Publishing

Hachette UK

Hachette UK is the second-largest British publishing group, and the market leader in ebooks, publishing over 5,000 new books annually across more than 50 different imprints. In the U.K., over 20% of trade books are sold as ebooks and digital learning is embedded in all schools. Hachette UK has firmly embraced digital technologies to meet consumer demand and make the most of the latest marketing trends. In 2019, 108 of the Group’s titles made the Sunday Times’ bestseller list, including 8 at number one.

Hachette UK, through its Hodder Education division, is one of the leading publishers of educational books and digital learning materials. Its Dynamic Learning ebook platform is in place in over 50% of secondary schools in the U.K., Singapore and the Caribbean, and Rising Stars is a leading publisher of books and resources for elementary schools. Hachette Children’s Group publishes literature for young readers of all ages. Hachette UK has subsidiaries in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and India, and an International Sales division shared with Hachette Book Group (USA), ensuring that Hachette’s English-language books are sold in all markets worldwide.

    • Founded 1986
    • Titles on backlist 2,100
    • books published/year 90

    Headline has spent over three decades creating books people want to read and its passion for the commercial means it is home to some of the UK’s biggest selling authors and continues to invest in new talent with bestseller potential.

    Headline Fiction publishes across a range of categories and its bestselling authors include Martina Cole, Neil Gaiman and Deborah Harkness.

    Headline Nonfiction specializes in sports, humor, autobiography and popular culture, with authors including Bryony Gordon, James Acaster, Ben Stokes and Warren Gatland.

    HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP

    50 Victoria Embankment Carmelite House London EC4Y 0DZ - United Kingdom
    Tel : (44) (0)20 3122 7222
    • Founded 2004
    Quercus specializes in literary and commercial fiction, translated fiction and international nonfiction, in digital and print formats. Quercus has won many awards, including Small Publisher of the Year and Publisher of the Year in 2011. Bestselling authors include Stieg Larsson, Peter May, Ben Brooks, Sarah Knight and Elly Griffiths.

    QUERCUS

    50 Victoria Embankment Carmelite House EC4Y 0DZ London - United Kingdom
    Tel : (44) (0)20 3122 6200
    • Founded 1868
    • Titles on backlist 3,500
    • books published/year 320

    Hodder & Stoughton Fiction publishes international bestselling authors across every genre and boasts a particularly strong crime and thriller list. Its authors include John Connolly, John Grisham, Erin Kelly, Stephen King, David Nicholls, Peter Robinson and Jodi Picoult.

    Hodder & Stoughton Nonfiction specializes in narrative nonfiction: biographies, memoirs, history, sports and humor, with bestselling authors including Henry Blofeld, James Bowen and A Street Cat Named Bob, sir Alex Ferguson, Lucy Worsley, Michael Caineand lady Anne Glenconner.

    HODDER & STOUGHTON

    50 Victoria Embankment Carmelite House London EC4Y 0DZ - United Kingdom
    Tel : (44) (0)20 3122 6777

  • John Murray Press publishes books of lasting value, catering to their readership and written by authors with passion and expertise. The division comprises seven imprints – John Murray, Two Roads, Hodder Faith, JM Learning, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Nicholas Brealey Publishing and Basic Books – with a focus on specialist nonfiction, quality fiction and books with a strong international outlook. John Murray Press was shortlisted for ‘Publisher of the Year’ at the British Book Awards in 2019.

    JOHN MURRAY PRESS

    50 Victoria Embankment Carmelite House London EC4Y 0DZ - United Kingdom
    Tel : (44) (0)20 3122 7111
    • Founded 2012
    • Titles on backlist 600
    • books published/year 225
    Bookouture is a leading digital-first publisher of commercial fiction, focused on building the next generation of global author brands. Its bestselling authors include Angela Marsons, Lisa Regan, K.L. Slater, Shalini Boland, Kerry Fisherand Patricia Gibney.

    BOUKOUTURE

    10 Bloomsbury Way The Bloomsbury Building London WC1A 2SL- United Kingdom
    Tel : +44 (0)20 3817 7644
  • Little, Brown Book Group has a proven history of success and a track record for delivering bestsellers across the full range of its publishing. Three times the winner of the prestigious Publisher of the Year Award, the company prides itself on the depth and range of its publishing across its imprints Abacus, Hachette Audio, Atom, Blackfriars, Constable, Corsair, Dialogue Books, Fleet, Orbit, Piatkus, Robinson, Sphere and Virago, and the newly-founded Bridge Street Press which is launching in 2020.

    LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP

    50 Victoria Embankment Carmelite House London EC4Y 0DZ - United Kingdom
    Tel : (44) (0)20 3122 7000
  • Orion was founded in 1991 and soon after acquired Weidenfeld & Nicolson as the nucleus of the new publishing group. Today the Orion Publishing Group publishes under six main imprints: Orion Fiction, Orion Dash, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, White Rabbit, Gollancz, Trapeze, Seven Dials and Orion Spring.

    THE ORION PUBLISHING GROUP

    50 Victoria Embankment Carmelite House London EC4Y 0DZ - United Kingdom
    Tel : (44) (0)20 3122 6444
    • Founded 2006
    • Titles on backlist 685
    • books published/year 90

    Hachette Australia is one of Australia’s largest publishers and also markets and distributes books for Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK. Authors published by Hachette Australia include Peter FitzSimons, Australia’s biggest-selling nonfiction author; Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks; bestselling novelists Mark Brandi, Natasha Lester, Favel Parrett and Sarah Schmidt; multi-award-winners Maxine Beneba Clarke and Claire G. Coleman, and many others.

    HACHETTE AUSTRALIA

    207 Kent Street Level 17 2000 Sydney NSW - Australia
    Tel : (61) (0)2 8248 0800
    • Founded 1971
    • Titles on backlist 86
    • books published/year 6
    Hachette New Zealand markets and distributes books for Hachette UK and Hachette Book Group and also maintains a small local publishing list. Books published by Hachette New Zealand include the iconic and bestselling Edmonds cookbooks.

    HACHETTE NEW ZEALAND

    2/23 O'Connell St Auckland 1010 - New-Zealand
    Tel : (64) (0)9 3791480
    • Founded 2008
    • Titles on backlist 135
    • books published/year 40
    Hachette India, which has just celebrated its tenth year, is among the largest trade publishers in India. It publishes general, literary and commercial fiction, children’s and reference books, and nonfiction covering memoirs, self-help, travel, history, management, lifestyle and sports.

    HACHETTE INDIA

    4th/5th Floors, Corporate Centre Plot no. 94, Sector 44 122003 Gurugram - India
    Tel : (91) 124 419 5000
    • Founded 2002
    • Titles on backlist 350
    • books published/year 40
    Hachette Ireland is one of the leading publishers in Ireland, with a wide-ranging list that includes commercial fiction from both bestselling authors and emerging writers, and award-winning nonfiction ranging in subject from memoir, current affairs, humour, self-help and Irish history.

    HACHETTE IRELAND

    8, Castlecourt Centre Castleknock Dublin 15 - Ireland
    Tel : (353) 1 824 6288
  • The Hodder Education Group is one of the largest education publishers within the UK and internationally. Its key aim is to make a difference in education, by putting teachers and students at the heart of all its publishing, and focusing on quality, partnerships and trust. Its imprints include Galore Park, Rising Stars and RS Assessment from Hodder Education.

    HODDER EDUCATION GROUP

    50 Victoria Embankment Carmelite House, London EC4Y 0DZ - United Kingdom
    Tel : (44) (0)20 3122 6555
  • Hachette Children's Group is one of the most successful children's publishers in the UK, with an excellent track record in creating bestselling and award-winning books for children of all ages and interests. Its imprints Enid Blyton Entertainment, Franklin Watts, Hodder Children's Books, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Orion Children's Books, Orchard Books, Pat-A-Cake, Quercus Children's Books, Wayland and Wren & Rook together form a dynamic list of top-quality picture books, fiction and nonfiction.  

    HACHETTE CHILDREN'S GROUP

    50 Victoria Embankment Carmelite House London EC4Y 0DZ - United Kingdom
    Tel : (44) (0)20 3122 6222
    • Founded 1971
    Octopus Publishing is a leading UK nonfiction publisher. Publishing in all formats, including print books, ebooks and audio Octopus aims for an international audience. The subjects covered by Octopus include lifestyle, cooking, wine, maps, art, health and wellbeing, business and smart thinking. Some 250 new titles are published every year and sold throughout the world, translated into numerous languages, including Japanese, Russian, Icelandic, Welsh and French. Octopus' imprints are Aster, Bounty, Cassell, Conran Octopus, Endeavour, Gaia, Godsfield, Hamlyn, Ilex, Mitchell Beazley, Miller's, Monoray, Philip's, Short Booksand Summersdale.

    OCTOPUS

    50 Victoria Embankment Carmelite House London EC4Y 0DZ - United Kingdom
    Tel : (44) (0)20 3122 6400