Wishing Everyone A Merry Christmas

Each year we plan to send out Christmas cards thanking our supporters, customers and friends of Connor Court Publishing. And every year we seem to run out of time. This year is no exception. Our commitment to ensure that customers receive their books in time for Christmas has left little time for Christmas cards, however please consider this email as our Christmas card.

We at Connor Court Publishing would like to express our thank you to all our customers, supporters and friends who have been an apart of the 2010 Connor Court success story. We appreciate your on-going support and encourage you to continue to support our work. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a rejuvenated 2011.


In 2011, Connor Court is committed to continue to publish quality titles, as well as commencing our Connor Court Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal and magazine that will publish 4 issues a year (with Dr Brian Coman as editor).

Our printing and manufacturing continues to be done in Australia, making Connor Court a truly Australian company committed to the well being of our nation. And for the record the following titles were our top ten in 2010:


1. Test Everything – George Pell
2. Heaven and Earth – Ian Plimer
3. His Name is Mercy – Ken Barker
4. 100 Great Books of Liberty – John Roskam and Chris Berg
5. What if – edited by Peta Seaton
6. The Climate Caper – Garth Paltridge 7. Wednesday Warriors – James Gilchrist
8. A New Wine and Fresh Skins – Julian Porteous
9. Make a Difference – Guy Barnett
10. A Guide to Climate Change Lunacy – Mark Lawson

We will be open during the holidays, expect book orders placed during the week of the4th-12th January we will sent out on 14th January.

Once again, our thanks for your support and we hope to continue to supply you in 2011with provocative reading.

Kind Regards
Anthony Cappello and the team at Connor Court Publishing

Connor Court Issues Submission Guidelines

Due to the success of Connor Court Publishing in the past few years, the number of submissions from people wanting to have their manuscript published by Connor Court has escalated. According to Connor Court's publisher, Anthony Cappello: "we want to encourage people to submit their manuscript, but we are overwhelmed by the number of submissions." In order to streamline the operation and to make sure people submitting manuscripts do get a proper look in, some guidelines have now been posted on the webpage. According to Anthony Cappello "if we think there is a market, we will give it a go, and we are game enough to publish first-time authors" but he also added "we can't publish everything, and we don't have the time nor the resources. But also we want to maintain a standard".
The guidelines are found on the Connor Court website or by clicking here.
- Maria Giordano

From the Moorabool Leader

History of shire in new fiction for kids
lifestyle
Arts & Entertainment
07 Jul 09

by Amy Walker

A BALLAN publisher has talked a prolific Australian writer into localising a children’s book for Moorabool Shire.

Connor Court publisher Anthony Cappello has published a Moorabool-inspired version of James Tierney’s Squiggles and Squinter.

Mr Cappello said the book was set in 1875, with action taking place near Bacchus Marsh, Ballan, Gordon, Greendale and Mt Egerton.

“When he (James Tierney) approached me about his bushranging book, I declined as we do not publish fiction,” Mr Cappello said.

“However, with interest in using the book in schools in NSW and with Moorabool’s strong bushranging tradition, I asked him if we could rewrite the book to make our shire its setting. This he did, including landmarks such as Blackwood, Moorabool, and Moonlite’s trail.

“He even named the two families in the book as the Ballans and the Greendales.

“By making Squiggles and Squinter localised we are teaching children some of the rich history of the shire.”

The first three readers to email the correct answer to the following question will win a copy of the book along with Meg, Mog and Miss Molly by Ballan teacher Yvonne Horsfield. The question is where was Ned Kelly hanged? Email your answers to walkerad@ leadernewspapers.com.au.

Photo taken from the Moorabool Leader

TWO FORTHCOMING CATHOLIC TITLES

Connor Court is proud to announce the publication in July of two new books:
AFTER THE HEART OF GOD: THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF PRIESTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM by BISHOP JULIAN PORTEOUS. Bishop Julian Porteous is the Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Sydney and past-Rector of the Seminary of the Good Shepherd. This is his second book with Connor Court Publishing. His first title published last December was THE NEW EVANGELISATION: Developing Evangelical Preaching.

The Second title is Fr Anthony Percy's Jesus Christ:Yesterday ~ Today ~ Forever. Fr Anthony Percy is the current rector of the Seminary of the Good Shepherd and his first book Theology of the Body Made Simple has sold over 3500 copies with editions in France, USA, Great Britian, Spain, Mexico, Singapore, South East Asia, Poland and Kenya.

- Anthony Cappello

Connor Court Expands its Operation

Due to the continuing success of Connor Court Publishing, Anthony Cappello - publisher of Connor Court - has announced the expansion of the Connor Court team.

Anthony Cappello will continue to publish and chair the editorial team, Brigid Cappello will continue with accounts while Jacki Meyer will look after customer service. Michael Casanova has been appointed as sub-editor, while Ian James will look after some aspects of the design work. Victor Sirl will operate as the Brisbane and North Queensland publicist and sales representative. There is hope that a Western Australian representative will be appointed soon.

Connor Court was publishing one title per month, but beginning in the new financial year will publish two titles per month. Connor Court hopes to list its publishing schedule later this month.

- Maria Giordano