Auckland University Press
{{Short description|New Zealand publisher}}
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| parent = University of Auckland
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| founded = 1966
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| country = New Zealand
| headquarters = Auckland
| distribution = Potton & Burton (New Zealand)
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Auckland University Press is a New Zealand publisher that produces creative and scholarly work for a general audience. Founded in 1966 and formally recognised as Auckland University Press in 1972, it is a publisher based within the University of Auckland, located in Auckland, New Zealand. The Press currently {{when|date=December 2022}} publishes around 20 new books a year in history and politics, art and architecture, literature and poetry, Māori, Pacific and Asian Studies, science, business and health. It published its 500th book in 2005 of which 22 were prize winning publications.{{cite web|last=Beattie|first=Graham|title=Beattie's Book Blog – unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community|url=http://beattiesbookblog.blogspot.co.nz/2007/05/farewell-to-outstanding-book-publisher.html|access-date=22 May 2013}}{{better source needed|date=December 2022}}
Awards
Auckland University Press won the Most Beautiful Books Australia & New Zealand Award (2013) and its authors have won a number of national prizes.{{cite web|title=Awards: Auckland University Press books and authors recognised at national book awards.|url=http://www.press.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/awards|publisher=Auckland University Press|access-date=22 May 2013|archive-date=29 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529233930/http://www.press.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/awards|url-status=dead}}{{better source needed|date=December 2022}}
Imprints
1966–1970: Published for the University of Auckland by the Oxford University Press
1970–1986: Auckland University Press/Oxford University Press
1986–: Auckland University Press
1995–1998: a small number of books carried the imprint Auckland University Press/Bridget Williams Books
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.press.auckland.ac.nz Auckland University Press website]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNT0NfGJIWg Short video history of Auckland University Press]
- [https://archive.today/20130414004911/http://www.bpanz.org.nz/cms/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=14:auckland-university-press&Itemid=36 Book Publishers Association of New Zealand listing]
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Category:Book publishing companies of New Zealand
Category:University presses of New Zealand
Category:University of Auckland
Category:Publishing companies established in 1966
Category:Mass media in Auckland
Category:1966 establishments in New Zealand
Category:Academic publishing companies
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