Tall Poppy is a Melbourne-based publisher and book making studio/business run by Matt Dunne and Morganna Magee. We publish art books and merch. Our aim is to publish excellent Australian works, or collaborations between Australian and non-Australian artists, in books that are delightful, playful and affordable. We make things somewhere between a coffee table book and a zine, we like imperfection, texture and things that feel joyful. We think hegemony is predictable and unsatisfying. We also run workshops throughout the year, often in partnerships with others and arts institutions. Our goal with these workshops is to provide the best learning environment to foster more people to make great books while having a good time.

We strive to showcase our books at a range of international book fairs and book stores. Previously attended book fairs: Polycopies, Singapore Art Book Fair, Taipei Art Book Fair, Photobook NZ, Same Page Art Book Fair, Melbourne Art Book Fair, PHOTO photobook weekend, MEL book fair.

Every two years we welcome open submissions for our publishing prize. From this we award at least one artist with a book that will be published by us, at no cost to the artist. Each entrant will receive one paragraph of feedback from Tall Poppy Press. In 2023 Odette England and Phuong Nguyen were both awarded for their submissions.

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