Auckland University Press
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 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.
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- Auckland University Press
- Founded
- 1966
- Headquarters
- Auckland
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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 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.
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It published its 500th book in 2005 of which 22 were prize winning publications.
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Key facts
• Name — Auckland University Press • Parent — University of Auckland • Founded — 1966 • Country — New Zealand • Headquarters — Auckland • Distribution — Potton & Burton (New Zealand) Eurospan Group (UK) Independent Publishers Group (US) • Publications — Books • Website — http: press.auckland.ac.nz
Imprints
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
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Auckland University Press is associated with New Zealand.
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1966
Auckland University Press established.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 10007737-7, Auckland University Press.
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Awards
Auckland University Press won the Most Beautiful Books Australia & New Zealand Award (2013) and its authors have won a number of national prizes.
Literature
Literature
Anderson, Auckland, Auckland University Press/Oxford University, New Zealand Journal of Geography, 2008
Auckland, NZ: Auckland University Press, International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2016
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