Ginninderra Press is an Australian independent publisher. Founded in 1996 in

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by Stephen Matthews , it takes its name from an Aboriginal word meaning "throwing out little rays of light" and from its original location in the

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. In 2007 it moved to

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in South Australia. Ginninderra Press has been described by ''

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'' as "versatile and visionary". In 2003 it published ''How Did the Fire Know We Lived Here?: Canberra's Bush Fires January 2003'' to raise funds for the Canberra Bushfire Recovery Appeal. It sponsored two ACT Literary Awards, the Ginninderra Press Short Story Competition (2000–2005) and the Ginninderra Press Short Story Competition for Children (2000–2006). In the

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its founder, Stephen Matthews, was awarded the

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for "service to publishing". To celebrate its 20 years of operation Joan Fenney edited ''Rays of light: Ginninderra Press – the first 20 years''. Notable authors, including Warwick Anderson, Natalie D-Napoleon, John Foulcher,

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, Tim Metcalf and

Kel Robertson Kel Robertson is an Australian novelist who was born in the 1950s on the south coast of New South Wales. His novel ''Smoke & Mirrors'' shared the 2009 Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel, with ''Deep Water'' by Peter Corris. Robertson lived in Sydne ...

, have had works published by Ginninderra.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ginninderra Press Book publishing companies of Australia Small press publishing companies Publishing companies established in 1996