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2026 The year of Editions

Limited Editiion of 750

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Emma Stuart's work caught our eye when we were looking for another project, we asked her straight away if she would be interested in Moby Dick and were very grateful when she accepted. This is a great addition and will be our first book that will be slightly abbreviated.

Special Edition

Emma by Jane Austen

Jane Austen books are wonderful and we will recreate many of them and in doing so we will keep Kim De Haan as the illustrator for all of these allowing a continuity and style that we feel only benefits Jane Austen's magnificent words.

Deluxe Edition

The Path of Thorns

This brilliant tale, by A G Slatter and part of her Sourdough universe will be getting a full Deluxe edition. Illustrated by Kathleen Jennings we will bring this story to life. Hardback, illustrated endpapers and chapters, book ribbon and all the best we can think of.

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Hipkiss Publishing House

Classic books, Quality printing, Beautifully illustrated.

The home for high quality Australian printed classic books, the perfect gift for book lovers and bibliophiles of Australia and New Zealand.

Features of our books

  • Printed in Australia
  • Australian and New Zealand Illustrators
  • Hardcover
  • dust jacket
  • High quality paper
  • High quality printing
  • Illustrated
  • printed endpapers
  • ribbon bookmark
  • foil
  • Debossing
  • Australian Owned

An independent Australian publisher dedicated to creating quality books people will love and keep forever. We strive with every book we create, to make a piece of art using local illustrators and local printers. Producing beautiful books that will be the envy of every bookshelf. We are currently recreating some of the classic books from history as we establish ourselves as a very high-quality book publisher in Australia.

We are looking for established current authors to work with, to create special editions and limited editions to our very high standard of books.

We really hope we can reach a point in the future where we will have the knowledge, following and abilities to take on authors seeking publishing contracts. Until that time we are unable to take submissions.