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by Hilary McPhee

A memoir detailing the foundation of the Australian publishing house McPhee Gribble and the evolution of the domestic literary industry. It recounts professional associations with prominent writers such as Helen Garner and Tim Winton.

Accession 22992 ISBN 0330363425 Publisher Picador
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