Life At Bonnier - Weldon Owen

Around the Americas

By Bert Menninga on 2011-12-16
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Cruising World's Herb McCormick talks about his adventures circling the Americas, healthy oceans and how a world-first trip became a book.

When philanthropist David Rockefeller, Jr. and skipper Mark Schrader wanted to find a way to draw attention to the health of the oceans, they hit on a novel idea: Why not sail around the two American continents, a voyage that had never been done before?

Meet Saira Valibhoy

By Tora Bonnier on 2011-07-04
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GROW participant Saira Valibhoy gets in a lot of walking as she switches from Sydney, Australia to Chichester, U.K.

If you ask Saira Valibhoy, she'll tell you that the saying is true about the U.K.:"if you don't like the weather, just wait 10 minutes." And this has been the biggest challenge for the GROW participant from Sydney, Australia. "I had been advised that I would be coming in the summer, looking forward to lots of hot sun," she says. "But it has been cloudy, rainy and definitely cold and windy.

The Business of Marketing Books

By Bert Menninga on 2011-04-18
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An interview with Weldon Owen's director of marketing, Gonzalo Ferreyra.

In late February 2011, Gonzalo Ferreyra joined the team at San Francisco-based book publisher Weldon Owen as director of marketing.

Cooperation between Vi Föräldrar and Weldon Owen

By Bert Menninga on 2010-12-08
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The Bonnier Tidskrifter title launches Swedish picture books with the U.S. book publisher. 

Weldon Owen produces books for companies such as Starbucks, Body Shop, Hallmark and the bookstore chain Barnes & Noble, as well as for Bonnier Corporation magazines such as Saveur and Parenting. Weldon Owen also produces its own books as well that are sold to publishers worldwide.

Meet Beatrice Hellman

By Bert Menninga on 2010-11-11
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Beatrice Hellman, art director at women's magazine Damernas Värld in Sweden, has flown the coop – she's now in Sydney, Australia as part of GROW.

Beatrice Hellman has worked magazine design for 10 years. She normally works as art director for Damernas Värld, a job that requires planning the magazine together with other editorial staff, assigning illustrators and photographers and overseeing the overall layout of the magazine.

Team 15 Combines Strength of Bonnier Publishing

By Bert Menninga on 2010-09-16
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A cross-company group, Team 15, breaks down boundaries within Bonnier Publishing to create new synergies and forge bonds across countries.

Working across boundaries is a great idea, but not always so easy to achieve. So when Richard Johnson became CEO of Bonnier Publishing in 2009, one of the challenges he faced was breaking down corporate and geopgraphic barriers within the different companies within the group. One idea that he came up with became a reality in February 2010, when he created Team 15.

Meet Stephanie Tang

By Tora Bonnier on 2010-07-02
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Experiencing a new culture was key for GROW participant Stephanie Tang.

What surprises Stephanie Tang most about the Sydney office of Weldon Owen is how diverse the culture is. "One of my co-workers says we're like the UN," says Tang. She is participating in the GROW program, working for three months as a designer for Weldon Owen's Discovery Education books. Tang's regular job is at Weldon Owen Inc. in San Francisco, where she has worked for the past three and a half years as a senior designer.

Meet Lena Thunell

By Bert Menninga on 2010-04-07
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Bonnier Carlsen designer learns to work the opposite way on the other side of the earth.

Lena Thunell is a graphic designer at Bonnier Carlsen, where she came after starting out in the travel industry. At Weldon Owen in Sydney, Australia, as a GROW participant she is now working on a project that the publisher is putting out together with Discovery Education: the design of 64 titles, each with 32 pages and written for 10-13 year olds.

Meet William Mack

By Bert Menninga on 2010-04-06
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A senior designer trades books in San Francisco for books in London.

William Mack did not start out as a designer. He studied creative writing at university, but when he finished school he ended up working with book covers in New York and eventually he ended up as a senior designer at Weldon Owen in San Francisco. On Feb. 1, he made a temporary switch as a GROW participant, moving from San Francisco to work at Templar Publishing in Dorking in the English countryside, some 50 minutes outside London.

Sweet Inspiration for Easter

By Bert Menninga on 2010-03-30
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Indulge yourself with something for Sunday.

CC licenced photo by Flickr user Sister72

Whether you celebrate Easter or not, it's hard to miss all the chocolate rabbits and candy eggs in shop windows. Go ahead and satisfy a springtime craving for something sweet with inspiration for Easter desserts from Bonnier magazines and books.