Longacre Press

Longacre Press was founded in 1995 in New Zealand, by Barbara Larson, Paula Boock, and Lynsey Ferrari, three former workers at McIndoe Publishing, Dunedin. ^[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 of Dunedin.

Longacre specialised in non-fiction, including self-help, food, the outdoors, and natural history books. Additionally, it published junior and young-adult fiction, and work by writers such as Owen Marshall, Brian Turner, Lynley Hood, and Jack Lasenby for which it won multiple national book awards. ^{[1] [2]}

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

References

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

Sources

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