Hardie Grant Books is pleased to announce the acquisition of Silk Silver Opium: The Trade with China that Changed History by writer and historian Michael Pembroke. Negotiated with Catherine Drayton from InkWell Management in New York, Hardie Grant has acquired world, print, eBook and audio rights and aim to publish on 1 July 2025
The winner of the 2024 Ampersand Prize for children’s and YA debut fiction is Drowning for Beginners, by Melbourne novelist Michael Debenham. ‘Michael’s compulsively readable and unbelievably funny middle-grade novel is a sheer delight from beginning to end, and we knew instantly it would be our winner,’ says Marisa Pintado, Publishing Director at Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing is thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2024 Ampersand Prize, Australia’s leading award for debut authors of middle-grade and young adult fiction. The shortlisted titles are: The Pieces of You by Annika Herb Teenager Grace faces her mother’s diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s and falls in love with a girl for the first time as she navigates her way through a funny, heart-warming, and sometimes heartbreaking year
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Hardie Grant Books is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Australian professional golfer and commentator Ian Baker-Finch's authorised biography, To Hell and Back. Hardie Grant Books acquired world print, ebook and audiobook rights and will publish in June 2025
Following the news that after 27 years leading the Hardie Grant publishing business, Group MD Julie Pinkham will be stepping away, we are delighted to announce a new leadership team for our proudly Australian owned, independent publishing business. From January 1, 2025, Roxy Ryan, Julia Kumschick and Kate Brown will share the responsibility of leading Hardie Grant Publishing