as children's and teenage books, with up to about 250 new titles published each year. Murdoch Books is part of Allen & Unwin, and the company serves as the Australian and New Zealand agent for a number of other publishers. In conjunction with Faber, Allen & Unwin operates the Faber Writing Academy in Sydney and Melbourne.