The Novelwriter's Toolkit
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Tips Titles aimed at the Evangelical/Welsh markets. Also publishes Christian books and magazines in the Welsh language. Welsh-language writers are in demand.
Burning House
36–38 Glasshouse Street, London, W1B 5DL
T 020 7734 4448
F 020 3070 0764
E office@beautiful-books.co.uk
W www.beautiful-books.co.uk
Parent Company Beautiful Books
Contact Publisher, Simon Petherick
Established 2007
Publishes Contemporary Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts query with SAE or via email. Submission details to: submissions@beautiful-books.co.uk
Recent Title(s) The Turkish Diplomat’s Daughter, Deniz Goran
Tips Burning House focuses entirely on contemporary fiction.
Canongate Books Ltd
14 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TE
T 0131 557 5111
F 0131 557 5211
E info@canongate.co.uk
W www.canongate.net
Contact Publisher, Jamie Byng; Managing Director, David Graham
Established 1973
Imprint(s) Canongate Classics, Canongate Crime, Canongate International
Insider Info Aims to respond to proposal within three months. Catalogue and manuscript guidelines available online.
Publishes Contemporary, Literary, Regional, Religious, Crime and Scottish titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts proposal package (including outline, sample chapters and an SAE) by post only.
Recent Title(s) Eunoia, Christian Bök (Contemporary Fiction)
Tips With a distinctly international outlook, Canongate Books continues to nurture and publish new talent from around the world, while retaining the essence of the Scottish Canon. They have no specific agenda other than to promote and publish challenging, quality work from as broad a perspective as possible.
Cardiff Academic Press
St Fagans Road, Fairwater, Cardiff, CF5 3AE
T 029 2056 0333
E enquiries@cardiffacademicpress.com
W www.cardiffacademicpress.com
Parent Company Drake Group
Publishes Literary titles.
Catholic Truth Society
40–46 Harleyford Road, London, SE11 5AY
T 020 7640 0042
F 020 7640 0046
E p.finaldi@acts-online.org.uk
W www.cts-online.org.uk
Contact Publisher, Fergal Martin; Commissioning Editor, Pierpaolo Finaldi
Established 1868
Insider Info Catalogue is available online.
Publishes Religious titles.
Tips Publications appeal to many different age groups, to Catholic parishes and schools, and to the wider Christian community, as well as to a wide range of other enquirers. The principal goal of CTS publications is to explain the Catholic faith.
Century
Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA
T 020 7840 8554
F 020 7233 6127
E centuryeditorial@randomhouse.co.uk
W www.randomhouse.co.uk
Parent Company The Random House Group Ltd
Contact Publishing Director, Mark Booth
Insider Info Catalogue is available online.
Publishes Mystery, Romance, Suspense, General Fiction and Chick Lit titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts agented submissions only.
Recent Title(s) The Confession, John Grisham (Crime Fiction)
Tips View the Century section of the main Random House catalogue for examples of publishing lists.
Chatto & Windus
Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA
T 020 7840 8745
F 020 7233 6117
E chattoeditorial@randomhouse.co.uk
W www.randomhouse.co.uk
Parent Company The Random House Group Ltd
Contact Publishing Director, Alison Samuel
Established Founded in the 19th Century, part of The Random House Group since 1987.
Insider Info Catalogue is available online.
Publishes Literary, Mainstream/Contemporary and Translation titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts agented submissions only.
Recent Title(s) Once on a Moonless Night, Dai Sijie (Literary Fiction)
Tips Look at the Chatto & Windus section of the Random House catalogue to get a feel for the list before submitting.
Chimera
Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge, CB3 0AX
T 01223 370012
F 01223 370040
E editors@pegasuspublishers.com
W www.pegasuspublishers.com
Parent Company Pegasus Elliot MacKenzie Ltd
Inside Info Catalogue and manuscript details are available online.
Publishes Contemporary, Futuristic, Historical and Relationship Erotica titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts proposal package (including outline and two sample chapters).
Tips Chimera publishes adult erotic fiction for over 18s and specializes in the work of ‘previously unpublished first-time authors from all over the world who have a good spanking tale to tell.’ Chimera accepts submissions of erotic fiction from any author over the age of 18 as long as the content does not ‘contravene the law of the land or international law.’
Cinnamon Press
Ty Meirion, Glan yr afon, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, LL41 3SU
T 01766 832112
E jan@cinnamonpress.com
W www.cinnamonpress.com
Contact Jan Fortune-Wood (Editorial)
Insider Info Catalogue and manuscript guidelines are available online.
Publishes All genres except Erotica, Crime and Horror. “Wants full-length novels that are unique and affecting. No children’s novels, although well-written work for older teenagers will be considered.
Not currently accepting submissions. Check website for when submissions are being taken.
Tips Books should have a wide audience appeal and the publishers state that they are particularly interested in authors who can demonstrate a willingness to actively promote their work to the widest possible audience, particularly through local and national media. Submissions queries by email. Cinnamon Press publish authors from around the world, and also strongly promote the voice of Welsh writers.
Cois Life
62 Páirc na Rós, Ascaill na Cille, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Republic of Ireland
T 00353 1 280 7951
F 00353 1 280 7951
E eolas@coislife.ie
W www.coislife.ie
Contact Directors, Dr Caoilfhionn Nic Pháidín and Dr Seán Ó Cearnaigh
Established 1995
Insider Info Catalogue available online.
Publishes Irish-Language Fiction titles.
Recent Title(s) Canary Wharf, Orna Ní Choileáin (Fiction)
Tips Cois Life aims to publish literary and research works in the Irish language, for both young readers and learners of Irish.
Constable & Robinson Ltd
3 The Lanchesters, 162 Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 9ER
T 020 8741 3663
F 020 8748 7562
E enquiries@constablerobinson.com
W www.constablerobinson.com
Contact Publisher and Managing Director, Nick Robinson
Insider Info Publishes 160 titles per year. Receives approximately 3,000 queries and 1,000 manuscripts per year. Payment is via royalty and advance is offered. Average lead time is one year, with simultaneous submissions accepted. Aims to respond to proposals within one month and queries within three months. Catalogue is free on request.
Publishes Mainstream/Contemporary, Mystery, Suspense and Crime Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts query with SAE, or proposal package (including outline, one sample chapter).
Tips Constable & Robinson does not accept email submissions, and d
oes not accept children’s fiction or any adult fiction other than crime.
Contact Publishing
1 Rosemont Road, London, NW3 6NG
T 020 7193 1782
E info@contact-publishing.com
W www.contact-publishing.com
Contact Publisher, Anne Mortensen
Established 2003
Insider Info Aims to respond to proposals and manuscripts within one month. Catalogue and manuscript guidelines are available online.
Publishes Literary and General Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts query with SAE/proposal package (including outline, three sample chapters, author biography and SAE) or via email to: submission@contact-publishing.com
Recent Title(s) Sayonara, Dream-eater, Ethne Ashizawa (Novel)
Corgi
61–63 Uxbridge Road, London, W5 5SA
T 020 8579 265
F 020 8579 5479
E info@transworld-publishers.co.uk
W www.booksattransworld.co.uk
Parent Company Transworld Publishers
Insider Info Catalogue is available online. Manuscript guidelines are not available.
Publishes Historical, Humour, Mainstream/Contemporary, Mystery, Romance and Suspense titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts agented submissions only.
Recent Title(s) The Survivor, Tom Cain (Crime & Mystery)
Tips Do not send unsolicited submissions.
Crème de la Crime
PO Box 523, Chesterfield, S40 9AT
T 01246 520835
E info@cremedelacrime.com
W www.cremedelacrime.com
Contact Managing Director (Debut Crime Fiction), Lynne Patrick
Established 2003
Insider Info Publishes six titles per year. Receives approximately 500 queries and 300 manuscripts per year. 60 per cent of books published are from first-time authors, 90 per cent of books published are from unagented authors. Payment is via royalty (on wholesale price). Average lead time is one year, with simultaneous submissions not accepted. Submissions accompanied by SAE will be returned. Aims to respond to queries within ten days and manuscripts within eight weeks. Catalogue is available online. Manuscript guidelines are available online, or by post for the cost of £2.50, with an A4 envelope and three first-class stamps.
Publishes Crime, Mystery, Suspense and Thriller titles. *Crème de la Crime publishes crime fiction from both debut authors, and from a small stable of authors they have previously nurtured. All titles are 70–80,000 words.
Submission Guidelines Crème de la Crime are currently not accepting submissions.
Recent Title(s) Dead Woman’s Shoes, Kaye C Hill (Crime Fiction)
Tips Crème de la Crime stipulates that all prospective authors must follow the submission guidelines, available on the website, carefully when preparing a proposal.
Doubleday
61–63 Uxbridge Road, London, W5 5SA
T 020 8579 2652
F 020 8579 5479
E info@transworld-publishers.co.uk
W www.booksattransworld.co.uk
Parent Company Transworld Publishers
Publishes Ethnic, Historical, Humour, Literary, Mainstream/Contemporary and Multicultural titles.
Submission Guidelines No unsolicited manuscripts, agented submissions only.
Recent Title(s) The Spiders of Allah, James Hider (Military/True Life)
Egg Box Publishing
25 Brian Avenue, Norwich, NR1 2PH
T 01603 470191
E mail@eggboxpublishing.com
W www.eggboxpublishing.com
Contact Managing Editor, Nathan Hamilton; Founder, Gordon Smith
Established 2001
Insider Info Receives approximately 5,000 manuscripts per year. Authors are paid around 30 per cent of the profits from their book.
Publishes Fiction by unpublished writers only.
Submission Guidelines Accepts postal submissions only.
Recent Title(s) Donjong Heights, Ben Borek
Tips Egg Box Publishing is completely self funded, and allows new writers the chance to be published and possibly picked up by a more mainstream publisher. Authors must not have had any novels previously published anywhere. There are no guidelines for manuscripts as the ethos of the company is to encourage writing outside the usual constraints of mainstream publishing.
Eilish Press
4 Collegiate Crescent, Broomhall Park, Sheffield, S10 2BA
T 07973 353964
E eilishpress@hotmail.co.uk
W http://eilishpress.tripod.com
Contact Dr Suzi Kapadia (Women’s Issues, Human Rights, Anti-Racism)
Established 2006
Insider Info Publishes five titles per year. Receives approximately 30 queries and five manuscripts per year. 100 per cent of books published are from unagented authors. Payment is via royalty (on wholesale price) or outright purchase. Catalogue available online or by email.
Publishes Ethnic, Feminist, Historical, Multicultural and Young Adult titles. “All Children’s Fiction proposals must contain human rights or anti-racism themes.
Recent Title(s) Conception Diary: Thinking About Pregnancy & Childbirth, Dr Susan Hogan (Polemical Feminist, Humour)
Tips Eilish Press only publishes non-sexist, non-racist literature with humanitarian themes for children, or books on women’s studies and childcare.
Elliott & Thompson
27 John Street, London, WC1N 2BX
T 020 7831 5013
F 020 7831 5011
E mark@eandtbooks.com
W www.eandtbooks.com
Contact Publishers, Mark Searle and Lorne Forsythe
Established 2001
Imprint(s) Gold Edition, Spitfire, Spitfire Originals, Young Spitfire
Insider Info Catalogue is available online. Manuscript guidelines are available online.
Publishes Literary and Classic Male Writers titles.
Submission Guidelines Elliott & Thompson are currently not accepting fiction submissions.
Recent Title(s) Dance to Your Daddy, Gail Levy (Novel)
Tips Elliott & Thompson publishes within a specific area of writing, once classified by the more traditional bookshops as ‘belles-lettres’.
Enitharmon Press
26b Caversham Road, London, NW5 2DU
T 020 7482 5967
F 020 7284 1787
E info@enitharmon.co.uk
W www.enitharmon.co.uk
Contact Director, Stephen Stuart-Smith
Established 1967
Imprint(s) Enitharmon Editions
Insider Info Catalogue is available online.
Publishes Literary Collections.
Submission Guidelines No unsolicited submissions.
Recent Title(s) A Voice Through a Cloud, Denton Welch
Tips Enitharmon commissions collaborations between distinguished artists and writers. These ‘artists’ books’ have earned an international reputation for their exceptional quality.
EuroCrime
15–16 Nassau Street, London, W1W 7AB
T 020 7436 9898
F 020 7436 9898
E info@arcadiabooks.co.uk
W www.arcadiabooks.co.uk
Parent Company Arcadia Books
Insider Info Catalogue available online.
Publishes Crime Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts agented submissions only.
Recent Title(s) Priest of Evil, Matti Joensuu (Crime)
Tips Publishes European crime writing only (excluding the UK).
Faber & Faber Ltd
Bloomsbury House, 74–77 Great Russell Street,
London, WC1B 3DA
T 020 7927 3800
F 020 7927 3801
E gapublicity@faber.co.uk
W www.faber.co.uk
Contact Chief Executive, Stephen Page; Publishing Director (Fiction), Lee Brackstone; Editor (Crime), Angus Cargill; Editorial Director (Children’s), Julia Wells
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Established 1929
Insider Info Publishes roughly 300 titles per year. Payment is via royalty, along with varying advances. Submissions accompanied by SAE will be returned. Aims to respond to manuscripts within 12 weeks. Catalogue is available online and via email to: gacatalogue@faber.co.uk
Publishes Adventure, Ethnic, Experimental, Historical, Literary, Mystery, Plays, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult, and Children’s Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts agented submissions only.
Recent Title(s) The Museum of Innocence, Orhan Pamuk; Private Life, Jane Smiley
Fal Publications
PO Box 74, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 1XS
T 07887 560018
E editor@falpublications.co.uk
W www.falpublications.co.uk
Contact Publisher, Victoria Field (Poetry, Cornish Interest)
Established 2004
Insider Info Publishes three titles per year. Receives approximately 12 queries per year. 50 per cent of books published are from first-time authors, 80 per cent of books published are from unagented authors. Payment is via royalty (on wholesale price). Simultaneous submissions not accepted. Submissions accompanied by SAE will be returned. Aims to respond to queries within seven days. Catalogue available online.
Publishes Cornwall-related Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts query by email.
Recent Title(s) The Gift, Victoria Field (Illustrated story about Cornwall); Knights of Love, Jane Tozer
Tips Publishes general fiction aimed at those interested in Cornwall.
Fig Tree
80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL
T 020 7010 3000
F 020 7010 6060
E customer.service@penguin.co.uk
W www.penguin.co.uk
Parent Company Penguin General
Contact Publishing Director, Juliet Annan