Connor Court Publishing is an Australian

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based in

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. The company, founded in September 2005 by Anthony Cappello, publishes all sorts of commercial books – including many biographies, books on politics and in particular –

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, culture and education.

Founding and history

The name "Connor Court" comes from a concatenation of the American writer

Flannery O'Connor Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25, 1925August 3, 1964) was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. She wrote two novels and 31 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. O'Connor was a Southern writer who of ...

and 17th century

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economist

Pieter de la Court Pieter de la Court (1618 – May 28, 1685) was a Dutch economist and businessman, he is the progenitor of the De la Court family. He thought about the economic importance of free competition and was an advocate of the republican form of gov ...

. Connor Court was founded in

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, before moving to Ballarat and then, in 2016, to Queensland. Before starting Connor Court Cappello worked at Freedom Publishing imprint of the late Santamaria's National Civic Council (NCC). Connor Court publishes a diverse range of books but has a focus on conservative and religious subjects. Connor Court has published many authors, contributing authors and editors from the

Institute of Public Affairs The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) is a conservative non-profit free market public policy think tank, Political links and networking The IPA Victoria was founded during World War II by businessmen in response to the feared growing power of ...

such as Andrew McIntyre, Chris Berg,

John Roskam John Roskam is the former executive director and now senior fellow of the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), a libertarian think tank based in Melbourne, Australia. Career Roskam was educat ...

, Cory Bernadi, Tim Wilson, Gary Johns, Mikayla Novak, James Grant, Alan Moran,

Bob Day Robert John Day (born 5 July 1952) is an Australian former politician and businessman who was a Senator for South Australia from 1 July 2014 to 1 November 2016. He is a former federal chairman of the Family First Party. Before entering po ...

, Simon Breheny and Tom Switzer.

, executive director of the Institute of Public Affairs, sits on the editorial board of Connor Court. Connor Court has also published books in conjunction with the Institute of Public Affairs, such as ''Australian Essays'' by

Roger Scruton Sir Roger Vernon Scruton, (; 27 February 194412 January 2020) was an English philosopher, writer, and social critic who specialised in aesthetics and political philosophy, particularly in the furtherance of Conservatism in the United Kingdom, c ...

. Authors published include Cardinal George Pell, John Killick,

Peter Coleman William Peter Coleman (15 December 1928 – 31 March 2019) was an Australian writer and politician. A widely published journalist for over 60 years, he was editor of '' The Bulletin'' (1964–1967) and of '' Quadrant'' for 20 years, and publi ...

and James Franklin. Its books have been launched by prominent public figures such as

Peter Costello Peter Howard Costello (born 14 August 1957) is an Australian businessman, lawyer and former politician who served as the treasurer of Australia in Howard government, government of John Howard from 1996 to 2007. He is the longest-serving trea ...

Tony Abbott Anthony John Abbott (; born 4 November 1957) is an Australian former politician who served as the 28th prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and was the member of parli ...

Dean Brown Dean Craig Brown, AO (born 5 April 1943) is a politician who served as the Premier of South Australia between 14 December 1993 and 28 November 1996, and also served as 10th Deputy Premier of South Australia between 22 October 2001 and 5 ...

Jack Snelling John James Snelling (born 8 November 1972) is an Australian former politician. He was the Labor member for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Playford from the 1997 election until his retirement in 2018. Snelling left the Labor Part ...

Steve Bracks Stephen Phillip Bracks (born 15 October 1954) is a former Australian politician and was the 44th Premier of Victoria. He first won the electoral district of Williamstown in 1994 for the Labor Party and was party leader and premier from 1999 t ...

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and Warren Mundine. Recent authors include Ken Phillips, Barry Cohen,

Ian Plimer Ian Rutherford Plimer (born 12 February 1946) is an Australian geologist and professor emeritus at the University of Melbourne. He rejects the scientific consensus on climate change. He has been criticised by climate scientists for misinterpre ...

, Peta Seaton,

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, Barry Dickins, Kerry Cue as well as Rabbi Shimon Cowen. Titles for 2009 included books on

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and

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. While in 2011 it began publishing titles on

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. One of its titles, ''The Light River'', by Hal G.P. Colebatch won the Poetry Category in the 2007 Premier's Award of Western Australia. In 2009 it published '' Heaven and Earth'' by

. According to the publisher, the book sold over 40,000 copies and reached number one on the

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Australia, 2 May 2009. In 2012 Connor Court authors ranged from Gary Johns to Barry Dickins. ''No Contraception, No Dole'' by Gary Johns was released in September 2015. In 2015 Connor Court published a biography of the former Queensland Premier Campbell Newman and launched the book at Tattersall's Club, Brisbane. The book caused controversy with a number of publishers turning it down and a number of bookstores not stocking it as a protest to Newman's withdrawal of funding for the Premier's Literary Awards while in government.

Publications

Publications include: *Mark Lawson, (2010), ''A Guide to Climate Change Lunacy'', *

. (2009), '' Heaven and Earth: Global Warming the missing Science'', * Garth Paltridge, (2009), '' The Climate Caper'', *Robert L. Bradley, (2004), ''Climate Alarmism Reconsidered'', *Anthony Paganoni, (2007), ''The Pastoral Care of Italians in Australia'' *

George Pell George Pell (8 June 1941 – 10 January 2023) was an Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church. From 2002, he faced recurring accusations of sexual abuse, although his subsequent sexual abuse conviction was quashed on appeal to the High Cour ...

, (2007), ''God and Caesar'' * James Franklin, ed, (2007), ''Life to the Full: Rights and Social Justice in Australia'', *Brian Coman, (2007) ''A Loose Canon: Essays on History, Modernity and Tradition'', *

, (2006), ''The Heart of James McAuley'' (2nd ed), *James Franklin, (2006), ''Catholic Values and Australian Realities'', *Joseph N. Santamaria, ''The Education of Dr Joe'', *John Flader, (2008) ''Question Time: 150 Questions and Answers on the Catholic Faith'', *Tess Livingstone, (2008) ''Enid Blyton at Old Thatch'', *Hal Colebatch, (2007) ''The Light River'', *Mark Lopez, (2008), ''The Little Black School Book: Volume 1. The Secret to Getting Straight 'As' at School and University'', *George Pell, (2010), ''Test Everything'', * Desmond O'Grady, (2010), ''A Word in Edgeways'', * Chris Berg and

, (2010), ''100 Great Books on Liberty'', * John Molony, 2010, ''By Wendouree, Memories 1951-1963'', * Guy Barnett, 2010, ''Make a Difference: A Practical Guide to Lobbying'',

References

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