The Federation Press is an independent, Australian owned and run, publishing company specialising in legal, social and academic books. It was founded in 1987 by Kathryn Fitzhenry, Christopher Holt and Diane Young, its three executive directors and majority shareholders. Broadly speaking, Kathryn looks after editorial, Christopher the publishing and administration, and Diane the marketing. By 2001, we will be thirteen years old . Despite the size of the list, Federation Press remains a genuine small publisher .
All information is shared and everyone knows what is going on.
While everyone has a specialist function, everyone is customer service, everyone answers the phones and, when necessary, packs and despatches books. Federation Press believes ideas are important and that books remain unrivalled as a forum for communication, analysis of and debate on ideas . We encourage authors to write books that not only convey information but which engage current debates and stimulate the intellect. We encourage the use of language which is clear and unambiguous. We even, occasionally, publish revised versions of theses.