McPhee Gribble

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McPhee Gribble
Status Defunct
Founded 1975
Successor Penguin
Country of origin Australia
Headquarters location Carlton, Victoria

McPhee Gribble was a Carlton-based Australian publisher.[1] Founded in 1975 by Di Gribble and Hilary McPhee,[1] McPhee Gribble was the initial publisher of works by significant Australian writers including Tim Winton, Helen Garner, Rod Jones, Brian Matthews, Murray Bail, Kaz Cooke, Martin Flanagan, John Misto, and Jennifer Dabbs.[2] It entered into a "co-publishing" agreement with Penguin Australia in 1983.[3] In 1989 it was sold to and became an imprint of Penguin.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "McPhee Gribble (Organisation)" (in English). Retrieved 24 November 2009. 
  2. ↑ "Results for McPhee Gribble" (in English). National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 November 2009. 
  3. ↑ "Celebrating 60 Years in Australia". Penguin Group. 2006. Retrieved 8 August 2011. 
  4. ↑ Heyward, Michael (8 September 2007). "Word wise, book poor". The Age (Melbourne: Fairfax Media). Retrieved 8 August 2011. 


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