Books - the test of time.
THE HARD WORD is happy to discuss corporate book authoring projects, fiction and non-fiction writing courses and the publishing of select works.
From client-commissioned business books and biographies to historical fiction novels, books produced by writers from THE HARD WORD have been published in numerous territories, including the USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Canada.
Jenny Bond (JennyBondBooks.com) has released two novels in Australia, New Zealand and Europe, via publishing giant Hachette, six novels via The Hard Word Publishing, and two non-fiction titles. She is currently in the closing stages of her next two works of fiction, and runs powerfully practical courses for those whose dream is to become an author.
Chris Sheedy has released three non-fiction titles via Random House and Hachette. The most recent, released internationally, is Unlocking The Emperor’s Door: Success, Tradition and Innovation in China - which involved nine one-month trips to China across 18 months, on a commission from Chinese billionaire Li Jinyuan.
Books by writers from THE HARD WORD
Unlocking The Emperor’s Door
Corporate and business author Chris Sheedy accepted a commission to produce a book for Western business people about doing better business in China. It involved spending nine months embedded in a Chinese corporation, eating at the table of its billionaire founder Li Jinyuan, and interviewing a series of China and Chinese experts, academics, entrepreneurs and people on the street.
The President’s Lunch
This epic novel tells a compelling story of politics and power, love and loss, in one of the most exciting and cataclysmic periods of history.
Who The Hell Is Pansy O’Hara?
Authored by professional writers Chris Sheedy and Jenny Bond, this book does what it says on the cover - telling the stories of the inspirations behind 50 of the world’s best-loved books, from Carrie to Crime and Punishment.
Perfect North
Jenny Bond’s first novel inspired a two-book deal from publisher Hachette.
Perfect North is a work of historical fiction, based around a balloon expedition to the North Pole in the late 1800s, and a reporter who embarks on his own journey to find the woman one of the adventurers loved. However, she doesn’t want to be found.
100 Great Icons
A study of pop culture and marketing savvy as much as a tale of the obsessive drive of entrepreneurs, 100 Great Icons tells the powerful stories of the inspiration and development of 100 of the world’s best known and most loved products and brands.