Strong Girl Publishing

Strong Girl Publishing Athletically-oriented books for middle grade & young adult girls, written by young women athletes.

We make athletically-oriented books + content for middle grade and young adult girls, written by young women athletes. Strong Girl Publishing was founded by Molly Hurford, author of the Shred Girls, a series for girls who want to have fun on two wheels! You being here is awesome, because it means you’re ready to get rad on a bike, find another sport that fits your passions, or maybe just read a book to get a taste for what sport can do for you.

A while ago, I sat down with Justine Browne, who was instrumental in growing TOGETHXR , and she said something that stuc...
08/28/2026

A while ago, I sat down with Justine Browne, who was instrumental in growing TOGETHXR , and she said something that stuck with me: we don’t bring people to sport with stats or plays or performance metrics. We bring them with stories. It’s what we’ve been doing and what so many amazing orgs and media companies are doing in women’s sport and it’s amazing to see, whether it’s fiction for young girls or an inspiring memoir or simply a better way to talk about our sports. What is your first memory of women’s sports? 👇

We love to see it! Back to school is coming fast and that means it’s time for sport tryouts… but who is actually invited...
08/25/2026

We love to see it! Back to school is coming fast and that means it’s time for sport tryouts… but who is actually invited to participate and who is (perhaps unintentionally) not brought onto the field? We explore that in our new graphic novel, Why Can’t They Play?, which is out in just 2 weeks!! Preorder now 😁

08/24/2026

Learn why Laura Powers of Higher Function Women’s Health created the INNER POWER online course with us to provide young female athletes with the information, tools and resources they need to better understand their pelvic health, catch issues before they become problems, and advocate for themselves as athletes! The course is live now at stronggirlpublishing.com/inner-power and is ideal for athletes 14+ as well as caregivers, coaches and health educators!

Ellen Rose Noble and I have been collaborating for a long, long time. From team management and working on her first webs...
08/21/2026

Ellen Rose Noble and I have been collaborating for a long, long time. From team management and working on her first website and blog to running her camps to just being friends and huge supporters of each other, it’s been a very long friendship. So when she wanted to get back to her blogging roots and share about her journey with an autoimmune disease as a pro racer and wanted a little boost, it was a heck yeah moment for me because her story can change the lives for so many young women (and people of any age, really) who are trying to navigate an illness without giving up what they love to do. Head over to her substack and get subscribed—some great stuff on there now and more coming all the time!!

DIY has always been a huge part of my ethos at Strong Girl Publishing. Every step has been something I’ve had to figure ...
08/18/2026

DIY has always been a huge part of my ethos at Strong Girl Publishing. Every step has been something I’ve had to figure out on my own and admittedly, it’s not always satisfying. A lot of it (like laying out a book and learning about paper weight and trim sizes and new software and metadata) isn’t exactly fun. But creating new ways to showcase our authors and their amazing works, from screenprinting and making vinyl decals and building shelves and refurbing a gumball machine to dispense stickers, all to make learning about our books easier and more interactive? Okay… that part is fun. And we have a ton of events in September and October! Find us at…
Quest Art School + Gallery this Friday
Collingwood Off Road Running - CORR season finale at Osler
MTB Provincials with Durham Shredders
Feisty | Women’s Sports + Performance Feisty Fest in PA
CX season at all the Ontario Cups!

I was so sad when I saw this stat about the decline in reading for fun, since that’s pretty much my entire life (or was ...
08/14/2026

I was so sad when I saw this stat about the decline in reading for fun, since that’s pretty much my entire life (or was before I found biking and running and now it’s all 3!) But … it is part of why I started Strong Girl Publishing: to give girls who already love sport a reason to read!!

Here’s the thing: we want to get girls into sport, but we also need to give them tools that keep them in sport! Enter th...
08/11/2026

Here’s the thing: we want to get girls into sport, but we also need to give them tools that keep them in sport! Enter the Inner Power course. Inner Power is a physiotherapy-led online course designed specifically for young female athletes. Created and taught by Laura Powers, a physiotherapist and former varsity volleyball player with advanced training in pelvic health. This course gives athletes the knowledge and tools to understand what’s happening in their bodies, and what to do about it.

The course will be available starting August 15, 2026, and preorders are open now.

Your annual reminder that visibility is really important but so is cold hard cash! (Hence why part of our mission is hel...
07/31/2026

Your annual reminder that visibility is really important but so is cold hard cash! (Hence why part of our mission is helping athletes become authors and develop new income streams… and buying their books supports their goals.)

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