Girls Gone By Publishers

Girls Gone By Publishers is a specialist British publishing company based in Leominster, Herefordshire. The publisher is run by Clarissa Cridland and Ann Mackie-Hunter and is associated with the preservation and republication of twentieth-century girls' and children's fiction that had become difficult to find in regular trade circulation. Its catalogue focuses on books by authors whose work was influential among earlier generations of young readers, particularly school stories, adventure fiction, family stories and series fiction. Rather than positioning itself as a general-interest publisher, Girls Gone By Publishers operates as a literary preservation and niche reprint house. Its books restore access to titles by writers including Elinor Brent-Dyer, Margaret Biggs, Angela Brazil, Dorita Fairlie Bruce, Monica Edwards, Josephine Elder, Antonia Forest, Lorna Hill, Clare Mallory, Violet Needham, Elsie Jeanette Oxenham, Malcolm Saville and Geoffrey Trease. The catalogue includes both individual novels and works that support readers' broader understanding of these authors, including nonfiction based on or inspired by their literary output. A major area of the publisher's activity has been the reissue of Elinor Brent-Dyer's Chalet School books. The company has republished numerous titles from the series and is identified as holding the copyright in Brent-Dyer's published and unpublished works. Its wider fiction programme covers other school and youth series, including Margaret Biggs's Melling books, Dorita Fairlie Bruce's school and adventure novels, Monica Edwards's animal and countryside stories, Elsie Jeanette Oxenham's Abbey-related fiction, Malcolm Saville's adventure books and works by several other authors. The imprint's publishing model serves collectors, specialist readers, literary historians and people seeking to replace or rediscover books encountered in childhood. Its editions also contribute to the continuity of series whose original editions were issued many decades earlier. The available catalogue evidence shows a concentrated period of reissue activity from the mid-2000s through the early 2010s, with titles released in paperback and, in some cases, supported by author-focused nonfiction. The company's present scale, ownership structure, revenue and detailed publication schedule are not established in the supplied reference material.

Girls Gone By Publishers developed as a specialist reprint publisher serving readers interested in twentieth-century girls' and children's literature. It is based in Leominster, Herefordshire, and is run by Clarissa Cridland and Ann Mackie-Hunter. The supplied sources do not establish a precise founding date, but catalogue records show a substantial programme of republication beginning in the mid-2000s. The company's purpose has been to bring back into circulation fiction that was popular in its original period but was no longer readily available through ordinary booksellers. Its selection is strongly associated with school stories, youth adventures, countryside narratives and long-running series. This focus gives the publisher a preservation role: its editions allow collectors and specialist readers to obtain replacement copies while introducing older works to readers who did not encounter them when first published. One of the central strands of the catalogue is the work of Elinor Brent-Dyer, especially the Chalet School series. Girls Gone By Publishers has issued many Chalet School titles, including early and later works, Christmas material and related books such as The Chalet Girls' Cookbook. The reference material further states that the publisher owns the copyright in Brent-Dyer's published and unpublished works. The Brent-Dyer programme became one of the clearest expressions of the company's specialist identity because it sustained access to a substantial body of interconnected school fiction rather than treating individual novels as isolated reprints. The publisher's catalogue also extends across a broad group of authors. Margaret Biggs's Melling books include Head Girl of Melling, The New Girl at Melling, Summer Term at Melling and later titles in the sequence. Dorita Fairlie Bruce is represented by school and adventure works such as The Best Bat in the School and Other Stories, Nancy Returns to St. Bride's, The School on the Moor, The School in the Woods, Triffeny and Wild Goose Quest. The catalogue also includes Angela Brazil's A Fourth Form Friendship and Josephine Elder's Evelyn Finds Herself. Monica Edwards forms another important part of the programme. Reissued titles include Storm Ahead, No Entry, Hidden in a Dream, The Nightbird, Operation Seabird, Strangers to the Marsh, No Going Back, The Hoodwinkers, Dolphin Summer, A Wind Is Blowing and The Wild One. The reference material indicates an intention to republish Edwards's complete output, although it does not establish whether that ambition was completed. Other reprint strands include Antonia Forest's Celebrating Antonia Forest and The Thursday Kidnapping; Lorna Hill's Border Peel, The Vicarage Children, Northern Lights and More About Mandy; Clare Mallory's The New House at Winwood and The League of the Smallest; Violet Needham's The House of the Paladin, Pandora of Parrham Royal, The Red Rose of Ruvina and The Secret of the White Peacock; and Elsie Jeanette Oxenham's Goblin Island, Jen of the Abbey School, Maidlin Bears the Torch and The New Abbey Girls. Adventure and historical fiction are represented by Malcolm Saville and Geoffrey Trease, including The Gay Dolphin Adventure, Lone Pine Five, The Secret of Grey Walls and A Whiff of Burnt Boats. Beyond fiction, Girls Gone By Publishers produces nonfiction connected with the work of authors in its reprint programme, including Antonia Forest, Elsie Jeanette Oxenham, Monica Edwards and Geoffrey Trease. The available material does not provide reliable information about print runs, financial performance, staffing beyond the two named operators, distribution agreements or current annual output. No scandals, lawsuits, acquisitions, public-company events or major corporate controversies are identified in the supplied sources.

• 2013

  Dorita Fairlie Bruce catalogue reaches later recorded reissue

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  Wild Goose Quest is listed as a 2013 Girls Gone By Publishers reissue of a Dorita Fairlie Bruce work.

• 2009

  Continued series and author re-publication

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  The catalogue added or continued titles from the Chalet School, Melling, Monica Edwards, Violet Needham, Malcolm Saville and other programmes.

• 2008

  Broadening of the classic children's fiction catalogue

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  The publisher recorded releases by Brent-Dyer, Biggs, Forest, Hill, Mallory, Needham, Oxenham and Saville, among others.

• 2007

  Chalet School and other series reissues continue

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  The catalogue included multiple Elinor Brent-Dyer titles, alongside Monica Edwards, Lorna Hill, Elsie Jeanette Oxenham and Malcolm Saville reprints.

• 2006

  Further author programmes added

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  Recorded releases included The New Girl at Melling, The School on the Moor, Hidden in a Dream, The Nightbird, The House of the Paladin and A Fourth Form Friendship.

• 2005

  Expansion of the specialist reprint catalogue

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  The publisher issued or reissued works including Head Girl of Melling, Nancy Returns to St. Bride's, Storm Ahead, No Entry and Evelyn Finds Herself.

• 2004

  Dorita Fairlie Bruce reissues begin

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  A paperback edition of The Best Bat in the School and Other Stories is recorded among the publisher's Dorita Fairlie Bruce reprints.

A specialist heritage publisher focused on keeping out-of-print girls' and children's fiction available to collectors, enthusiasts and new readers.

• Girls' school fiction · 2007

  Elinor Brent-Dyer reprints

  A major catalogue programme devoted to Elinor Brent-Dyer, especially the Chalet School series. Recorded titles include Three Go to the Chalet School, The Coming of Age of the Chalet School, The Chalet School in Exile, The New Chalet School, The Feud in the Chalet School and The Chalet Girls' Cookbook. The publisher is stated to own the copyright in Brent-Dyer's published and unpublished works.

• School fiction · 2005

  Margaret Biggs reprints

  Reissues of the Melling books, including Head Girl of Melling, The New Girl at Melling, Summer Term at Melling, Susan in the Sixth, Kate at Melling, Changes at Melling, The Blakes Come to Melling and The New Prefect at Melling.

• Girls' fiction and adventure fiction · 2004

  Dorita Fairlie Bruce reprints

  A substantial paperback programme covering school, family and adventure stories. Recorded titles include The Best Bat in the School and Other Stories, Nancy Returns to St. Bride's, The School on the Moor, The School in the Woods, Toby at Tibbs Cross, Triffeny, The Debatable Mound, The Bartle Bequest and Wild Goose Quest.

• Children's countryside and animal fiction · 2005

  Monica Edwards reprints

  Reissues of Monica Edwards novels including Storm Ahead, No Entry, Hidden in a Dream, The Nightbird, Operation Seabird, Strangers to the Marsh, No Going Back, The Hoodwinkers, Dolphin Summer, A Wind Is Blowing and The Wild One. The publisher has described an intention to cover the author's complete output.

• Children's and girls' fiction · 2005

  Other classic children's fiction reprints

  The wider catalogue includes works by Angela Brazil, Josephine Elder, Antonia Forest, Lorna Hill, Clare Mallory, Violet Needham, Elsie Jeanette Oxenham, Malcolm Saville and Geoffrey Trease. These books encompass school stories, series fiction, historical narratives and youth adventures.

• Literary nonfiction

  Author-related nonfiction

  Girls Gone By Publishers also issues nonfiction connected with the work and careers of authors represented in its fiction catalogue, including Antonia Forest, Elsie Jeanette Oxenham, Monica Edwards and Geoffrey Trease.

1. 1Girls Gone By Publishersen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Girls Gone By Publishers official websiteggbp.co.uk