Macmillan leaves Hardie Grant
Jenny Macmillan has finished in her role as publicity manager for Hardie Grant Books. A spokesperson for Hardie Grant told the Weekly Book Newsletter that Macmillan resigned from the company...
CUP drops prices
Cambridge University Press (CUP) has recently dropped the prices of more than 28,000 titles. The price drops follow a pricing review of more than 30,000 of the publisher's titles, with...
Hardie Grant re-releases former criminal lawyer’s book
Hardie Grant Books announced today that it has re-released former criminal lawyer Andrew Fraser's book Snouts in the Trough in Victoria. As reported by the Weekly Book Newsletter in October,...
Hardie Grant to reduce US agency prices in line with strong Australian dollar
Publisher Hardie Grant has announced that it will reduce the Australian prices of books from a number of US publishing agencies in response to the current strength of the Australian currency....
In brief
HarperCollins, Hardie Grant become RHYW publisher partnersReadHowYouWant (RHYW), which produces special formats of books such as DAISY and large print, has announced that HarperCollins Australia and Hardie Grant have joined...
Webster appointed Universal Publishers MD
Following the announcement that it has acquired Universal Publishers (UP), Hardie Grant has announced the appointment of Ian Webster as managing director of UP. ‘Ian brings considerable experience to the...
Hardie Grant acquires Universal Publishers
Hardie Grant Publishing has announced it has agreed to acquire Universal Publishers from Sensis. Established as Gregory's in Sydney in 1934 and with the addition of UBD, Universal Publishers is...
Hardie Grant branches into UK
Independent Australian publisher Hardie Grant Books has announced the launch of a new company in London.Jane Aspden, former managing director of Mitchell Beazley, will take on the founding MD role,...
Egmont UK increases HGE shareholding to 50%
Egmont UK has increased it shareholding in Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) to 50%, the company announced in a statement. Egmont UK has been a minority shareholder in HGE since the...
McFarlane sells shares in HGE
Susannah McFarlane has confirmed that she has ‘reluctantly sold her 25% shareholding in Hardie Grant Egmont', the children's publishing company she ran and built since its inception in 2002. McFarlane...
McFarlane leaves Hardie Grant Egmont
Susannah McFarlane is stepping down as managing director of Hardie Grant Egmont, the business she helped found and develop in 2002.'The rapid growth of the business and especially the highly successful...
Hardie Grant seals SBS deal
Broadcaster SBS has announced that it has appointed Hardie Grant as its new books partner, along with a similar arrangement for music with Universal. SBS content sales and distribution manager...
Hardie Grant celebrates 10 years
Hardie Grant Publishing celebrated 10 years in business with a cocktail party held in Melbourne last Friday night. Guests, including Hardie Grant staff from both Sydney and Melbourne, authors and...
James Halliday wins Louis Roederer International Book of the Year 2007
James Halliday has been announced as the winner of the prestigious Louis Roederer International Book of the Year 2007 for his Wine Atlas of Australia (Hardie Grant). Click here for more...
Hardie Grant to set up NZ operation
Hardie Grant Books managing director Julie Pinkham has announced that the publisher will establish a sales and marketing operation in New Zealand from 1 September. Hardie Grant will appoint a...