Hybrid Publishers

02/12/2025

Now out as an ebook! 'Keys to the Dragon Machine' by Sean McMullen, the fourth book in the Greatwinter series.
https://www.hybridpublishers.com.au/product/keys-to-the-dragon-machine/

03/11/2025

Successful launch in Brisbane of Ross Fitzgerald & Ian McFadyen’s 'CHALK & CHEESE: A Fabrication'. Ross and Ian were in conversation with Steve Austin from ABC Brisbane. It's a tale of two 80-year-old former radio stars, Bill and Ben, who hate each other, but who end up in the same nursing home. Even though 'Chalk & Cheese' can be seen as a wry comedy using clear-eyed satire, it is also a compelling story which challenges our views on life in nursing homes and how the elderly are treated.

16/10/2025

For Brisbane readers, you're invited to the launch on 2 November!
https://avidreader.com.au/pages/12510-ChalkCheese-RossFitzgeraldIanMcFadyen

SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER | INSTORE EVENT
2pm for a 2.30pm start | 60 mins
Join us for the Brisbane launch of Ross Fitzgerald & Ian McFadyen’s CHALK & CHEESE: A Fabrication. Ross and Ian will be in conversation with Steve Austen from ABC Brisbane.

Ross Fitzgerald and Ian McFadyen's powerful new fiction, 'Chalk and Cheese', is a tale of two 80-year-old former radio stars, Bill and Ben, who hate each other, but who end up in the same nursing home. Even though Chalk & Cheese can be seen as a wry comedy using clear-eyed satire, it is also a compelling story which challenges our views on life in nursing homes and how the elderly are treated.

This revealing novel explores elder issues and shows how (with the aid of their grandchildren), Bill and Ben join together to protect and enhance the lives and circumstances of the elderly.

13/10/2025

Just released! 'A Jew on The Way: Jewish Wisdom from the Camino de Santiago and Beyond' by Adam van Heerden
In a world increasingly divided by religious and cultural differences, this work offers a unique Jewish perspective on the Camino de Santiago, interwoven with the complexities of an interfaith relationship. It highlights Jewish wisdom rooted in peace, common humanity, and shared spiritual exploration.

13/10/2025

“Chalk and Cheese is a work of brilliantly cinematic quality.” –Nigel Marsh, Smart, Stupid & Sixty

“… my current top Australian fiction read this year.” – Eamonn O’Hanlon, The Sydney Institute Review of Books, September 2025

” … quite remarkable writing about the contrasting values that dominate contemporary society … absolutely splendid writing deserving of significant recognition” – Alan Jones

“… the writing is superb. The dialogue sparkles, and the descriptions—of the nursing home and the rural hideaway—are vivid without being overwrought.” – Dr Michael Briody, Quadrant, Aug-Sep 2025

“There’s never a dull moment in Chalk and Cheese … It is poignant and funny and will appeal to a very wide audience.” – Ken Spillman, HAVE-A-GO NEWS Oct 2025

01/10/2025

Great podcast, The Crime Couch, with Rochelle Jackson speaking with John van Groningen, author of 'Prisons: The good, the bad, the mad and the sad'

John Van Groningen has over 50 years' experience in the prison and corrections system. He's been a Prison Officer and Commissioner, academic researcher and teacher, bureaucrat, expert commentator and a ministerial and government advisor. John's lectured extensively and worked as a criminal justice c...

04/09/2025

Great to see 'Chalk and Cheese' in the list of 10 latest books, SMH! 'Chalk and Cheese weaves a rumbustious satire of political polarisation into a gentler probing of social issues surrounding ageing and end-of-life care.'

Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases.

28/08/2025

Revised edition just released! 'Within These Walls' by award-winning author Robyn Bavati
‘Live, Miri. Don’t let the N***s wipe out our entire family, our entire people … Don’t think of anything but survival … Promise me, Miri. Promise me you’ll try to survive.’
I nodded slowly. And promised.

Miri’s happy life is interrupted when the Jew-hating Germans march into Warsaw. Soon, she and her family must move to the ghetto. She hopes that now they will be left alone, but what the N***s have planned is far worse than she could have ever imagined.
Based on true events, 'Within These Walls' gives a realistic account of what it was like to be a Jewish child in Warsaw during the Holocaust. Written for teenage readers, with Teachers' Notes available.

25/08/2025

'Revolting residents: Elders unite in "Chalk and Cheese"'– Does it take an odd couple to write about an odd couple? Read Phil Brown's review
https://www.indailyqld.com.au/inreview/books-poetry/2025/08/26/revolting-residents-elders-unite-in-chalk-and-cheese

29/07/2025

For those in Brisbane, you're invited to the launch of 'Chalk and Cheese'! https://avidreader.com.au/pages/12510-ChalkCheese-RossFitzgeraldIanMcFadyen

28/07/2025

Now out!
'PRISONS: The Good, the Bad, the Mad and the Sad' by John Van Groningen
A fascinating memoir of a former sociologist/criminologist in the United States and Australia. Rather than a chronological memoir, this book provides anecdotes and accounts, often serious, sometimes funny, about life in the prison system. It includes questions and answers, a photo section and an appendix titled ‘Who is to blame?’.
With a foreword by Jon Faine.
https://www.hybridpublishers.com.au/product/prisons-the-good-the-bad-the-mad-and-the-sad/

25/07/2025

‘… a rare gem – an intricate fabrication that is profoundly human’
– Dr Michael Briody
Ross Fitzgerald and Ian McFadyen's powerful new fiction, 'Chalk and Cheese', is a tale of two 80-year-old former radio stars, Bill and Ben, who hate each other, but who end up in the same nursing home.
This revealing novel explores elder issues and shows how (with the aid of their grandchildren), Bill and Ben join together to protect and enhance the lives and circumstances of the elderly.
Even though 'Chalk and Cheese' can be seen as a wry comedy using clear-eyed satire, it is also a compelling story which challenges our views on life in nursing homes and how the elderly are treated.
https://www.hybridpublishers.com.au/product/chalk-and-cheese-a-fabrication-by-ross-fitzgerald-and-ian-mcfadyen/