Publishing with Piper Press

Piper Press is an independent arts publisher with over 35 years experience and has a strong reputation for its commitment to wide distribution and long-term visibility of the books we publish.

Piper Press titles are distributed to bookshops, gallery and museum shops, libraries and schools across Australia and New Zealand in partnership with New South Books. In addition our titles are available internationally.

If you are seeking a publisher with a strong reputation, established distribution, marketing, digital, editing and design capabilities, Piper Press is a strong partner. We have collaborated with galleries and museums to produce quality art publications produced for large state and national exhibitions. We offer large and small arts projects the chance to develop publishing capacity beyond the limitations of in-house teams by taking on additional titles. We are a trusted and experienced pathway to getting important projects into the world, to be seen, and to be read.

When considering submissions, we believe in books that add important dialogue to the cultural landscape and have a strong audience. We manage the full publishing process thoughtfully, with attention to the audience, book format, paper quality, demand and logistics. We support editorial, design, and printing stages to a high quality. We take care of marketing all titles, and guiding your copyright and ISBN requirements. 

We are growing

We are a small company, but we have a desire to grow into selected categories. If you have a manuscript in the following areas, we invite you to submit anytime for consideration. We have also carefully outlined the categories that we don't publish in.

Non-fiction categories of interest

• • Artist monographs on emerging or established artists held in Australian state, national or commercial collections and/or International collections. Artists may be those practicing in any or several mediums such as painting, photography, ceramics, sculpture, mixed-media etc.
  • Artist memoirs by established artists held in Australian state, national or commercial collections and/or International collections. Artists may be those practicing in any or several mediums such as painting, photography, ceramics, sculpture, mixed-media etc.
  • Architectural and design histories, monographs and memoirs.
  • Travel and gardening with an art, architecture, design history POV.  
  • Art, architecture, design, photography reference which are not text books.
  • Museum, gallery, exhibition, catalogue publications.
    

Please note, we don't publish magazines. We also don't publish books that contain images but no written content, critical analysis or narrative ('coffee table books').

If you would like to make a submission, email: hello(at)piperpress.com.au. For other enquiries about partnering with us, please use the below form.