Ventura Press is one of Sydney’s leading independent book publishers. Synonymous with high-quality titles and internationally respected authors, we publish a broad range of engaging fiction and non-fiction books – each with the aim of enhancing the lives of readers.
Along with our imprints Impact Press and Impact Business, we prioritise bringing new and established authors to Australia and the world stage.
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Professor Merlin Crossley is Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic, UNSW and the Chairman of UNSW Press. Lynette Petrie is Director, Management Reporting and Analysis, in the Finance division of UNSW Sydney. George Williams AO is the Dean, the Anthony Mason Professor, and a Scientia Professor at UNSW Law. He has written and edited 35 books, including eight books published by UNSW Press. Fiona Inglis is the Managing Director of Curtis Brown Australia Pty Ltd, a leading Australian literary agency that represents authors of both fiction and non-fiction across all genres. She has experience in publishing and media management as a former editor of the Australian Financial Review Magazine, The Bulletin, HQ and Rolling Stone. She is a Member of the Library Council of NSW. David Bridge FCA is the chief financial officer of UNSW Press. He is the company secretary. He has experience across a number of industries and government. Previous positions include Head of Finance at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and APAC Finance Director of Activision Blizzard. Jane Kembrey is the sales and marketing manager of NewSouth Books . She has had extensive experience in the sales, marketing and distribution of books in print and electronic formats in Australia and the UK. Elspeth Menzies' extensive book publishing career spans more than two decades, including many years as an editor at Pan Macmillan. She manages the publishing partnerships program at UNSW Press. We invite you to join us to build on the strengths of the publishing program at UNSW Press and get involved in the creation of high quality new books. In 2010, the company established the UNSW Press Literary Fund with the UNSW Foundation to help finance our efforts to publish the best non-fiction writing in Australia. Donations can be made to the Fund through the UNSW Foundation, which has DGR status. The Fund helps to support literary non-fiction by well-established Australian writers, books from emerging writers, original scholarship pitched at a broad audience, major ...