citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message allen & unwin founded 1914 british arm 1976 australia founder stanley unwin country of origin australia headquarters location crows nest new south wales publication types books official website allenandunwin.com allen & unwin is an australian independent publishing company established in australia in 1976 as a subsidiary of the british firm george allen & unwin ltd. which was founded by sir stanley unwin in august 1914 and went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century . contents 1 george allen & unwin in the uk 2 allen & unwin in australia 3 legal case 4 references and sources 5 external links george allen & unwin in the uk edit george allen and sons was established in 1871 by george allen with the backing of john ruskin 1 becoming george allen and unwin in 1914 as a result of stanley unwin s purchase of a controlling interest . unwin s son rayner s. unwin and nephew philip helped run the company which published the works of bertrand russell arthur waley roald dahl and thor heyerdal . it became well known as j. r. r. tolkien s publisher some time after publishing the popular children s fantasy novel the hobbit in 1937 and its high fantasy sequel the lord of the rings novel in 1954 1955 . rayner unwin retired at the end of 1985 and the firm was amalgamated in 1986 with bell & hyman to form unwin hyman limited . robin hyman became chief executive of the combined unwin hyman . from this time allen & unwin was an australia based child company of unwin hyman . rayner unwin returned for a while as part time chairman of unwin hyman retiring again at the end of 1988 . it was over the objections of largest shareholder unwin that hyman sold the firm to harpercollins . 2 harpercollins has since sold unwin hyman s academic book list to routledge . allen & unwin in australia edit allen & unwin australia pty ltd became independent in july 1990 by means of a management buy out when the uk firm was bought by harpercollins . now known simply as allen & unwin the company went on to become the most successful independent in australia and currently publishes up to 250 new titles a year . allen & unwin publishes across a broad range of areas including literary and commercial fiction popular and serious non fiction including biography memoir history true crime politics current affairs and travel academic and professional children s books and books for teenagers . amongst the many authors published by allen & unwin are alex miller christos tsiolkas garth nix jodi picoult kate morton michael connelly thomas keneally peter corris paul keating stephanie dowrick and christopher hitchens . allen & unwin is also co sponsor and publisher of the annual australian vogel literary award . the allen & unwin head office is in sydney and the company also publishes out of offices in melbourne auckland and london . allen & unwin also represents a number of leading independent british publishers in the australian and new zealand markets . these include bloomsbury faber & faber profile books and serpent s tail atlantic and corvus granta and portobello canongate nicholas brealey icon and nosy crow . allen & unwin distributes the harry potter series of books in australia and new zealand under the bloomsbury imprint . since the inaugural award in 1992 allen & unwin has been voted publisher of the year twelve times including in 2013 . the founder and chairman of allen & unwin is patrick gallagher the ceo is robert gorman and the publishing director is sue hines . 3 legal case edit in 2012 legal actions were initiated against allen & unwin regarding a book authored by fairfax media journalist eamonn duff . in the first case the judge awarded 50 000 damages for breach of copyright in the unauthorised use of family photographs . 4 defamation cases followed and in august 2014 two family members were awarded 325 000 in damages . 5 references and sources edit references lee sidney ed . 1912 . allen george . dictionary of national biography 1912 supplement . 12 . london smith elder & co. smith anthony 2000 11 27 . rayner unwin . london guardian . retrieved 2010 06 12 . about a & u allen & unwin australia . allenandunwin.com . retrieved 2016 02 17 . schapelle corby s family win first legal fight against publisher allen & unwin . the australian . retrieved 2016 02 17 . schapelle corby s siblings awarded more than 300 000 in compensation for defamation . dailymail.co.uk . 2014 08 30 . retrieved 2016 02 17 . sources records of george allen & unwin ltd . university of reading . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to allen & unwin . official website authority control gnd 7701946 5 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title allen % 26 unwin & oldid 735784657 categories allen 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