Hilary McPhee

Hilary McPhee AO[1] is an Australian publisher, editor and businessperson. McPhee and Di Gribble founded the Australian publisher McPhee Gribble in 1975.[2] McPhee was a chairperson of the Australia Council for the Arts.[3] McPhee has an honorary doctorate from Monash University, was the inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Melbourne and remains a senior Fellow of the University

She was awarded an Order of Australia for service to the Arts in 2003.

She has been married three times, including to the writer Don Watson.

Bibliography

  • Other People's Words (2001, Picador) ISBN 0330491555
  • Wordlines: Contemporary Australian Writing editor, (2010, Five Mile Press) ISBN 9781742116587

References

  1. ↑ "Officer of the Order of Australia - MCPHEE, Hilary Jane". itsanhonour.gov.au. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  2. ↑ Michael Heyward. "Publisher Diana Gribble nurtured literary talent". The Australian. News Corporation. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "Hilary McPhee profile". ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
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