Other People’s Words
$31.99
- Paperback
328 pages
- Release Date
9 February 2026
Summary
We started out with an ethos rather than a profit-motive, an idea rather than a money-making venture … in order to publish the books we wanted.
It was a way of working as remote now as the moon.
Other People’s Words is the story of fifteen years in which a small independent company was a force in Australian publishing. From McPhee Gribble came many new writers, including Helen Garner, Tim Winton, Drusilla Modjeska and Kaz Cooke, fresh perspectives on…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522882049 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522882048 |
| Author: | Hilary McPhee |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 9 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 382g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 198mm x 130mm |
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“Written with great control and clarity … an indispensable document for anyone interested in Australian literary and cultural history.” - Kerryn Goldsworthy, Australian Book Review
About The Author
Hilary McPhee
Hilary McPhee is a writer and editor. She founded McPhee Gribble Publishers with Diana Gribble in 1975, was Chair of the Australia Council for the Arts 1994-97, and inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Melbourne until 2004. Her books include Other People’s Houses, Wordlines and Memoirs of a Young Bastard: The Diaries of Tim Burstall.
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