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Thirty-five years after publication, Tim Winton's beloved novel Cloudstreet has been crowned Australia's favorite book by over 100,000 voters. The 1991 classic beat out thousands of contenders, with Winton placing four books in the top 100.
When men dominated Australian publishing and dismissed their ambitions, Hilary McPhee and Diana Gribble launched a house that discovered literary legends. The editor who died in October 2026 left behind a legacy that transformed an entire nation's literature.