Horin appointed publisher of HGE imprint Chirpy Bird
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has appointed Niki Horin to the newly created role of publisher of Chirpy Bird, the company’s imprint for licensed and trend-driven publishing.HGE marketing communications executive Sarah Magee told Books+Publishing the...
HGE competition winner to feature in ‘Billie B Mystery’ book
The winner of a new Hardie Grant Egmont competition will appear in a forthcoming ‘Billie B Mystery’ book by Sally Rippin. The competition was announced on the publisher’s Bookids Facebook...
Hardie Grant Egmont restructures
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has restructured its business, resulting in three redundancies and the creation of three new positions. HGE managing director Natasha Besliev told Books+Publishing ‘the new model is...
New appointments at HGE
Hardie Grant Egmont has announced two new appointments to its team. Jess Wallis has been hired in the new role of marketing and communications executive, and will work on the...
Pintado joins Egmont UK; new appointments at HGE
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) commissioning and managing editor Marisa Pintado has taken a year’s sabbatical to join the fiction team at Egmont UK in London. Pintado will finish at HGE...
Changes at Hardie Grant Egmont
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) commissioning and managing editor Marisa Pintado has taken a year’s sabbatical to join the fiction team at Egmont UK in London. Pintado, who will finish at...
Australian author-illustrator Jan Ormerod dies
Much-loved Australian children’s books author and illustrator Jan Ormerod has died in the UK. Ormerod died from a stroke on 23 January after battling cancer. Her daughter Laura announced the news...
Milestones: HGE celebrates 10 years, CYL turns 21
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) and the Centre for Youth Literature (CYL) celebrated significant birthdays this month. HGE celebrated its 10th birthday with a ‘Summer Party' on Thursday 23 February. HGE...
Hardie Grant Egmont acquires Little Hare Books
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has announced it has agreed to purchase children's publisher Little Hare Books (LHB). ‘We have always been fans of Little Hare, we like what they publish...
Hardie Grant Egmont acquires Little Hare Books
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has announced it has agreed to purchase children's publisher Little Hare Books (LHB). ‘We have always been fans of Little Hare, we like what they publish...
In brief
‘The Darwin Poems' wins 2009 Wesley Michael Wright PrizeEmily Ballou has won the 2009 University of Melbourne/Wesley Michel Wright Prize for Poetry for The Darwin Poems (UWA Publishing). Ballou's work was...
McFarlane launches LemonFizz Media
Susannah McFarlane, former co-owner and publisher of Hardie Grant Egmont, has announced the launch of her new company LemonFizz Media (LFM). The business, which McFarlane said would ‘not be a...
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...