Bridget Williams Books

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Bridget Williams Books
Founded1990
Founder Bridget Williams
Country of originNew Zealand
Headquarters location Wellington, New Zealand
DistributionDavid Bateman Ltd
Nonfiction topics
Imprints BWB Texts
Official website www.bwb.co.nz

Bridget Williams Books is a New Zealand book publisher, established in 1990 by Bridget Williams.

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Establishment

Williams established the company in 1990 when the company she was working for, Allen & Unwin, was sold. She purchased the titles which she had developed as Allen & Unwin's managing director and started her own publishing company. [1] Williams' vision for the company was for it to publish "good books that sell" – books with significant messages. Her personal interests in women's and Māori history, and New Zealand general history, have influenced the books that the company publishes. [2]

From 1995 to 1998, the company published under a joint imprint with Auckland University Press, [3] before returning to independent publisher status in 1998.[ citation needed ]

Development

In 2006, the company established the Bridget Williams Publishing Trust, which applies for grants from philanthropic organisations to support publication of specific titles. [1] For example, in 2013 the J.R. McKenzie Trust provided funding towards the publication and promotion of Inequality – A New Zealand Crisis. [4]

In 2011, Tom Rennie was hired as associate editor, and began to develop a digital publishing strategy for the company. [5] As a result, in 2013, BWB Texts were released – a series of short texts on topics of New Zealand interest, published first as e-books and later than paperbacks. [6] Certain titles in the series are funded by Creative New Zealand, and others are funded through the Bridget Williams Books Publishing Trust. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Minding the gap, Profiles, Otago Magazine, University of Otago, New Zealand". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Wannan, Olivia (5 July 2012). "Wellingtonian Interview: Bridget Williams". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "About BWB | BWB Bridget Williams Books". www.bwb.co.nz. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Bridget Williams Books Publishing Trust". J R McKenzie Trust. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Tom Rennie now associate publisher at Bridget Williams Books". BookSellers New Zealand. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  6. 1 2 Oliver, Henry. "BWB Texts and the state of non-fiction book publishing in New Zealand". Idealog. Idealog Limited. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Judith Binney | BWB Bridget Williams Books". www.bwb.co.nz. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "New Zealand Book Council". www.bookcouncil.org.nz. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  9. ↑ Dekker, Diana (28 February 2011). "The life of a publisher". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "2015 Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "2015 Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Awards – Massey University". www.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "2015 New Zealand Book Trade Industry Awards Winners | Booksellers New Zealand". booksellers.co.nz. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
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