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Image description: Book cover titled Drakes: Just a Humble Grocer: The Drakes Supermarkets Story, with with photographic images of fresh produce.
Services: copy editing, structural editing, proofreading | Specs: 20,000 words, 110 Pages | Published by Hyphen. Stories, well told, 2024
Drakes: Just a Humble Grocer
Drakes Supermarkets is proudly family-owned and operated, with a commitment to providing exceptional customer service and supporting local producers. From a single store in 1974, Drakes has grown to become Australia’s largest independent grocery retailer, with over 60 stores across South Australia and Queensland and a team of more than 6,000.
Image description: Sunset with two silhouetted figures one aiming a bow and arrow, the other holding a spear. Bold white text reads The Road Less Travelled: 30 Years of Captain’s Choice .
Services: copy editing, structural editing, proofreading | Specs: 15,000 words, 83 pages | published by Hyphen. Stories, well told, 2024
The Road Less Travelled: 30 Years of Captain’s Choice
When Phil Asker designed our first journey in 1994 – ‘The Captain’s Choice Tour’ – it wasn’t with a plan to start a travel company. Thirty years on and hundreds of global explorations later, we would like to thank you, our loyal guests. Your passion and demand for new itineraries have kept us pushing the boundaries of ordinary travel. We hope that you enjoy reading about our journey over the last thirty years. Here’s to many more.
Image description: Hardback book titled A Red Ribbon Runs Through It: The First 150 Years of Toorak College with a navy blue cover, gold foil typography, and a small red ribbon illustration.
Services: copy editing, structural editing, proofreading | Specs: 100,000 words, 280 pages | published by Hyphen. Stories, well told, 2024
A Red Ribbon Runs Through It: The First 150 Years of Toorak College
This incredible narrative spans 342 pages – a testimony to the value Toorak College places on their heritage. Rich with detailed archival imagery, personal anecdotes and stories from over 150 years, this is not only a record of the past but the beginnings of a new chapter at Toorak College.
Image description: Book cover for Perfume by Megan Hess, depicting a black crystal perfume bottle with gold atomiser and title in gold script, accented by artistic ink splatters.
Services: early copy editing (first draft) | Published by Hardie Grant, 2025
Perfume, by Megan Hess
When Yves Saint Laurent launched Opium in 1977, it was met with instant controversy. With the illicit undertones of the new perfume’s name, the brand sought to invoke an exotic luxury that was dangerous and forbidden. And it worked – some people felt the perfume was condoning drug use and should be banned. This, of course, didn’t hurt the sales of the languorous, spicy fragrance, which remains a top-selling perfume today.
Image description: Teal brand graphic for HSK Ward Group, featuring bold lowercase white text reading and the tagline Nourishing Communities for Six Generations. A circular seal at upper right reads HSK Ward Group – Est. 1853 – Nourishing Communities for Six Generations with leaf icons.
Image description: Book cover titled Sip by Sip in bold white letters with a scattering of green leaveson a kraft paper background. Bottom text reads ‘60 Years of Eastcoast’.
Services: copy editing, structural editing | Specs: 10,000 words, 111 pages | published by Hyphen. Stories, well told, 2025
Sip by Sip: 60 Years of East Coast
In Kulnura, on the Central Coast of New South Wales, there is an orchard. Sixty years ago, Salvatore and Grazia Lentini passed through the town and a long-held ambition – one they had carried from overseas – clicked into place.
Image description: Thomas Cook Boot & Clothing Co. logo featuring a silhouette of a rider on horseback above the brand’s handwritten-style name and the tagline MY NAME IS ON THE LINE, all set against a white background.
Services: copy editing, structural editing | Specs: 40,000 words, 180 Pages | Published by Hyphen. Stories, well told, 2025
Thomas Cook Boot & Clothing Co: My Name is on the Line
This is the story of a business founded by Thomas Cook, a man who had been orphaned as a child, and Doris Foote, a woman who had been making boots since the age of thirteen.
These two strangers later crossed paths and went on to start their own family. From the very beginning of their time in the bootmaking business, family has been central to the company’s work. To this day, family remains at the heart of everything Thomas Cook Boot & Clothing Company stands for.
Image description: Melbourne Royal: Celebrating 175 Years, 1848–2023 with gold and navy design and sepia-toned illustration.
Services: copy editing, structural editing, proofreading | Specs: 50,000 words, 81 pages | Published by Hyphen. Stories, well told, 2023
Melbourne Royal: Celebrating 175 Years
For its 175th anniversary, Melbourne Royal chose to tell its story through the voices of the individuals who have shaped it since its humble beginnings as the Moonee Ponds Farmers’ Society in 1848.
With first-person accounts from a staggering range of people – ringmasters to equestriennes, stewards to judges – ‘showies’ of all stripes make the book both personal and sweeping. Beautiful design and a huge collection of gorgeous images make this award-winning publication the kind of coffee-table book you can dip in and out of for hours.
Image description: book cover titled Canberra Airport: The Best Little Airport in the World. The navy cover has a triangular panel of historical and contemporary airport images, with blue and white text and a paper plane graphic logo.
Services: copy editing, structural editing, proofreading | Specs: 30,000 words, 218 pages | published by Hyphen. Stories, well told, 2024
Canberra Airport: The Best Little Airport in the World
This book showcases the vision and legacy of Terry Snow and his family, transforming what was once a small airport into a key part of Canberra’s future. It’s a story of humble beginnings and bold ambition.
Image description: Book cover titled Johnson’s: 100 Years In The Making with a black-to-white gradient design. The upper portion features the Johnson’s logo and centenary stamp. The lower portion displays a black-and-white farming scene with a harvester.
Services: copy editing, structural editing, proofreading | Specs: 30,000 words, 218 pages | published by Hyphen. Stories, well told, 2023
HSK Ward Group: Nourishing Communities for Six Generations
Today, HSK Ward Group is one of Australia’s largest privately owned and operated food companies. The group includes McKenzie’s Foods, an iconic brand found in nearly every Australian pantry, and FTA Food Solutions, a major player in the Australian foodservice and B2B sector delivering a diverse range of food products and supply-chain services to over 1000 customers.
The HSK Ward Group story began in 1852 when William and Frances Ward made a brave move to Melbourne.
Image description: Book cover with title Defying the Odds: 150 Years of The Hamilton and Alexandra College in white and black text on a royal blue background. A dark silhouette of the schoolcbuildings runs along the bottom edge.
Services: structural editing, copy editing | Specs: 70,000 words | published by Hyphen. Stories, well told, 2022
Defying the Odds: 150 Years of Hamilton and Alexandra College
When The Hamilton and Alexandra College in Victoria’s Western District turned 150, it wanted to mark the occasion with a comprehensive history of the school. Retired Head of English Neil Maclean took on the mammoth job of researching and writing, trawling through all the material in the school archives and beyond, and unearthing many historical gems along the way.
Image description: Commemorative book titled The Spirit of Arden. The white cover features a large gold ‘100’ surrounded by colourful floral illustrations.
Services: structural editing, copy editing, content writing | Specs: 20,000 words | published by Hyphen. Stories, well told, 2022
The Spirit of Arden: Celebrating 100 Years of Education
Arden Anglican School’s centennial project was a truly collaborative effort when the school decided to tell its story through short profiles of key members of the school community, past and present. Arden compiled research and undertook photography, while Hyphen took care of the editorial, design and print elements. A fun last-minute add-on was the opportunity to illustrate some of the people (and one adorable possum) being profiled.
Image description: Book cover for A Father’s Plea showing a man surrounded by two young girls and a woman in a niqab against a desert background. Subtitle reads: The heartbreaking story of one man’s ongoing fight to free his daughter and grandchildren from an Islamic State nightmare.
Services: copy editing | Published by Affirm Press, 2021
A Father’s Plea, Kamalle Dabboussey with Mic Looby
When Mariam married her childhood sweetheart in a fairytale Sydney wedding, her father Kamalle dreamed of a beautiful future for his family. When the young couple and their baby daughter went on an overseas holiday, he couldn't have been happier. But a dark secret was lurking on the horizon. They would not be coming home.
Mariam disappeared. Months later, Kamalle was informed by the Australian government that his daughter had been coerced into Syria.
Services: structural editing, copy editing | Specs: 50,000 words, 111 pages | published by Hyphen. Stories, well told, 2024
Johnson’s: 100 Years in the Making
For over a century, the Johnson family has been at the heart of South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia, leading manufacturers and marketers of animal stockfeed worldwide. To celebrate this incredible milestone, they gave Hyphen the inspiring task of capturing the story behind 100 years of family and business.
Image description: Colourful book cover titled The Art of Moving Art: A History of International Art Services, featuring vertical rainbow-coloured stripes overlaid with white circuit-like linework on a modern, abstract background.
Services: proofreading | Specs: 20,000 words, 130 pages | published by Hyphen. Stories, well told, 2019
The Art of Moving Art: A History of International Art Services
Around the world, there is a small army of art handlers, packers, craters, skilled drivers, installers, riggers, conservators, technicians, photographers, international freighters and others who quietly handle some of the most valuable and precious objects on the planet.
Throughout this book we meet the dozens of individuals who have played a role in the industry’s development: museum registrars, conservators, visionaries, business people, logistics experts, art fanatics, art handlers and drivers, designers and customers. The result is a palette of colourful stories, rich with the history of overlapping lives and livelihoods, all driven by a passion for this valuable and often unchartered endeavour: the art of moving art.
Image description: Illustrated book cover for Full Credit to the Boys by Mel Hoffman, featuring a brightly coloured rugby jersey. The subtitle reads: A cliché-free tale of marrying into footy on a dark navy background.
Services: copy editing | Published by Affirm Press, 2021
Full Credit to the Boys: A Cliche-Free Tale of Marrying Into Footy
When Mel fell in love with Ryan 'Hoff' Hoffman, a dedicated young player with the NRL's Melbourne Storm, she had no idea what she was getting into. Firstly, she was from Melbourne, so she didn't even know the rules of rugby league. Secondly, she'd always been more the theatre and literature type - sport was pretty much a mystery to her.
But she soon learned that marrying a professional sportsman means marrying a whole team of players, their managers, fans, wives and girlfriends. She also learned that the rules of the game extended far beyond the field, and as part of the rugby league 'family', she would be expected to fall into line.