Recent Title(s) Havana: Between the Sky and Heaven, Rusell Piñeiro (Novel)
Tips Mango Publishing is committed to promoting and publishing the work of quality first-time and established writers. They focus on publishing and promoting literary works by writers from African, Caribbean, and Latin American literary traditions. The list includes translations of important works not originally written in English.
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
24 Lacy Road, London, SW15 1NL
T 020 8788 9522
F 020 8789 8122
E [email protected]
W www.marionboyars.co.uk
Contact Director, Catheryn Kilgarriff; Editor, Rebecca Gillieron (Fiction)
Established 1960s
Insider Info Catalogue and manuscript guidelines available online.
Publishes Literary, Mainstream/Contemporary, Translation, Black Writing and Women’s titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts agented submissions only. Would prefer a synopsis and sample chapter in the first instance.
Recent Title(s) Stolen Time, Vangelis Hatziyannidis (Translation/Novel)
Tips Fiction submissions must be sent through an agent. Does not accept submissions by email.
Methuen Publishing Ltd
8 Artillery Road, London, SW1P 1RZ
T 020 7798 1600
F 020 7828 1244
E [email protected]
W www.methuen.co.uk
Contact Managing Director, Peter Tummons
Established 1889
Imprint(s) Politico’s Publishing
Insider Info Publishes 60 titles per year. Receives approximately 200 queries and 100 manuscripts per year. Ten per cent of books published are from first-time authors, five per cent are from unagented authors and ten per cent are author subsidy published. Catalogue is available online.
Publishes Literary, Drama and Stage Play titles and Short Story Collections.
Submission Guidelines Accepts query with SAE with proposal package (including synopsis). Prefers agented submissions.
Recent Title(s) One Hundred Days: One Hundred Nights, Christopher Bigsby
Tips Does not encourage unagented submissions. Do not send any material via email.
Michael Joseph
80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL
T 020 7010 3000
F 020 7010 6060
E [email protected]
W www.penguin.co.uk
Parent Company Penguin General
Contact Managing Director, Louise Moore; Editorial Director, Harriet Evans
Insider Info Catalogue is available online or by email.
Publishes Crime, Humour, Mainstream/Contemporary, Romance, Suspense, Thriller and Women’s Interest titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts agented submissions only.
Recent Title(s) Bleeding Heart Square, Andrew Taylor (Crime)
Tips Michael Joseph publishes market-focused popular fiction and non-fiction, and is primarily focused on top-ten bestsellers from authors such as Tom Clancy and Clive Cussler.
Morning Star
19 Off Quay Building, Foundry Lane, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1AF
T 0191 265 6699
E [email protected]
W www.alecfinlay.com
Contact Alec Finlay
Established 1990
Insider Info Catalogue available online.
Publishes Regional titles.
Tips Often co-publishes innovative projects that have included pocketbooks, folios and a small press series, combining local accounts with art in unusual ways.
Myriad Editions
59 Lansdowne Place, Brighton, BN3 1FL
T 01273 720000
F 01273 720000
E [email protected]
W www.myriadeditions.com
Contact Rights Manager, Sadie Mayne
Established 1993
Insider Info Catalogue available online.
Publishes Literary Fiction and Graphic titles.
Recent Title(s) The Cloths of Heaven, Sue Eckstein (Fiction)
Tips Myriad Editions is committed to making global issues accessible for general readers, students and professionals alike. They aim to combine clear analysis with creative graphics in order to illustrate human development and social concerns. Myriad has expanded its publishing programme to include edgy literary fiction, innovative non-fiction and documentary comic books.
New Beacon Books Ltd
76 Stroud Green Road, Finsbury Park, London, N4 3EN
T 020 7272 4889
F 020 7281 4662
E [email protected]
W www.newbeaconbooks.co.uk
Contact Editor-in-Chief, John La Rose; Managing Director, Sarah White
Established 1966
Insider Info Payment is via royalties.
Publishes Black Literature titles.
Submission Guidelines No unsolicited material.
Tips New Beacon Books specializes in books that highlight black life in Britain and their links in Europe, the Caribbean, Africa and African America.
New Island
2 Brookside, Dundrum Road, Dublin 14, Republic of Ireland
T 00353 1 2989937
F 00353 1 2982783
E Online form
W www.newisland.ie
Contact Publisher, Edwin Higel; Editorial Manager, Deidre O’Neill
Insider Info Catalogue free on request online.
Publishes Mainstream/Contemporary titles.
Tips New Island also publishes the Open Doors series of fiction novellas aimed at adults with literacy problems. Open Doors authors are advised to avoid sentences with multiple clauses, to keep vocabulary simple, using common and straightforward words, but to allow the occasional challenging word (where useful).
No Exit Press
PO Box 394, Harpenden, AL5 1XJ
T 01582 766348
F 01582 766348
E Online form
W www.noexit.co.uk
Parent Company Oldcastle Books
Contact Managing Director, Ion Mills
Publishes Crime titles.
Submission Guidelines No unsolicited material. May not return unsolicited manuscripts.
Recent Title(s) The Spare Change, Robert B Parker (Crime)
Oldcastle Books
PO Box 394, Harpenden, AL5 1XJ
T 01582 766348
F 01582 766348
E Online form
W www.oldcastlebooks.co.uk
Imprint(s) No Exit Press, Pocket Essentials, High Stakes Publishing
Publishes Suspense and Crime titles.
Recent Title(s) Luca Antara, Martin Edmond
Tips See separate imprint entries for more information.
Onlywomen Press
40d St Lawrence Terrace, London, W10 5ST
T 020 8354 0796
E Online form
W www.onlywomenpress.com Contact Lilian Mohin
Established 1974
Insider Info Publishes roughly four titles per year. 98 per cent of books published are from first-time authors, 100 per cent of books published are from unagented authors. Payment is via royalty (on retail 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 one month and proposals and manuscripts within three months. Catalogue is free on request. Manuscript guidelines are available with SAE, or available online or by email.
Publishes Adventure, Children’s, Fantasy, Feminist, Lesbian, Literary, Multicultural, Mystery, Science-Fiction and Young Adult titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts proposals package (including outline, first 60 pages, your publishing history, author biography and SAE).
Tips Onlywomen Press publishes feminist fiction and non-fiction from female authors only. They will accept postal submissions only and tend to give priority to lesbian authors.
Orbit
100 Victoria Emb
ankment, London, EC4Y 0DY
T 020 7911 8000
F 020 7911 8100
E [email protected]
W www.orbitbooks.net
Parent Company Little, Brown Book Group
Contact Publishing Director, Tim Holman
Insider Info Submissions accompanied by SAE will be returned. Aims to respond to proposals within 12 weeks. Catalogue available online.
Publishes Fantasy and Science-Fiction titles. “Full-length novels only.
Submission Guidelines Accepts outline of up to 30 pages of double-spaced text.
Recent Title(s) The Riven Kingdom, Karen Miller (Fantasy); Orphan’s Journey, Robert Buettner (Science-Fiction)
Tips Orbit is the UK’s leading science-fiction and fantasy imprint, with a market share twice that of any other publisher. Orbit does not accept emailed submissions and prefers submissions from agented writers, although they will occasionally accept unsolicited material.
Original Plus
17 High Street, Maryport, Cumbria, CA15 6BQ
T 01900 812194
E [email protected]
W www.freewebs.com/thesamsmith
Contact Publisher/Editor, Sam Smith
Insider Info Publishes two titles per year. Receives approximately 100 queries and 12 manuscripts per year. 50 per cent of books published are from first-time authors, 100 per cent of books published are from unagented authors. Payment is via an agreed percentage of books for resale. Average lead time is one year, with simultaneous submissions not accepted. Submissions accompanied by SAE will be returned. Aims to respond to queries within two days and proposals and manuscripts within four weeks. Manuscript guidelines available with SAE, and available online or by email.
Publishes Literary Fiction titles.
Recent Title(s) Days of Fire and Flood, Chrissy Banks
Orion Publishing Group Ltd
Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin’s Lane,
London, WC2H 9EA
T 020 7240 3444
F 020 7240 4822
W www.orionbooks.co.uk
Parent Company Hachette UK
Contact Chairman, Armand Nourry; Chief Executive, Peter Roche
Established 1992
Imprint(s) Everyman Classics, Orion, Gollancz, Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Insider Info Catalogue available online via downloadable pdf, online catalogue request form, or via email on request.
Publishes Fantasy, Humour, Children’s, Literary, Mainstream/Contemporary, Science-Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Classics titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts agented submissions only.
Orion
Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin’s Lane,
London, WC2H 9EA
T 020 7240 3444
F 020 7240 4822
W www.orionbooks.co.uk
Parent Company Orion Publishing Group Ltd
Contact Managing Director, Lisa Milton; Managing Director (Orion Paperback Division), Susan Lamb
Established 1992
Imprint(s) Orion Children’s Books, Orion Paperback (division)
Insider Info Catalogue available online, download a pdf or use online request form. Also available via email on request.
Publishes Crime and Thriller titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts agented submissions only.
Recent Title(s) Dexter by Design, Jeff Lindsay (Crime/Thriller)
Orion Paperbacks
Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin’s Lane,
London, WC2H 9EA
T 020 7240 3444
F 020 7240 4822
W www.orionbooks.co.uk Parent Company Orion Established 1993
Imprint(s) Phoenix, Everyman Classics
Insider Info Catalogue available online.
Publishes A variety of Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts agented submissions only.
Tips All books are published in paperback. Everyman Classics’ list is made up entirely of reprints.
Palladour Books
23 Eldon Street, Southsea, Hampshire, PO5 4BS
T 023 9282 6935
F 023 9282 6395
E [email protected]
Contact Managing Editors, Anne Powell and Jeremy Powell
Publishes Military/War, World War(s) titles.
Tips Palladour Books specializes in secondhand and out-of-print books on the literature and poetry of the First World War. They produce catalogues twice a year in May and November. Unsolicited manuscripts or proposals are not accepted.
Pan
20 New Wharf Road, London, N1 9RR
T 020 7014 6000
F 020 7014 6001
E [email protected]
W www.panmacmillan.com
Parent Company Pan Macmillan Publishers
Established 1944
Insider Info Catalogue is available online.
Publishes Mainstream/Contemporary and Popular Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts agented submissions only.
Recent Title(s) Life on the Refrigerator Door, Alice Kuipers (Contemporary Fiction)
Tips Publishes work by new writers, but will not accept unsolicited manuscripts.
Pan Macmillan Publishers
20 New Wharf Road, London, N1 9RR
T 020 7014 6000
F 020 7014 6001
E [email protected]
W www.panmacmillan.com
Parent Company Macmillan Publishers Ltd
Contact Managing Director, Anthony Forbes Watson
Established 1843
Imprint(s) Boxtree, Campbell Books, Kingfisher Publications Plc, Macmillan Children’s Books, Macmillan New Writing, Pan, Picador, Sidgwick & Jackson, Think Books, Tor, Young Picador
Insider Info Catalogue available online via downloadable pdf.
Publishes Fantasy, Historical, Humour, Mainstream/Contemporary, Mystery, Romance, Science-Fiction, Suspense, Sagas, Thrillers, Anthologies, Children’s, Young Adult and General Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts agented submissions only.
Recent Title(s) The Cradle Snatcher, Tess Stimson (Thriller); The Princess Diaries: Ten Out of Ten, Meg Cabot (Young Adult)
Tips Although Pan Macmillan does not accept unsolicited/unagented manuscripts there is still a good deal of information for aspiring authors on the website. See the separate entry for the Macmillan New Writing imprint, which does accept unsolicited manuscripts, or go to: www.macmillannewwriting.com.
PaperBooks Publishing
2 London Wall Buildings, London, EC2M 5UU
T 01799 544657
F 01799 541747
E [email protected]
W www.legendpress.co.uk
Parent Company Legend Books
Contact Keirston Clark
Established 2006
Insider Info Publishes roughly three titles per year. Catalogue available online. Manuscript guidelines available online.
Publishes Mainstream/Contemporary titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts query with SAE/proposal package (including three sample chapters, one-page synopsis and a marketing brief detailing who the target reader is, a list of any authors similar in style, and any previous publishing history that may be relevant). Alternatively, email submissions to: [email protected]. Will attempt to respond within 16 weeks from the date the submission is received but due to extremely high levels of submissions this is often not realistic.
Recent Title(s) Friday at the Nobody Inn, Mark Hayhurst (Novel)
Tips PaperBooks is a small independent press, dedicated to promoting and enlivening the independent book publishing world.
Paradise Press
Unit 2, 9 Golden Square, London, W1F 9HZ
T 020 7734 4880
E [email protected]
W www.paradisepress.org.uk
Parent Company Gay Authors Workshop
Established 1995
Insider Info Catalogue available online. M
anuscript guidelines available online via website.
Publishes Gay/Lesbian Fiction titles and Short Story Collections.
Submission Guidelines Submissions form Gay Authors Workshop only. For membership details email [email protected] or write to GAW, BM 5700, London, WC1N 3XX
Recent Title(s) Rid England of This Plague, Rex Batten (Novel)
Tips Paradise Press is the publishing arm of Gay Authors Workshop, a collective of lesbian and gay writers. Work is only published by members of this group after a process of collective discussion and review. To submit work, first read the guidelines on the website.
Parthian
The Old Surgery, Napier Street, Aberteifi, Cardigan, SA43 1ED
T 01239 612059
F 01239 612059
E [email protected]
W www.parthianbooks.co.uk
Contact Publishing Director, Richard Davies (Fiction)
Established 1993
Insider Info Payment by royalties. Aims to respond to proposals and manuscripts within 12 weeks. Catalogue available online. Manuscript guidelines available online via the website.
Publishes Literary, Mainstream/Contemporary, Translation and Welsh writing in English titles.
Submission Guidelines Accepts query with SAE and proposal package (including outline and sample chapter(s)).
Recent Title(s) Just Another Mzungu Passing Through, Jim Bowen
Tips Publishes a range of new writing and is always available to read new material in the relevant subject areas.
Peepal Tree Press
17 King’s Avenue, Leeds, LS6 1QS
T 0113 2451703
E [email protected]
W www.peepaltreepress.com
Contact Founder and Managing Editor, Jeremy Poynting Editor, Kwame Dawes
Established 1985
Insider Info Publishes roughly 15 titles per year.
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