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Girls Gone By Publishers is a publishing
venture run by Clarissa Cridland
and Ann Mackie-Hunter. For
more information about us, please click
here.
We re-publish some of the most popular girls' fiction from the twentieth
century, concentrating on those titles which are most sought after, and
difficult to find on the second-hand market.
We use the complete and unabridged text from first editions (except in very
rare cases when we cannot find a first edition), together with all the
illustrations. All of our books come with at least one introduction by an
‘expert’ in the field, and most of them come with a publishing history
including illustrations of all editions (these often make fascinating reading).
Our aim is to make these books available at affordable prices, and to make
ownership possible not only for existing collectors but also for new collectors
so that the survival of the books is continued. We also publish some new titles
which fit into this genre.
We also have a programme of non fiction titles related to the genre. As a
rule, these take a lot of editorial work, and thus have a long lead time from
when we announce them to when they are published.
Clarissa Cridland
Clarissa has had over 25 years' publishing experience, and as well as
running GGBP is a Priest, serving as Curate of Coleford with Holcombe. She was
ordained Priest on 30th June 2007.
As well as reading theology, she reads and collects a number of children's
authors, some of which are published by GGBP. Favourites include Dorita Fairlie
Bruce, Elinor Brent-Dyer, Richmal Crompton, Monica Edwards, Lorna Hill, W E
Johns, Elsie Oxenham and Noel Streatfeild.
Clarissa is responsible for the overall production of the GGBP books, and
looks after typesetters, proof readers and dealers, as well as liaising with
our printers and answering e-mails, putting together catalogues and news sheets,
and supplying information to Gareth to update the website.
Ann Mackie-Hunter
Ann is a former teacher and, in addition to running GGBP, is a very active
member of her local church and is a keen gardener and good cook.
Her great love is reading fantasy and regency romances but favourite
children's authors whom she reads and collects include Dorita Fairlie Bruce,
Elinor Brent-Dyer, Gwendoline Courtney, L M Montgomery, Elsie Oxenham and J K
Rowling. She is also very interested in collecting Girls Own Papers and books
with attractive dustwrappers.
Ann is responsible for all the GGBP orders (except those from dealers) which
includes putting all forward orders onto databases, and dispatching all titles
from stock, as well as answering all snail-mail, liaising with our book keeper
and distribution manager, ordering stationery and stamps (we get through a huge
amount!).
Below is a list of authors whose books are currently in print and available
to purchase from us.
Click on an author's name to see the titles.
Please note the price code listed by each title. Prices are listed here.
If you would like to send a brief review of any of our published titles,
which we could use on the website, and in our catalogues, please e-mail it to
Clarissa (click here). To
read reviews of many of our titles, click on the cover image and then look at
the end of the information about the title.
Elinor Brent-Dyer's Copyright
In April 2006, Girls Gone By Publishers bought Elinor Brent-Dyer's copyright
from Martina Rutherford. (Martina inherited the copyright from her mother,
Chloe Rutherford, who inherited it from Phyllis and Sydney Matthewman to whom
Elinor left it.) Martina approached GGBP about this in 2005 and it was a dream
come true!
Our agreement with Martina covers the copyright in all EBD's works, whether
published or not, except for those titles where Lutterworth Press hold the
copyright (where we have a separate agreement with them for the rights).
We also took over the agreement which Martina had with HarperCollins with
regard to the Chalet School books.
Margaret Biggs is our only writer of school stories originally published
prior to 1960 who is still alive today. Not only did she speak at our
conference in Warwick this August, but she has also written a new Melling book,
Kate at Melling.
This is set about 12 years after the end of the series, and features Helen's
daughter, Kate. We shall be publishing this once we have republished all the
existing Melling titles, of which there are seven. So far we have published
seven of them and we shall be publishing Kate towards the end
of the year - we shall let you know when you can order these titles in due
course.
If you have not discovered Melling, now is the time to do so. Melling is a
weekly boarding school in Cambridgeshire, run by the gentle Miss Pickering,
with two delightful families, the Laceys and the Blakes, providing its 'star'
pupils. Because the school is weekly boarding, there is a lovely feeling of
home life as well as of school.
Melling titles in order
The Blakes Come to Melling (out of stock, but
still available from some dealers)
The New Prefect at Melling (out of stock, but still
available from some dealers)
Last Term for Helen (in print)
Head Girl of Melling (in print)
The New Girl at Melling (in print)
Summer Term at Melling (in print)
Susan in the Sixth (in print)
Kate at Melling (in print)
Non-fiction titles
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