Book Publishers in United Kingdom

404 Ink

404 Ink is the award-winning alternative publisher of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, founded in 2016 by publishing freelancers Heather McDaid and Laura Jones with a view that publishing could be a little louder and a little more fun.

Edinburgh, Scotland   UK

Abaddon Books

Abaddon Books is a British publishing imprint, founded in 2006. It is part of the Rebellion group of companies. Abaddon publishes "shared-world" novels set in a number of narrative settings, with two or more authors writing in each series.

Oxford, England   UK

Acair Ltd

Acair Ltd was established in 1976 to provide Gaelic language materials for the ground breaking bi-lingual education project in the Western Isles. Over 30 years later and we are still one of the biggest publishers of Gaelic language books from children's, fiction, educational to historical, we have published a huge variety of books. We also publish books in English, bi-lingual and Scots.

Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland   UK

ACC Art Books

World renowned publisher and distributor of definitive books on antiques, fashion, gardening, design and art.

Woodbridge, Suffolk, England   UK

Accent Press

Accent Press is an award-winning independent publisher founded in 2003 by Hazel Cushion. The company has won numerous awards and been shortlisted for IPG Independent Publisher of the Year. Based north of Cardiff, Accent publishes a wide range of commercial fiction, non-fiction and YA.

Cardiff, Wales   UK

Ailsapress

Established in 2007, AILSAPRESS is a small independent publisher based on the Isle of Islay. Our aim is to produce art-led books for the gift and children’s market that will reflect indigenous island life and offer a memento to visitors who come to the island. Ailsapress has recently entered the Canadian market with art-led stories about Canadian painters Tom Thomson (published 2018) and Emily Carr (2021). Ailsapress welcomes ideas for new books from authors, photographers and/or illustrators whose work is high-quality and whose imagery reflects island life.

Isle of Islay, Scotland   UK

AKS Books

Small publisher of female-dominant literature.

Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, England   UK

Allison and Busby

Independent Publishers Since 1967 - publishing an array of books, from crime and thrillers to literary, historical and women's fiction, to fantasy, memoirs, and books on popular culture.

London, England   UK

Alma Books

Alma Books was set up in October 2005 by Alessandro Gallenzi and Elisabetta Minervini, the founders of Hesperus Press. Following its takeover of the Oneworld Classics list in February 2012, it now publishes around seventy new titles a year, mainly in the field of contemporary literary fiction and classics.

Richmond, England   UK

And Other Stories

And Other Stories is a literary publishing house that works on the principle that great new books will be heard about and read thanks to the combined intelligence of a number of people: editors, readers, translators, critics, literary promoters and academics.

Bucks, England   UK

Andersen Press

Andersen Press is a specialist children's publisher. We publish picture books, for which the required text would be approximately 500 words (maximum 1000), juvenile fiction for which the text would be approximately 3-5000 words and older fiction up to 75,000 words.

London, England   UK

Angry Robot

Angry Robot is a global imprint dedicated to the best in modern adult science fiction, fantasy and everything inbetween. Our book line launched in July 2009, with physical books across a wide variety of formats, e-books as standard, and with all frontlist titles as audiobooks from October 2011.

Nottingham, England   UK

Arc Publications

Arc publishes contemporary poetry from new and established writers from the UK and abroad, specialising in the work of international poets writing in English and the work of overseas poets in translation. Arc also has a music imprint, Arc Music, for the publication of books about music and musicians.

Todmorden, England   UK

Autumn Publishing

Autumn Publishing, a mass market publisher, focuses on young readers producing educational ranges, licensed titles and mass market board books, as well as colour and activity books.

Surrey, England   UK

b small publishing limited

We are a children's publishing business that creates and publishes non-fiction children's books in the UK and sells the rights to these books to countries around the world.

London, England   UK

BHP Comics

BHP Comics is an independent publisher based in Scotland, producing a variety of comics, graphic novels and art books that cover a wide range of topics and themes. We aim to engage, provoke, inspire and inform with the works we publish. We also produce comic book events across the country including workshops, talks, exhibitions as well as the critically acclaimed and popular comic book festival – Glasgow Comic Con.

Glasgow, Scotland   UK

Bitmap Books

Founded by graphic designer Sam Dyer, Bitmap Books is an award-winning independent publisher of retro gaming books. The company aims to celebrate the software, hardware, developers, and code shops that laid down the foundations for the billion-dollar industry we know and love today.

Bath,   UK

Black and White Publishing

Since 1999 Black and White Publishing has produced a wide range of titles with over 300 now in print, including 30 in the award-winning Itchy Coo imprint of children’s books in the Scots language, the B&W classics list and the Broons and Oor Wullie books. We publish an extensive range of titles including general non-fiction, biography, sport, cookery and humour, fiction, YA (Ink Road imprint) and children’s books.

Edinburgh, Scotland   UK

Black Shuck Books

Launched in 2015 by editor Steve J Shaw, Black Shuck Books is an independent publisher of horror fiction based in the depths of the Kent countryside. Whether novels, novellas, collections or anthologies, Black Shuck is committed to producing and publishing the best in modern and classic horror. Black Shuck Books is home to the Great British Horror series of anthologies, along with multiple titles by both established writers and new voices.

Canterbury, Kent   UK

Blink Publishing

An adult non-fiction imprint launched in 2014, Blink Publishing produces a range of official, authorised, high profile books for the commercial market, as well as a range of companion apps. In Autumn 2015 Blink will introduce a new list focusing on narrative non-fiction.

London , England   UK

Bombadil Publishing

Bombadil Publishing is a new world of publishing where young people write for young people! Our world is all about commitment, passion and drive; dreams, stories and passions. It is about expressing and sharing ideas and stories with others, creating, publishing, marketing and selling the perfect books for young people by young people between the ages of 12 and 26. We accept all genres.

Dornie, Scotland   UK

BookLife Publishing Ltd

We're an independent children's book publishing based in King's Lynn, Norfolk. We are passionate about producing the best educational and entertaining books for children.

Norfolk, England   UK

Bookouture

Bookouture is a digital imprint offering BIG publisher expertise, small publisher flexibility and great royalties. We publish brilliant books. We build author brands. We create smart, effective marketing plans.

Ickenham, England   UK

British Museum Press

Publishers of award-winning illustrated books on art, history, archaeology, world cultures and more.

London , England   UK

Buster Books

Buster Books is the children's imprint of independent publisher Michael O'Mara Books. Our books include informative but fun non-fiction for older children, such as the bestselling Thirty Days Has September, international hits including The Boy' Book series and The Girls' Book series, innovative activity titles and our hugely successful range of doodle books

London, England   UK

Caffeine Nights Publishing

Formed in 2007, Caffeine Nights Publishing uses POD and other digital platforms to deliver content including traditional paper, eBook and mobile phone publishing. Caffeine Nights Publishing specialises in publishing contemporary and crime fiction.

Kent, England   UK

Cahill David Publishing

Digital and print-on-demand independent publisher of books by UK-based authors.

Reading, Berkshire, England   UK

Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press dates from 1534 and is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge, England   UK

Canelo

We are an innovative new publisher, dedicated to finding the most exciting books and publishing them to the highest standard. Our ebooks cover everything from action thrillers to sagas, crime to zombie horror to intense psychological drama.

Buckinghamshire, England   UK

Capall Bann Publishing

Capall Bann, established in 1993, is a family owned and run company. We have over 300 Mind Body Spirit books covering a wide variety of topics.

Milverton, Somerset, England   UK

Carcanet Press

Now in its fifth decade, Carcanet publishes the most comprehensive and diverse list available of modern and classic poetry in English and in translation, as well as a range of inventive fiction, Lives and Letters and literary criticism.

Manchester, England   UK

Carnegie Publishing

Independent publisher of non-fiction history for general audiences. Titles span everything from local history, haunted history and true crime, to food and recipes.

Lancashire, England   UK

Casemate

The US publishing arm of Casemate is one of the leading publishers in the fields of military history, defense studies, and military science worldwide. In the spring of 2015 Casemate UK launched its own imprint focusing on British and European military history. Complementing the Group's well established US publishing output, the imprint's first books have included a ground-breaking study of the Battle of Britain, a fresh and original look at the role of the Dutch and the Belgians at Waterloo, and a thrilling account of one of the greatest gold snatches in history during the German invasion of Norway.

Oxford, England   UK

Centrinian Publishing

Centrinian is a small independent publishing house founded in London on August 5, 2011. Our company publishes a broad range of quality fiction and non-fiction works.

London, England   UK

Charco Press

Charco Press focuses on finding outstanding contemporary Latin American literature and bringing it to new readers in the English-speaking world. We aim to act as a cultural and linguistic bridge for you to be able to access a brand new world of fiction that has, until now, been missing from your reading list.

Edinburgh, Scotland   UK

Child's Play

Child's Play is an independent publisher, specialising in whole child development, focused play, life skills and values.

Wiltshire, England   UK

Christian Books Today

Publishers of Christian fiction and non-fiction. Looking for 'clean' Christian genre fiction in particular.

Buckshaw Village Chorley, Lancashire, England   UK

Christian Focus Publications

Christian Focus Publications is a conservative, evangelical publishing house. We come from a non-denominational reformed background and although we do not insist that all our authors call themselves reformed, we would not consider publishing anything that would be a polemic against the reformed faith. We are committed to the historic foundations of the faith, the inerrancy of Scripture in its original manuscripts, the deity of Christ, His uniqueness as a means of salvation and the existence of hell.

Ross-shire, Scotland   UK

Claret Press

Claret Press is an indie boutique publishing house offering close collaboration with our staff and old-fashioned values of quality writing. Claret Press selects on the basis of quality and readability in the belief that those criteria create modern classics. We are fond of quirky, tilt to YA cross-over, and are flexible about genre.

London, England   UK

Colourpoint Books

Colourpoint Books is one of Ireland's leading publishers publishing across a spectrum of subjects from Northern Ireland, Irish and general interest books covering historical, social, political, biographical and topical interests, to the long standing field of transport history and heritage. We take pride in our content and production quality and have a highly respected reputation in UK and Ireland transport publishing.

Newtownards, Northern Ireland   UK

Comma Press

Comma's Mission is to put the short story at the heart of contemporary narrative culture. Through innovative commissions, collaborations and digital initiatives, we will explore the power of the short story to transcend cultural and disciplinary boundaries, and to enable greater understanding across these boundaries.

Manchester, England   UK

Constable & Robinson

Independent publishers of non fiction and fiction books, novels and ebooks including bestsellers and award winners. Our fiction books include crime fiction from C&R Crime, the award-winning Corsair and Canvas fiction imprints, and the best in science fiction, horror fiction, fantasy fiction and erotic fiction from Mammoth books. Our non fiction books include biography and memoir, current affairs books, history books, humour and gift books, the respected Overcoming series of self help books and How To and Right Way reference books on a multitude of subjects. In 2014, Constable & Robinson was acquired by Little, Brown Book Group.

London, England   UK

CP Press

CP Press publishes automotive, railway, anthropology, military and travel and exploration books

Essex, England   UK

Crecy Publishing

Europe's premier military & transport history publisher whose imprints include Hikoki, Goodall & Flight Recorder. With over 200 tiles in our range Crecy Publishing has a growing reputation as one of the premier Aviation, Naval and Transport publishing companies in Europe. Amongst our writers are some of the best known names in military and transport history (including at least three Victoria Cross holders) as well as many other well-known and respected historians and authors.

Manchester, England   UK

Crescent Moon Publishing

Crescent Moon Publishing aims to publish the best in contemporary books on literature, media, poetry, cinema, feminism, painting, sculpture and the arts

Kent, England   UK

Crown House Publishing

Independent award winning publisher of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), hypnosis, counselling and psychotherapy, personal, business, sport and life coaching, education, teacher training materials, accelerated learning, thinking skills and personalising learning.

Carmarthen, Wales   UK

Curious Fox

The bold fiction imprint for children - publishing books that will open up a new world of reading. Where will your curiosity take you?

Basingstoke Hants, England   UK

Curly Tale Books

Curly Tale Books is a family run, independent publishing company specialising in children’s books.

Kirkcowan, Widgtownshire, Scotland   UK

Daedalus Books

Independent Publisher of Contemporary English language fiction, translated European fiction, European classics.

Cambs, England   UK

Dance Books Ltd

Dance Books is the UK's only company devoted solely to the publishing of books and related materials on dance and human movement. We publish nearly 200 items and sell by mail order and through booksellers throughout the world.

Hampshire, England   UK

David Fickling Books

For nearly twelve years DFB was run as an imprint -- first as part of Scholastic, then of Random House. Since 2013 we've set up as an independent business - joining our separate but sister company, which publishes the new children's comic The Phoenix, to form a DFB Storyhouse.

Oxford, England   UK

Dead Ink

Dead Ink is a small, ambitious and experimental literary publisher based in Liverpool. Our books have three times made the shortlist for The Saboteur Awards, the longlists for both The Guardian's First Book Award and Not the Booker Prize, and the longlist for the Edge Hill Short Story Award.

Liverpool, England   UK

Dunedin Academic Press

While DAP's list reflects our base in Scotland, home to some of the world's top universities, it contains authors and subjects from across the international academic world - our horizons are far broader than our immediate Scottish environment. Our representatives and distributors carry and sell our books throughout the world. DAP publishes, in the main at levels from first year undergraduate to postgraduate and research levels.

Edinburgh, Scotland   UK

Edward Elgar Publishing

Edward Elgar Publishing is a leading international academic and professional publisher with a strong focus on the social sciences and legal fields. We publish 350 titles annually and have successfully created a prestigious list of over 5,500 titles.

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England   UK

Endeavour Press Ltd

Endeavour Press is the UK'™s leading independent digital publisher. We have had a great deal of success in bringing out, promoting and selling ebook editions of works by new authors as well as bringing out ebook editions of out of print books. A number of our books have reached the Top 50 in the Amazon Kindle chart and #1 in their respective charts.

London, England   UK

Faber & Faber

Founded in 1929 by Geoffrey Faber, Faber and Faber remains one of the UK's leading independent publishing houses. Faber publishes fiction, non-fiction, and children's books alongside its garlanded lists of poetry, drama, music and film.

London, England   UK

Fahrenheit Press

Fahrenheit Press are independent publishers specialising in Crime Fiction. We publish around 50 new books per year. All of our books are published in both eBook and paperback formats. We publish both new and established authors and have an open submissions policy to give new writing talent the opportunity to get their work seen.

London, England   UK

Fat Fox Books

Fat Fox is a new independent publishing company. We published our first beautifully written and gorgeously illustrated children's picture books and fiction in 2014 and our growing list just keeps getting better.

Tonbridge, Kent, England   UK

Findhorn Press

Findhorn Press is an independent publishing house in northeast Scotland which offers books, sets of cards, cds and dvds that cover a wide range of 'mind-body-spirit' topics such as nature, spirituality, alternative health (for both people and for animals), self-help, etc. We publish under 3 different 'imprints': Findhorn, Camino Guides (which focuses on guidebooks for pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela) and Earthdancer (holistic, mostly crystal, healing, and the nature/angelic kingdoms).

Forres , Scotland   UK

Fitzcarraldo Editions

Fitzcarraldo Editions is an independent publisher specialising in contemporary fiction and long-form essays.

London, England   UK

Flame Tree Publishing

With a wide range of authors, editors and writers, from Vladimir Ashkenazy, Steve Hackett, John Howe, Sir George Martin, Brian May, Paul du Noyer, Paco Peña, Stanley Sadie we strive to make illustrated projects that are affordable, useful and beautiful. Alongside our print titles, our exceptional range of practical cookbooks, music, popular culture and lifestyle books are increasingly available in digital formats. We believe that well-judged, considered content should be curated into the many different formats that our readers demand. And, we’re launching a new Trade list, FLAME TREE PRESS, for SF, Fantasy, Crime and Horror fiction, with biographies on art and music.

London, England   UK

Fledgling Press

Fledgling Press is an independent publisher in Edinburgh. We are commited to publishing work by debut authors, emerging talent and new voices in the literary world. Emphasis on Scottish authors but not exclusively.

Edinburgh, Scotland   UK

Floris Books

At Floris Books, we see the world a little differently. Our adult non-fiction books cover all aspects of holistic and alternative living, including holistic health, organics and the environment, holistic education, mind body spirit, child health and development, self-help, religion and spirituality, and community living. We're also the largest children's book publisher in Scotland, producing international picture books, activity books and the Kelpies and Picture Kelpies ranges of Scottish children's books.

Edinburgh, Scotland   UK

Galley Beggar Press

Galley beggar Press is a publishing company based in Norwich co-founded and directed by Eloise Millar and Sam Jordison.We publish adult literary fiction and narrative non-fiction.

Norwich, Norfolk, England   UK

Ghost Orchid Press

Established in January 2021, Ghost Orchid Press is an independent publisher of horror, Gothic, and supernatural fiction based in Cambridgeshire, UK. We are dedicated to championing new and emerging authors in these increasingly popular, versatile genres.

Cambridge, England   UK

Gomer Press

Gomer Press is a printing and publishing company based in Llandysul, west Wales. The company was first established in 1892 and is owned by the same family to this day. Jonathan Lewis, the great grandson of the company's founder, is the current managing director. Gomer Press today is both a thriving printing company and the largest publishing house in Wales. Every year, we publish over 120 titles, specializing in books which have a distinctive Welsh identity.

Ceredigion, Wales   UK

Graffeg

Indie publisher based in south Wales specialising in beautiful, high quality illustrated books, children's books & stationery.

Llangennech, Llanelli, Wales   UK

Harriman House

Harriman House is one of the UK's leading independent publishers of finance, trading and investment books. Their catalogue covers a wide range of subjects from personal finance, small business and economics, through to stock market investing, trading and professional guides. They produce high quality, targeted titles written by leading authors, journalists and experts. They are also the founder of Volow (https://volow.co) - a browser-base eReader designed to make reading financial and business books simple.

Hampshire, England   UK

HAU Books

Hau Books is the book publishing wing of the Society for Ethnographic Theory. Hau Books, founded in 2015 by Giovanni da Col, is committed to publishing the most distinguished texts in classic and advanced anthropological theory. The titles aim to situate ethnography as the prime heuristic of anthropology and return it to the forefront of conceptual developments in the discipline.

London, England   UK

Haus Publishing

At Haus we publish biography, history, politics, current affairs, memoir, art, photography and fiction. We publish travel writing under the Armchair Traveller imprint. We do not publish autobiography, poetry, fiction for children or fiction for young adults.

London, England   UK

Haynes Publishing

Haynes is the creator of the world-famous Owner’s Workshop Manual, and in addition publishes an extensive range of books on motorsport, military, aviation, maritime and railway subjects, plus books covering history, food, computing, health, sport and DIY.

Somerset, England   UK

Head of Zeus

Head of Zeus opened for business on 3 January 2012 and we published our first books in July 2012. Our list is a mix of general and literary fiction, genre fiction and non fiction. We are also the UK and Commonwealth distributors for MysteriousPress.com, one of the world's largest digital crime fiction lists.

London, England   UK

Hodder & Stoughton

Hodder & Stoughton is a major publisher within Hachette UK, one of the UK'™s biggest publishing groups. We publish a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles and are renowned for passion, quality and delivering bestselling commercial books in many different formats.

London, England   UK

Honno Welsh Women's Press

Honno is an independent co-operative press run by women and committed to bringing you the best in Welsh women's writing. It was established in 1986 by a determined group of volunteers who wanted to increase the opportunities for Welsh women in publishing and bring Welsh women's literature to a wider public. They asked the people of Wales to show their support for the new enterprise by becoming shareholders in the cooperative and in the first six months more than 400 people bought shares. Honno continues to be supported by hundreds of individual shareholders who believe in its work. True to its roots the press still only publishes work by women of Wales. Most of Honno's titles are novels, autobiographies and short story anthologies in English as well as Classics in both Welsh and English. We have in the past also published poetry, children's and teenage titles and books in both Welsh and English.

Ceredigion , Wales   UK

Horrified Press

Horrified Press is on a mission to horrify and astound you with a range of top anthologies, novels and collections from the world's leading authors. We aim to create some of the most inventive and exciting titles within the indie scene today, by discovering new talent and by exploring popular and untried themes from exciting new angles. Blood drips from every psychotically deranged page in our back catalogue of quality titles (over 150 editions to date) that will raise Hell and vanquish the undead in as many phrases. We are Horrified Press, and if you love horror as much as we do then you have found your new haunt.

London, England   UK

Hot Key Books

Based in London Hot Key Books publishes a diverse mix of young adult fiction for ages 9-19. Including debut and established authors, in a range of genres, from sci-fi to historical romance.

London, England   UK

Igloo Books

Specialising in both adult and children's books for the mass market, Igloo books are a Top 10 UK children's publisher in their own right. IglooBooks has relationships with customers in over 60 countries and, at last count, 37 languages.

Northamptonshire, England   UK

Imagine That

Imagine That is a leading independent children's publisher that inspires children to read, learn, play and create, with a best-selling catalogue of activity, novelty, picture books and chapter fiction. Home to Imagine That, Top That and Willow Tree.

Woodbridge, Suffolk, England   UK

Influx Press

Influx Press publish stories from the margins of culture, specific geographical spaces and sites of resistance that remain under explored in mainstream literature.

London, England   UK

Irwell Press

We distribute a wide range of high quality railway books, from those covering the main lines of Britains railway network to highly detailed locomotive histories. We have a growing list of industrial railway books and a popular series of colour books which have recently been expanded to include buses. In addition to our range of railway books we also publish two railway magazines, British Railways Illustrated and Railway Bylines.

Bedfordshire, England   UK

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

We publish books for professional and general readers in a range of subjects. We are well known for our long established lists on the autism spectrum, on social work, and on the arts therapies. More recently we have published extensively in the fields of mental health, counseling, palliative care, and practical theology.

London, England   UK

John Murray Press

John Murray is a British publisher, known for the authors it has published in its history, including Jane Austen, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lord Byron, Charles Lyell, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Herman Melville, Edward Whymper, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, and Charles Darwin. It was acquired by Hachette (Lagardere) in 2004. The company publishes literary fiction, narrative non-fiction, science, history, biography, memoir, travel and nature writing that is entertaining, absorbing, surprising and prize-winning.

London, England   UK

Kates Hill Press

The Kates Hill Press is an independent small press dedicated to producing short runs of fiction, social history, and poetry by west midlands writers or with a west midlands theme.

West Midlands, England   UK

Kogan Page

Kogan Page is the leading independent global publisher of specialist business books and content with over 900 titles in print. Founded in 1967, our award-winning work offers solutions for professional practice and academic achievement in both print and digital form. Our author experts come from the most prestigious academic institutions, international commercial organisations and professional associations - they deliver high-level, accessible, professional content to our readers in our key subject areas: Finance, Risk, Information Management, Marketing, Branding, Human Resources, Coaching, Logistics, Supply Chain, Entrepreneurship and Careers.

London, England   UK

Korero Press

Korero Press is a London-based publisher. At the heart of everything we do is a love of lowbrow and kustom kulture. Our list is mainly made up of pop culture, street art, erotica and horror titles. We've published books by such renowned contemporary artists as Ron English, Patrick J. Jones and Derek Yaniger.

London, England   UK

Kube Publishing

Kube is an independent publishing house that publishes general interest, academic and children's books on Islam and the Muslim experience. Inspired by our Islamic faith, Kube is committed to serving Muslim communities worldwide by publishing innovative, relevant and authentic books. In today's ever changing world, Kube seeks to enable Muslim spiritual, cultural, intellectual and creative expression in ways that are engaged and exciting, traditional and modern.

Leicestershire, England   UK

Kyle Books

Kyle Books is an independent publisher of high quality cooking, health, lifestyle, and gardening titles.

London, England   UK

Ladybird Books

At Ladybird, we use stories to unlock the magic in everyday moments. Bath time, meal time or bed time - all are made better by stories! They transform daily routines into big adventures full of unforgettable characters, exploration and play. We call these moments 'Ladybird Time' and we believe mini eyes and minds should enjoy as much of it as possible. Even better, little ones are learning as they go. From first reads to fairy-tale classics, Ladybird safely guides children from one stage to the next - sparking lots of smiles along the way.

London, England   UK

Laurence King Publishers

Established in London in 1991, Laurence King Publishing is now recognised as one of the world's leading publishers of books on the creative arts.

London, England   UK

Linen Press

Publishing fine writing for women, by women, Linen Press is the only indie feminist press in the UK. While the bigger companies have become cautious, restricting their choices to crowd pleasers, Linen Press continues to publish books which are diverse, challenging, and surprising. The collective background of our writers is a multi-coloured patchwork of cultures, ages and writing styles.

London, England   UK

Little Island Press

Little Island Press is an independent publisher of fiction, poetry and essays. Founded in 2016, it publishes innovative, intellectually ambitious writing in elegant editions designed by the award-winning design studio typographic research unit.

Stroud, England   UK

Little Tiger Press

For thirty years, Little Tiger has been discovering and nurturing exceptional writing and illustrating talent with whom we create humorous, touching and imaginative picture books which provide a satisfying reading experience for child and parent alike.

London, England   UK

Luna Press Publishing

Luna Press Publishing is an award-winning independent UK press, founded in 2015 by author Francesca T. Barbini. We deal with Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Dark Fantasy, in both fiction and academia. We are also a proud member of Publishing Scotland.

Edinburgh, Scotland   UK

Manchester University Press

Manchester University Press (MUP) is situated in the heart of one of the most vibrant universities and cities in the UK. Founded in 1903, publishing our first books in 1904, our distinctive brand is known globally for excellent research in the Humanities and Social Sciences from leading names and up-and-coming scholars from around the world. We currently publish over 200 books each year, as well as five journals.

Manchester, England   UK

MediaAria CDM

Specialising in science-fiction, Fan-related Genre and literary fiction, MediaAria CDM is founded on the principle of discovering and nurturing new talent in publishing and the art of storytelling.

London, England   UK

Michael O'Mara Books

Michael O'Mara Books is a small, family-run, privately owned publishing house in the United Kingdom.

London, England   UK

Middleton Press

Middleton Press is an independent publisher of Railway, Tramway, Trolleybus and Military Books. Sole publisher of Rail Times for Great Britain. We have over 500 titles in our growing portfolio. Our main focus is on Railways and we are evolving the ultimate railway encyclopedia.

West Sussex, England   UK

Mortons Books

Publishing quality publications on a range of topics—from railway, military and aviation history to consumer issues, hobbies, crime and politics.

Horncastle, England   UK

Myriad Editions

Myriad Editions is an independent publisher of original literary fiction and graphic novels, and producer of the acclaimed 'state of the world' infographic atlas series.

Brighton, England   UK

NewCon Press

NewCon Press is a multiple award-winning independent publisher specialising in science fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy and horror. Founded in 2006 by author and editor Ian Whates, NewCon Press has established a reputation for quality, working with some of genre fiction's best known names as well as with exciting new voices.

Alconbury Weston, England   UK

Nobrow Press

Nobrow is an independent graphic arts publishing company based in Shoreditch, London. Since its inception Nobrow Ltd. has sought to make great design, ground-breaking art and narrative, luscious production values and environmental consciousness central to its mission.

London, England   UK

Nosy Crow

Nosy Crow is a small, multi-award-winning, independent company. We began publishing child-focused, parent-friendly children's books and apps in January 2011 with the aim of creating books and apps that encourage children to read for pleasure. We're one of the country's fastest-growing publishing companies: we're currently the 16th biggest publisher of children's books in the UK.

London, England   UK

Nyx Publishing

Nyx Publishing is a small indie publisher based in Sheffield, United Kingdom. Our goal is to bring exciting speculative fiction to readers, focussing on under-represented voices while retaining the tropes we all love.

Sheffield, England   UK

Osprey Publishing

An extensive range of military history books from ancient to modern times. Our popular series include Men-at-Arms, Campaign, New Vanguard, Warrior and Aircraft of the Aces.

Oxford , England   UK

Palgrave Macmillan

Palgrave Macmillan is an academic publisher with offices worldwide, serving learning and scholarship in higher education and the professional world. We publish textbooks, journals, monographs, professional, trade and reference works in print and online. Our programme focuses on the Humanities, the Social Sciences and Business.

Basingstoke, Hampshire, England   UK

Pelagic Publishing

Pelagic Publishing is an independent academic publisher of books on wildlife, science and conservation. Founded in 2010, we specialise in books that deliver cutting-edge knowledge, published rapidly in traditional and eBook formats.

Exeter, England   UK

Peter Owen Publishers

Peter Owen is an independent British publisher founded in 1951 continuing the tradition of producing new and interesting writing. Peter Owen sadly died in May 2016, but his legacy lives on in the publishing house that carries his name and his commitment to publishing talented and exciting writers.

London, England   UK

Piccadilly Press

Piccadilly Press was founded in 1983 by Brenda Gardner, and publishes quality, family-friendly stories for young readers, engaging novels for teens and non-fiction books about young people.

London, England   UK

Pinter & Martin Publishers

Pinter & Martin is an independent publishing company specialising in pregnancy, birth, parenting, breastfeeding, yoga and psychology books

London, England   UK

Playdead Press

Playdead Press is an independent UK publishing house that specializes in the publication of new and emerging writers.

Portsmouth, England   UK

Profile Books

Profile Books was founded on April Fool's Day in 1996 by Andrew Franklin and Stephen Brough to publish stimulating non-fiction in a wide range of fields, including history, business, economics, science and biography, with a sprinkling of humour.

London, England   UK

Psychology Press

Psychology Press publishes an impressive portfolio of psychology textbooks, monographs, professional books, tests, and numerous academic journals.

Hove, East Sussex, England   UK

Ransom Publishing

Ransom Publishing is an independent specialist publisher of high quality, inspirational books that will encourage and help both children and young adults to develop their reading skills. Many of Ransom's books are specifically written and designed for struggling and reluctant readers, but we also recognise the growing need for books aimed at young emergent readers. We are proud to be the first publisher to produce easily accessible, high-interest books which have a very low reading level and are genuinely suitable for older teenagers and adults. Our first series of books in this range, Dark Man, won the Educational Resources Book Award in 2006.

Hampshire, England   UK

Reaktion Books

An independent publisher of innovative and beautifully designed non-fiction books, Reaktion publishes around 90 new titles each year, while keeping an outstanding backlist of nearly 1000 titles for readers to explore.

London, England   UK

Red Button Publishing

Red Button Publishing is an independent imprint for fiction, founded in 2012 and run by Karen Ings and Caroline Goldsmith.

London, England   UK

Ringwood Publishing

Ringwood Publishing is a small independent Scottish Publisher, based in Glasgow, dedicated to publishing quality works of Scottish fiction and non-fiction around the key national themes of politics, football, religion, money, sex and crime.

Glasgow, Scotland   UK

Rymour Books

Rymour Books is a small but fast growing publisher of, primarily, titles of Scottish interest. Our books have received excellent reviews, been nominated for awards, and in the short time since Rymour’s formation we have established a growing reputation, attracting grants from, for example, The Doric Board, and working in partnership with the Scottish Poetry Library, The Royal Scottish Geographical Society and others. Rymour Books are committed to supporting new writers and first-time authors and, in this category, we have published works by Spike Munro, Kirsti Wishart and Calum Smith which have been enthusiastically received.

Perth, Scotland   UK

Sandstone Press

Sandstone Press is an independent publisher based in Scotland, with an international outlook. We publish thoughtful, intelligent and emotionally engaging narratives, both fiction and non-fiction, from unique voices, which engage strongly with the contemporary world.

Ross-Shire, Scotland   UK

Sapere Books

Sapere Books are looking to publish the very best stories from exciting new voices and established authors, forging connections between our readers and our authors. With a fair contract for authors and a lot of emphasis placed on excellent editorial support and cutting-edge marketing campaigns, we believe we are a fantastic digital publishing option for authors and readers alike. We are looking for both new submissions and backlist or out-of-print titles in the following genres: Crime Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers Romantic Fiction and Women's Fiction Historical Fiction (including Sagas, Mysteries, Thrillers and Romance) History and Historical Biography

London, England   UK

Saqi Books

Saqi Books is an independent publishing house with an inspiration to release quality general interest and academic books on North Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 1983 in London, Saqi's links with cutting edge and authoritative voices have led to a rigorous reassessment of Arab cultural heritage. We publish a wide range of fields, including history, politics, art, architecture, gender studies and cookery, and release the best in new and classic Arabic literature, including works by Mahmoud Darwish, Adonis, Nawal El Saadawi, Samih al-Qasim, Mohamed Choukri and Algosaibi.

London, England   UK

Saraband

Saraband is a creative independent publisher known for its engaging, well-written and beautifully designed and produced books. With a broad range of fiction, history, arts and environment titles, we at Saraband celebrate extraordinary human achievements, explore important cultural traditions and champion planet Earth and its diverse species. We are also becoming renowned as an innovator in digital publishing.

Glasgow, Scotland   UK

Serafina Press

Based in the Borders seaside town of Eyemouth, Serafina Press aims to produce art-driven children’s picture books. The books have a strong sense of their Scottish location, but are not limited in appeal to the region – they sell around the UK, and abroad. The stories are aimed at children up to eight years, with illustrations on every page

Eyemouth, Scotland   UK

Seren

Seren is an independent literary publisher, specialising in English-language literary fiction and poetry from Wales. Our prize-winning list has something to offer anyone with an interest in excellent writing. Our aim is not simply to reflect what is going on in the culture in which we publish, but to drive that culture forward, to engage with the world, and to bring Welsh literature, art and politics before a wider audience.

Brigend, Wales   UK

Severn House

Severn House publishes a wide range of quality fiction, from Crime & Mystery, to Romance, Historical and Thriller. Home to an impressive list of respected British and American authors, titles from Severn House are guaranteed to entertain, enlighten and occasionally mystify you, right to the last page.

Surrey, England   UK

Sloth Publishing Ltd

Comic book publisher in London bringing you new UK talent and translations of continental graphic novels.

Oxford, England   UK

Tamarind Books

Tamarind Books was founded by Verna Wilkins in 1987 with the mission of redressing the balance of diversity in children's publishing. Over twenty years later, the world has changed but the problem is still very relevant today. And so, Tamarind still exists to put diversity 'in the picture'.

Tamarind is now integrated into Random House Children's Publishers UK, which is part of The Random House Group which is a Penguin Random House Company. Penguin Random House is the world's first truly global trade book publisher. It was formed on July 1, 2013, upon the completion of an agreement between Bertelsmann and Pearson to merge their respective trade publishing companies, Random House and Penguin.

London, England   UK

Tartarus Press

Tartarus is a small, British independent press founded in 1990. We specialise in collectable hardback limited editions of literary supernatural/strange/horror fiction, and we also publish paperbacks and ebooks. We have been the recipient of five World Fantasy Awards (as recently as 2015), and in 2010 received a "Stoker" from the Horror Writers Association.

Leyburn North Yorkshire, England   UK

Taylor & Francis Publishing

Taylor & Francis Group publishes books for all levels of academic study and professional development, across a wide range of subjects and disciplines.

We publish Social Science and Humanities books under the Routledge, Psychology Press and Focal Press imprints. Science, Technology and Medical books are published by CRC Press and Garland Science.

Abingdon, England   UK

Telos Publishing

Telos Publishing is a small, independent, UK-based press established by David J Howe and Stephen James Walker in October 2000. The name comes from that of the fictional planet Telos from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The company’s first publication came in 2001 with a horror anthology based on the television series Urban Gothic. Since being formed, the company has published a wide variety of works, including an acclaimed range of original novellas based on Doctor Who; the Time Hunter novellas series; authoritative guide books on many cult TV and film subjects; and original and reissue fiction in several different genres, including horror, dark fantasy, crime and romance. Starburst magazine called Telos Publishing “perhaps the UK’s best-known independent publishers of Doctor Who books.”

Kent, England   UK

Thames & Hudson

Thames & Hudson, best-known as artbook publishers, also publishes beautifully illustrated books on a wide range of subjects including Design, Fashion, Photography, Archaeology and History.

London, England   UK

The Book Folks

The Book Folks is dedicated to driving the very best fiction forward, offering readers in the literary fiction and crime and thriller genres the very best of contemporary writing.

Herefordshire, England   UK

The Wee Book Company

The Wee Book Company Ltd was founded in 2018 to produce modern Scottish humour and children's fiction with a positive message.

Edinburgh, Scotland   UK

Troy Books

Troy Books is an independent publisher of occult, esoteric and folklore titles. We make our books available in editions to suit all pockets, from quality paperbacks to fine hand-bound editions for the collector.

London, England   UK

UCLan Publishing

UCLan Publishing is an independent, trade children’s publisher based at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston. We are unique in our innovative approach to publishing, combining the best in publishing education with exciting live projects.

Preston, Lancashire, England   UK

University of Exeter Press

University of Exeter Press is one of only a handful of university presses in the UK. UEP is internationally recognised for its excellence in humanities publishing. Over fifty years dedicated to scholarly book publishing has provided it with a wealth of experience from which to continue to expand and develop its activities.

Exeter, England   UK

University of Wales Press

The University of Wales Press publishes English and Welsh-language books in History, Political Philosophy and Religious Studies, Welsh and Celtic Studies, Literary Studies, European Studies, and Medieval Studies. UCP distributes English-language University of Wales Press titles in North and South America.

Cardiff, Wales   UK

Veloce Publishing

Named after the faster Alfa Romeo models, and with a pleasing nod to the manufacturer of Velocette motorcycles, Veloce has a simple philosophy. It is our mission to provide books of the highest quality in terms of content, accuracy, presentation, subject range and reader satisfaction to discerning automotive enthusiasts around the world.

Poundbury, Dorchester, England   UK

Venture Press

Venture Press is an independent ebook publisher of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Our commitment is to rediscover and reinvigorate classic books, giving new life to esteemed novels in the digital age.

London , England   UK

Waverley Books

Waverley publishes Scottish-interest books, and books with Scottish connections. We love history, food and drink, nostalgia and humour, with some fiction.

Glasgow, Scotland   UK

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Established in 1949. Publishers of high quality, prize-winning fiction and non fiction across a range of categories including autobiography, business, cookery, economics, fiction in translation, history, literary fiction and popular science. Acquired by The Orion Publishing Group in 1991.

London, England   UK

Weldon Owen

Weldon Owen creates high-quality illustrated children's non-fiction and family reference books . Weldon Owen publishes titles under the imprints Weldon Owen and Red Lemon Press, and also packages titles for the co-editions market in over 40 countries, and in more than 25 languages.

Dorking, England   UK

Whitelocke Publications

Whitelocke Publications is a dynamic start-up company built on its founder's twenty-year experience in publishing. We specialise in Law, Philosophy, History, Theology, and Cultural Studies. Our strengths lie in the speed with which we respond to authors' queries, the highly-personalised service we offer our authors, and the enthusiasm and determination with which we are set on marketing and selling our authors' books.

Oxford, England   UK

Wrecking Ball Press

Indie publishing house, est. 1997 in Hull. Wrecking Ball Press is always looking for new talent and will happily receive anything from a single poem to a novel.

Hull,   UK

Zed Books

Zed publishes across a wide range of topics, with writers from across the planet featuring in its line up. It is best know for publishing the work of marginalised individuals and groups, many of them originating in the Global South, others from oppressed elements of 'Western' society.

London, England   UK