Vale Hilary McPhee | Books+Publishing
The publisher co-founded McPhee Gribble, which launched Helen Garner, Tim Winton and other major Australian authors, and its Practical Puffins series sold 3 million copies.
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Vale Hilary McPhee | Books+Publishing
Hilary McPhee has died, aged 85. McPhee co-founded the publishing house McPhee Gribble with Diana Gribble, which Penguin Group acquired. As an independent publisher and then as an imprint of Penguin, McPhee Gribble published works including Helen Garner’s Monkey Grip, Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey’s Puberty Blues, and Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet. Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) writes: MUP […]
Sydney Morning Herald
Hilary McPhee: The publishing giant who gave rise to Helen Garner, Tim Winton and many more
McPhee Gribble, the publishing house she founded with Diana Gribble in 1975, shaped a generation of iconic Australian writers.
Literary pioneer Hilary McPhee launched Helen Garner, published Cloudstreet – and inspired me
Hilary McPhee, who has died, aged 85, was already a legend when I started working in publishing, nearly two decades ago. McPhee Gribble, the publishing house she founded with friend Diana Gribble in 1975, was the first home for some of Australia’s beloved authors, including Helen Garner, Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette. It also published Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet, voted the nation’s best novel by the Australian Society of Authors in 2003 – the sa…
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