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. Please note Abaddon Books is a Work For Hire imp...

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 h...

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 ...

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 cl...

Richmond, England   UK

Amber Books

We are an independent illustrated non-fiction publisher based in London, UK and have been in the industry for over 30 years. We publish a growing range of titles under our own Amber Books imprint. ...

London, 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

Anness Publishing

Anness Publishing was founded in 1988 and we are now one of the largest independent book publishers in the UK. After 27 years we have sold in excess of 225,000,000 books, publishing titles on subjects ranging from cooking and crafts to gardening, new age, reference, hobbies and transport as well as ...

London, England   UK

Appletree Press

Appletree Press is one of Ireland's largest publishers of gift and guidebooks for an international market. It publishes in eight languages in its own right. These include French, Russian, Japanese, Greek and Spanish. ...

Belfast, N. Ireland   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

Aureus Publishing Limited

Aureus Publishing is an award-winning company established in 1993 publishing books and music. ...

Bridgend, Wales   UK

Aurora Metro

Publisher of fiction, including literary, historical, crime, mystery, romance and young adult novels under the Aurora Metro Books imprint; and nonfiction titles in the subjects of theatre, film, music, art and popular culture under the imprint Supernova Books....

Richmond, 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

Bag of Bones Press

Established in December 2021, Bag of Bones Press was set up with the aim of championing and publishing budding writers of horror and dark fiction who may not have had a traditional or formal education in the literary arts. ...

Bristol, England   UK

Bedford Square Publishers

Bedford Square Publishers is an independent publisher of fiction and non-fiction, founded in 2022 in the historic streets of Bedford Square London and the sea mist shrouded green of Bedford Square Brighton. Our goal is to discover irresistible stories and voices that illuminate our 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 inclu...

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 title...

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. ...

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 bo...

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

Bradt Guides

Bradt Travel Guides is a publisher of travel guides founded in 1974. It was started by Hilary Bradt and her husband George, who wrote the first guide. Since then, it has grown into a successful independent travel publisher, with significant growth in the last decade....

Chesham, England   UK

Bristol University Press

Bristol University Press, and its imprint Policy Press, are committed to publishing the highest-quality international scholarship in the social sciences and aligned disciplines, focusing on global social challenges. ...

Bristol, 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 acti...

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

Candy Jar Books

Candy Jar Books is an award-winning independent book publisher. We publish a wide variety of quality books, from non-fiction, general fiction and children’s, through to a range of cult TV books. Candy Jar is passionate about discovering and nurturing new authors, and offering a fresh perspective o...

Cardiff, Wales   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 establis...

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

Chandos Publications

Founded in 2017, Chandos Publications Ltd is an independent publisher of high-quality military and aviation titles for collectors, enthusiasts, researchers and more. ...

Kingston Upon Hull, 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 rea...

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 fait...

Ross-shire, Scotland   UK

Claret Press

We are a small, independent and traditional press located in Clapham. We're London-based and the majority of our books are about Britain. But our memoirs and travelogues take you around the world. So do many of our thrillers. We publish page turners about politics. We grapple and engage, m...

London, England   UK

Close to the Bone Publishing

We are a 10 year-old publisher aiming to bring you gritty and interesting short fiction across multiple genres from a range of talented writers. We are looking for bank robberies gone bad, double-crossing bastards going at it, serial killers with a heart (maybe literally), redemption and revenge. We...

Rugby, 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 ...

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...

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 e...

London, England   UK

CP Press

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

Essex, England   UK

Cranachan Publishing

Based on the Isle of Lewis, Cranachan publish high-quality children’s & young adult fiction with a Scottish flavour. Their Pokey Hat imprint for 8-12s, focuses on Scottish-set titles, including a focus on historical fiction through the Yesteryear series. Gob Stopper, their YA imprint for teens...

Isle of Lewis, Scotland   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 o...

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

Duckworth Books

Duckworth prizes great storytelling in all forms. We publish accessible, stimulating and intellectually curious works of non-fiction, including biography, memoir, science, psychology and history, as well as the most compelling historical and literary fiction....

London, 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 ...

Edinburgh, Scotland   UK

Edinburgh University Press

Edinburgh University Press is the premier Scottish publisher of academic books and journals in the humanities and social sciences....

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 A...

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 oppor...

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 ...

Forres , Scotland   UK

Fisherton Press Ltd

The aim of Fisherton Press is to create books for children that adults also enjoy, whether reading it for the first time or the hundredth time. ...

London, England   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 exceptio...

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,...

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

Gibson Square

Gibson Square publishing was launched in 2001 and specialises in titles connected to current interests. Each title is supported by a tailored marketing campaign. ...

London, 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 thri...

Ceredigion, Wales   UK

Goodfellow Publishers

Goodfellow Publishers is a highly flexible multichannel international academic and professional publisher for Business and related areas. We publish book and online projects with a range of authors internationally in Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism, Events and more general management....

Oxford, England   UK

Graffeg

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

Llangennech, Llanelli, Wales   UK

Granta Books

Granta Books is one of the most independent-minded and prestigious literary publishers in the UK. The company publishes around 25 new titles a year, both literary fiction and upmarket non-fiction, and provides authors with the intimacy of a small, passionate and creative team while consistently punc...

London, England   UK

Halban Publishers

Halban Publishers is an independent, London-based publishing company, established in 1986. We publish fiction, memoirs, history, biography, books on the Middle East and of Jewish interest. ...

London, England   UK

Happy London Press

Happy London Press is a small Independent publisher with a unique worldwide platform for new writers specializing in short story collections, crime thrillers, romance, travel and fiction novels...

London, England   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 qua...

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 anthrop...

London, England   UK

Haunt Publishing

Haunt Publishing is an independent publisher of Gothic, horror and dark fiction, holding a flickering candle to global and underrepresented voices. We publish books with the curse of unputdownability, that keep a reader up all night. Books that provoke unease, terror and dread. Basically, we publish...

Edinburgh, Scotland   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 digita...

London, England   UK

Headpress

Headpress was founded in Manchester, England, in 1991, ostensibly to release a film by cult German director Jörg Buttgereit on VHS. With revenue from the sales of that film (Der Todesking, limited to 500 copies), the publication of a magazine soon followed. Running concurrent to the magazine was...

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 liter...

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...

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

Igloo Books are the global leader of mass market publishing and a key multi-territory and award-winning Disney Book Group licensee. Our content for children and adults spans the full spectrum of popular categories: illustrated story, activity, novelty, board, fiction, puzzle, reference, gift sets; a...

Northampton, 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...

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, a...

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 Hach...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

London, England   UK

Lantana Publishing

We are an award-winning children's book publisher and social enterprise with a mission to publish inclusive books by authors from under-represented groups and from around the world, celebrating every kind of child and family....

Oxford, Enland   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

Legend Press

Founded in 2005 by Tom Chalmers, Legend Press is an independent book publisher specialising in original fiction, crime thrillers, and a Legend Classics series. Legend Press has been shortlisted for numerous awards as a company and also for individual books....

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 ba...

London, England   UK

Lion Hudson

Lion Hudson is UK's largest publisher of children's Christian books. It is based in Oxford, UK. It had its origins as Lion Publishing and Hudson International which merged to become Lion Hudson PLC in 2003....

Oxford, 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...

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

Moat House Publishing

Small, independent publishers based in central London, specialising in new authors. ...

London, 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 w...

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 com...

London, England   UK

Nourish Books

We take pride in creating books that contain amazing recipes and stunning photography but are also produced to the highest standard - making sure that your kitchen bookshelf always looks delicious....

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

Octopus Publishing

Octopus is a leading publisher of non-fiction books. We have extensive experience of working with high profile authors, trusted partners and associations to produce exciting, market leading books. Our imprints each have their own identity and all publish highly successful titles of outstanding ...

London, England   UK

Omnibus Press

Omnibus Press’ substantial biographies of music artists have regularly won critical acclaim and achieved best-seller status. Subjects include Morrissey, Keith Moon, Kate Bush, The Velvet Underground, ABBA and Bob Marley. Alongside the life stories of established artists, Omnibus also publish books...

London, England   UK

One More Chapter

One More Chapter is your number one stop for page-turning books. We’re all about the books you can’t put down, the books you carry around with you and the books you return to after a long day. We publish all unputdownable fiction from swoonworthy romance, heartstopping crime to gripping historic...

Glasgow , Scotland   UK

Oneworld Publications

Publishing over 100 books a year, Oneworld has retained its founding commitment to the old-fashioned principles of great writing, editorial excellence, high production values, and marketing flair, to produce books that are read by the intellectually curious all over the world. Books for children and...

London, England   UK

Open Book Publishers

At Open Book Publishers we are changing the nature of the traditional academic book. Our books are published in hardback, paperback and ebook editions, but we also publish free online editions of every title in PDF, HTML and XML formats that can be read via our website, downloaded, reused or embedde...

London & Cambridge, England   UK

Orion

The Orion Publishing Group is a book publishing company based in London, UK which includes imprints Orion Books, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Seven Dials, and Gollancz....

London, 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 S...

Basingstoke, Hampshire, England   UK

Parthian Books

Parthian Books is an independent publishing house based in Cardigan, Wales that was founded in 1993 by Lewis Davies and Gillian Griffiths. It publishes a variety of titles in fiction, poetry, non-fiction and drama, as well as art books. The company has an active role in the European literary scene a...

Cardigan, Wales   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

Pen and Sword Books

Pen and Sword specialises in all areas of military history, naval and maritime, aviation, local history, genealogy, social history, transport, discovery and exploration, archaeology, nostalgia and true crime. In 2017, a new lifestyle imprint named White Owl was launched, which publishes books on are...

South Yorkshire, England   UK

Penteract Press

Penteract Press is a publisher of formal poetry. Our focus is on exploring the structural properties of poetry — in particular, the relationship between content and form. To this end, we aim to promote innovative, constrained and visual poetry and works that explore new uses of traditional verse f...

, 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 write...

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

Pipin's Book

We are primarily dedicated to Slovenian – British alliance, bringing Slovenian books to the UK market and bringing books of British authors to the Slovenian market. Our focus area is educational publishing. This could be in the form of expanding the richness of vocabulary for young readers; r...

Muchalls, Scotland   UK

Playdead Press

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

Portsmouth, England   UK

Polaris Publishing

Polaris is a publishing and digital media company that celebrates writers, stories and ideas that excite, inspire and entertain. We are immensely proud to publish a range of award-winning works by world-class authors and are committed to publishing important, thoughtful and gripping stories with pas...

Edinburgh, Scotland   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 al...

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 Dor...

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,...

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 herita...

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 cha...

Glasgow, Scotland   UK

Sea Lion Press

Sea Lion Press was established in 2015 as the world’s first publishing house dedicated to alternate history. We are a team of writers and history enthusiasts who were keen to bring this often misunderstood setting to a wider audience.​...

Coulsdon, England   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 ...

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 t...

Brigend, Wales   UK

Serpent's Tail

Serpent's Tail is London-based independent publishing firm founded in 1986, initially specializing in publishing work in translation, particularly European crime fiction. In January 2007, it was bought by British publisher Profile Books, also independent, where it continues as an imprint that c...

London, England   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...

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

Smashbear Publishing

At SmashBear Publishing, we produce and publish high quality books. We specialise in urban fantasy, fantasy, and paranormal romance but will also consider horror and Sci-Fi. As an independent publisher we want to help change the face of literature by bringing diversity and fair representation to our...

London, England   UK

Sparkling Books

Sparkling Books is a really independent publishing house. We are a member of Independent Publishers Guild. Our printed books are usually quality paperbacks (known as trade paperbacks in the United Kingdom) using a clear traditional typeface. This makes them suitable for gifts. Genres inclu...

London, England   UK

SPCK Publishing

SPCK Publishing is the biggest independent Christian publisher in the UK, with big names such as Tom Wright, Alister McGrath and John Polkinghorne....

London, England   UK

Sweet Cherry Publishing

We aim to make reading accessible for all children and we want all children to see themselves in the books we publish. This means being represented by the authors and illustrators we work with as well as being represented on the page, so we greatly value your unique voices....

Leicester, Leicestershire, 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'.

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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 201...

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. <p> We publish Social Science and Humanities books under the Routledge, Psychology Press and Focal Press imprints. Science, Technology ...

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 ...

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

Tiny Owl Publishing

Tiny Owl is an independent publishing company, committed to producing quality books for children. We champion stories that reflect the diversity of our world - building bridges to wonderful new worlds, and exciting new experiences....

London, England   UK

Titan Books

Titan Books is a leading independent publisher of fantasy, science fiction, horror, crime, pop culture, and more....

London, England   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 an...

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 Am...

Cardiff, Wales   UK

UpLit Press

Books that make you glad to be part of the human race. UpLit Press is a new indie digital-first publisher of novels that inspire hope. Our stories may go to some dark places, but they will bring a light to guide you through. ...

Northampton, England   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 a...

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

Walker Books

Home to books for all ages, Walker Books publishes many award-winning authors, illustrators, and literary franchises including Anthony Horowitz, Cassandra Clare, Lucy Cousins, Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram, Anthony Browne, Patrick Ness, and Where’s Wally? by Martin Han...

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 se...

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