Hale & Iremonger is an Australian independent publisher. It was founded in 1977 by Sylvia Hale, John Iremonger and Roger Barnes. John left the company in 1980, moving to

Allen & Unwin George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and to establish an ...

. By 2002, when Sylvia became involved in NSW state politics, some 500 books had been published on politics, urban history, women's studies and poetry. In 2010 Hale & Iremonger's list was bought by Michael Rakusin, formerly of Tower Books.

Selected publications

Books published by Hale & Iremonger include:

Nonfiction

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Biography and autobiography

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Poetry

* Winner of the

Grace Leven Prize for Poetry The Grace Leven Prize for Poetry was an annual poetry award in Australia, given in the name of Grace Leven who died in 1922. It was established by William Baylebridge who "made a provision for an annual poetry prize in memory of 'my benefactress ...

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Authors

Other authors of books published by Hale & Iremonger include

Doris Brett Doris Brett (born 1950) is an Australian writer and clinical psychologist. She has written in a number of genres, including poetry, memoir and nonfiction. Early life and education Brett was born in Melbourne in 1950 to Polish Jewish parents. ...

Hazel Edwards Hazel Eileen Edwards ( OAM) (born 1945) is an Australian author of children's literature, including ''There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake'' (1980). Early life and education Melbourne-born and based, Hazel Eileen Edwards attended Ashb ...

Ross Fitzgerald Ross Andrew Fitzgerald (born in 1944) is an Australian academic, historian, novelist, secularist, and political commentator. Fitzgerald is an Emeritus Professor in History and Politics at Griffith University. He has published forty-three books ...

Libby Gleeson Libby Gleeson AM (born 1950) is an Australian children's author. Born in Young, New South Wales, she is one of six children, the sister of former ABC TV Washington Correspondent Michael Gleeson, and the mother of ''Home and Away'' actress Jess ...

, Robert Hughes,

Grace Karskens Grace Elizabeth Karskens, (born 12 March 1958) is an Australian historian who is professor of history at the University of New South Wales. Career Grace Elizabeth Karskens, born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1958, graduated from the Universit ...

Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player and composer whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Musician Of The Year awards ...

, Ron Pretty.

References

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