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UPDATE: April 2003 The New Writers Network still accepts updates via the form, and publishes this. However, after living in India for a while and now heading back to the UK across Europe, some of the names/addresses may be out of date as I haven't seen a writers yearbook for a while now. The database is still the best place to find out the way businesses really respond to new writing, and do feel free to use the on-line form, but please check contact details with another source before sending work to a business.
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The New Writers' Network is the best guide to being published on the Internet. All of the addresses below are open to submissions of manuscripts by new writers, though some more so than others. Look out for the thumbs up award to indicate publishers which, in our opinion, are particularly open to new writing and would like to consider your work. Conversly, the thumbs down award indicates the opposite.
If you're looking for a particular business then simply check the index. The index hyperlink also appears at the end of each address - click this to return to the alphabetical index. This means that using the directory should be very fast, let me know if you have any problems or complaints.
The AM sometimes refered to regards Ambrosia?, my last novel. It indicates which publishers were willing to view the project and so is a guide to their willingness to take new authors. Of course many editors mentioned here may have declined it due to being fully committed, or perhaps it weas the wrong genre or various other reasons. If the directory states Name on Letter then this indicates a name on a letter that differs from the actual editors name, though it's generally best to still address projects to the editor if the name is available. Most businesses don't mind if you phone to check first.
The New Writers' Guide is a young site and the rating scheme shall vastly improve when all you writers out there contribute your experiences of the various publishers by filling out the Update/Referral form.
UPDATE: Well, we're not that young any more. Thanks for all the e-mails. Check-out the new publishers at the end of this page, note all the updates through-out the text. This must be one of the most current lists in existence, maintained by us all!
1 - B&W Publishing Ltd,
223 Cowgate,
Edinburgh EH1 1NQ,
United Kingdom.
Con: Campbell Brown.
Tel: 0131 220 5551
Fax: 0131 220 5552
AM = No.
UPDATE: New Address
29 Inverleith Row,
Edinburgh EH3 5QH,
United Kingdom
Tel: 0131 552 5555
Fax 0131 552 5566
Contact: Campbell Brown, Steve Wiggins
Publishes fiction and non-fiction
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2 - Bellew Publishing Co Ltd,
Nightingale Centre,
8 Balham Hill,
London SW12 9EA,
England.
Con: Ib Bellew
Tel: 020 8673 5611
Fax: 020 8675 3542
E-mail:bellewsubs@hotmail.com
Fiction and selected non-fiction.
AM = No.
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3 - Black Ace Books,
PO Box 6557,
Forfar DD8 2YS.
United Kingdom.
Con: Hunter Steele, Boo Wood.
Tel: 01307 465096
Fax: 01307 465494
Web:
www.blackacebooks.com
Publishes fiction and non-fiction, slight Scottish Slant.
AM = No.
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4 - Black Spring Press Ltd,
2nd Floor,
126 Cornwall Road,
London SE15 3DA,
England.
Con:Simon Pettifar
Tel:0171 401 2044
Fax: 0171 401 2055
UPDATE:New Address
2nd Floor,
126 Cornwall Road,
London SE1 8TQ,
England.
Tel: 240 7401 2044
Fax: 020 7401 2055
E-mail:bsp@blackspring.demon.co.uk
Publishes fiction and biography.
No unsoliceted mss.
AM = No.
UPDATE: NEW ADDRESS
Burbage House
83-85 Curtain Road
London EC2A 3BS
t 020 7613 3066
f 020 7613 0028
Contact: Robert Hastings
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5 - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
38 Soho Square,
London W1V 5DF,
England.
Con: Liz Calder.
Tel: 0171 494 2111
Fax: 0171 434 0151
Website www.bloomsbury.com
Publishing directors (UPDATED):
Alexandra Pringle, Matthew Hamilton.
Publishes fiction and non-fiction.
Name On Letter: J. Eun.
Am = No.
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6 - Cannongate Books Ltd,
14 High Street,
Edinburgh EH1 1TE,
United Kingdom.
Con: Jamie Byng
Tel: 0131 557 5111
Fax: 0131 557 5211
E-mail: info@canongate.co.uk
Web: www.canongate.net
Publishes wide range of fiction/non-fiction.
Scottish slant.
The imprint Rebel inc. is for new writing.
AM = No.
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7 - Richard Cohen Books Ltd.,
The Basement Offices,
7 Manmchester Square,
London W1M 5RE,
England.
Con: Patricia Chetwyn
Tel: 0171 935 2099
Fax: 0171 935 2199
AM = No reply.
UPDATE: The imprint was bought out by Metro Publishing Ltd.
and is now an imprint of it.
New address:
19 Gerrard Street,
London W1V 7LA
Tel: 020 7734 1411
Fax: 020 7734 1811
Now publishes only biography, currant affairs, travel, history, politics and the arts.
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8 - Andre Deutsch Ltd,
76 Dean Street,
London W1V 5HA.
England.
Con: Louise Dixon.
Tel: 020 7316 4450
Fax: 020 7316 4499
About Andre Deutsch Books
Not strongly fiction orientated.
AM = No.
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9 - Faber & Faber Ltd,
3 Queen Square,
London WC1N 3AU,
England.
Con: Jon Riley for fiction.
Julian Loose for non-fiction.
Tel: 020 74650045
Fax: 0207465b0034
Web: www.faber.co.uk
AM = No.
From a writer:
I sent [a] synopsis to Faber &
Faber who asked to read the first 30 pages then
rejected.
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10 - Fourth Estate Ltd,
6 Salem Road,
London W2 4BU,
England.

Con: Christopher Potter.
Tel: 020 7727 8993
Fax: 020 7792 3176
E-mail: general@4thestate.co.uk
Web: www.4thestate.co.uk
AM = Mr. Nicholas Pearson replied by e-mail and asked to see
three chapters and synopsis.
I was traveling at the time and replied a month late,
it was viewed and subsequently rejected.
Publishes fiction and non-fiction, self-help etc.
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11 - Granta Books,
2 - 3 Hanover Yard,
Noel Road,
London N1 8BE,
England.
Con: Neil Belton.
Tel: 020 7704 9776
Fax: 020 7354 3469
AM = No.
Web: www.granta.com
Publishes literary fiction, and non-fiction.
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12 - Robert Hale Ltd.,
Clerkenwell House,
45 - 47 Clerkenwell Green,
London EC1R 0HT,
England.
Con: John Hale.
Tel: 020 7251 2661
Fax: 020 7490 4958
Publishes fiction and non-fiction.
Nothing specialist
AM = No.
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13 - HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.,
77 - 85 Fulham Palace Road,
London W6 8JB,
England.
Con: See Below.
Tel: 020 8741 7070
Fax: 020 8370 4440
Web:
www.harpercollins.co.uk
For fiction submissions, contact Nick Sayers.
For self-development/mystical, contact Eileen Campbell.
UPDATE: I'm not sure Eileen Campbell is there now.
The Imprint Thornsons is headed by divisional managing director Stephan Bray, for self-help, new age, yoga personal development etc.
Fiction also handled by: Michael Fishwick
Non-fiction: Susan Watt
They prefer submissions to come from an agent.
UPDATE: They might have relaxed the agent rule. Check first.
AM = No.
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Mass Market Division,
14 - The Orion Publishing Group Ltd.,
Orion House,
5 Upper St. Martin's Lane,
London WC2H 9EA,
England.
Con: Unknown. For hardcover fic/non fic try: Jane Wood
Tel: 020 7240 3444
Fax: 020 7240 4822
Accepting fiction and non-fiction.
AM = No.
UPDATE: No unsolicited material from now on.
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15 - Penguin UK,
27 Wrights Lane
London W8 5TZ,
England.
Con: Tony Lacey.
Tel: 020 7416 3000
Fax: 020 7416 3099
http://www.penguin.co.uk
Name on letter: Lesley Shaw.
The Mind, Body & Spirit division (non-fiction) is called
Arkana,
at the same address.
AM = No.
UPDATE: No unsolicited scripts at all now.
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16 - Piatkus Books Ltd.,
5 Windmill Street,
London W1P 1HF,
England.
Con: Judy Piatkus (fiction) Gill Baily (non-fiction)
Tel: 020 7631 0710
Fax: 020 7436 7131
http://www.piatkus.co.uk/
E-mail: info@piatkus.co.uk
AM = Yes, send three chapters and a single page synopsis
which I didn't have by time -
my synopsis was long and I didn't have the original script by the
time they asked for this!
If you're finishing a project yourself it might be best to have
more than one synopsis,
i.e. one long, one single page.
Also publishes pop psychology, new age, spirituality etc.
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17 - Hodder Headline plc,
338 Euston Road,
London NW1 3BH,
England.
Con: Jane Morpeth (fiction) Heather Holden-Brown (non-fiction).
Tel: 020 7873 6000
Fax: 020 7873 6024
AM = No reply.
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UPDATE: The following received from Headline July 2004
Dear Sir/Madam
If you are going to dispense advice on submission of manuscripts to
publishers, may I suggest that you should double-check your data?
You specify Jane Morpeth as the person for Fiction for the whole of
Hodder
Headline and Heather Holden-Brown for Non-Fiction for the whole of
Hodder
Headline. This is incorrect.
Hodder Headline is a Group name consisting of various divisions. One of
those divisions is Headline Book Publishing, where Jane Morpeth is
Director
of Fiction. Val Hudson is Director of Non-Fiction at Headline. As well
as
the Headline Division, there are other divisions: Hodder & Stoughton
General, Hodder & Stoughton Religious, Hodder Children's Books and
Hodder
Arnold. Each of these has different Publishing Directors to whom
authors
would be submitting their material.
Yours sincerely
Headline Fiction Department
18 - Honeyglen Publishing Ltd.
56 Durrels House,
Warwick Garden,
London W14 8QB,
England.
Con: N.S. Podergin.
Tel: 020 7602 2876
Fax: 020 7602 2876
AM = No.
Has very small output.
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19 - Janus Publishing Company Ltd,
Edinburgh House,
19 Nassaw Street,
London W1N 7RE,
England.
Con: Ronald Ross Stanton.
Tel: 0171 580 7664
Fax: 0171 636 5756
UPADTE: New Address:
76 Great Titchfield Street,
London W1P 7AF
Tel:020 7580 7664
Fax:020 7636 5756
E-mail: publisher@januspublishing.co.uk
www.januspublishing.co.uk
E-mail: publisher@januspublishing.co.uk
Fiction and Mind, Body, Spirit non fiction.
SUBSIDY - YOU MIGHT BE ASKED FOR MONEY
AM = No.
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20 - Macmillan Publishers Ltd,
25 Eccleston Place,
London SW1W 9NF,
England.
Con: The Submissions Editor.
Tel: 020 7881 8000
Fax: 020 7881 8001
Web: www.macmillan.com
Name on Letter: Tricia Jackson.
AM = No.
This company has many divisions for
a large range of books but a centralized submission
procedure so that work ends up in the right palce,
so it's generally best to send it to the submissions editor.
UPDATE: A fiction writer from Norfolk submitted the following vis the on-line form:
I e~mailed Trish Jackson at Macmillan who asked for a synopsis and the first 100 pages of my manuscript. I have just received a reply after six weeks, confirming that the manuscript had been read in house. It was a standard letter, of rejection although Trish had handwritten a note on the bottom saying that my manuscript had "Considerable Merit" but no thank you!
All I can say is that they promised a response within six weeks and kept it? A professional company in my view.
Thanks for the feed-back. Keep it coming everyone.
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21 - The Random House Group Ltd,
Random House,
20 Vauxhall Bridge Road,
London SW1V 2SA,
England.
Con: Andy McKillop.
Tel: 020 7840 8400
Fax: 020 7233 6058
E-mail: enquiries@randonhouse.co.uk
Web:
www.randomhouse.co.uk
Name on Letter: Carol Manderson.
The division for personal development
non-fiction is called Ebury Press Special Books,
the editor there is Fiona MacIntyre.
UPDATE: Ebury might not be going now.
Imprints:
Johnathen Cape Ltd
Con: Dan Franklin
Fiction
Century
Con: Mark Booth for foc/non-fic.
Arrow
Con: Andy McKillop
Mass Market fic and non-fic.
Unsolicited scripts not naming a specific editors are passed onto freelance authors.
AM = No.
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22 - Robinson Publishing Ltd,
7 Kensington Church Court,
London W8 4SP,
England.
Con: Jan Chamier
Tel: 0171 938 38320
Fax: 0171 938 4214
E-mail: 100560.3511@compuserve.com
Name on letter: Krytyna Green.
Fiction, non-fiction and self-help.
Send letter only, no e-mail submissions.
AM = No.
UPDATE: This company has merged with Constable, and now is called Conatable & Robinson. Check the seperate listing.
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23 - Serpent's Tail,
4 Blackstock Mews,
London N4 2BT,
England.
Con: Laurence O'Toole.
Tel: 020 7354 1949
Fax: 020 7740 6476
E-mail: info@serpentstail.com
Web: www.serpentstail.com
Unusual list, though more mainstream now.
Check the web-site first to check your project would fit there.
AM = Not submitted.
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24 - Simon & Schuster,
West Garden Palace Road,
Kendal Street,
London W2 2AQ,
England,
Con: Helen Gummer.
Tel: 0171 316 1900
Fax: 0171 402 0639
UPDATE, new address:
Africa House,
64-78 Kingsway,V
London WC2B 6HA,
England.
Tel: 020 7316 1900
Fax: 020 7316 0331
Con: Clare Ledingham, Martin Fletcher (plus Helen's srtill there).
Publishes fic/non-fic.
Web " http://www.simonsays.com/
AM = No.
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25 - Souvenir Press Ltd,
43 Great Russell Street,
London WC1B 3PA,
England.
MD: Earnest Hecht
Tel: 020 7580 9307/8
Fax: 020 7580 5064
Publishes fiction, magic, the occult etc.
AM = No.
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26 - Transworld Publishers Ltd,
61 - 63 Uxbridge Road,
London W5 5SA,
England.
Con: Larry Finlay
Bantam Francesca Liversidge
Bantam Press Sally Gaminara
Tel: 020 8579 2652
Fax: 020 8579 5479
E-mail: info@transworld-publishers.co.uk
Web: http://www.transworld-publishers.co.uk/ (This domain name has been registered but there isn't any site there yet).
Name on letter: Linette Gray.
The Bantam Press Division is addressed to Francessa Liversidge.
UPDATE: This publisher was bought out and is now a division of Randon House.
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27 - Alison & Busby ,
114 New Cavendish Street,
London W1M 7FD,
England.
Con: Vanessa Unwin.
Tel: 020 7636 2942
Fax: 020 7323 2023
Name on letter: Dwan Potts.
Literary fiction and non - fiction.
Also, contemporary fiction.
Imprint: London House for mind, body, spirit, health etc.
AM = No.
UPDATE: I don't they're interested in spirituality or self-help anymore.
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28 - Aureus Publishing,
144 Marlborough Road,
Cardiff CF2 5BZ,
United kingdom.
Con: Mevryn Hughes.
Tel: Unknown.
Fax: Unknown
This may not be in business anymore.
UPDATE:
Yes, it is still in business after all, the web site is
Update, as of 9-2000, I'm still not sure of this companies position.
UPDATE: 2002. It's a pretty small company specialising in sports.
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29 - Blackstaff Press Ltd,
3 Galway Park,
Dundonald, BT16 0AN,
United Kingdom.
Con: Anne Tannahill
Tel: 01865 791100
Fax: 01865 791 347
Web: http://www.blackstaffpress.com/
Not all, but mostly Irish work.
AM = No.
UPDATE: Possibly not in business now.
NEW UPDATE: Goes to show! Yes, they're in business with a new address:
Blackstaff House,
Wildflower Way,
Apollo Road,
Belfast BT12 6TA
Tel: 028 9066 8074
Fax: 028 9066 8207
E-mail: books@blkstaff.dnet.co.uk
Con: As above.
Publishes: As above.
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30 - Calder Publications Ltd,
126 Cornwall Road,
London SE1 8TQ,
England.
Con: John Calder.
Tel: 020 7633 0599
Fax: 020 7633 0599
E-mail: enquiries@calderpub.demon.co.uk
Web: http://paris-anglo.com/calder/
Name on letter: M.E. Jacques.
Opinion forming and iconoclastic work.
UPDATE: No new work accepted.
AM = No.
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31 - Quartet Books,
27 Goodge Street,
London W1P 2LD,
England.
Con: Stella Kane
Tel: 020 7636 3992
Fax: 020 76371866
Contemporary Literary Fiction.
AM = no.
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32 - Constable & Robinson,
3 The Lanchesters,
162 Fulham Palace Road,
London W6 9ER,
England.
Con: Carol O'Brien (hardbacks) Krystyna Green (paperbacks).
Tel: 020 8741 3663
Fax: 020 8748 7562
Web
www.constablerobinson.com
Name on Letter: Alex MacCormick.
Crime fiction only (?), some non-fiction
but not really suitable to myself.
AM = no.
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33 - Little, Brown & Co (UK),
Brettenham House,
Lancester Place,
London WC2E 7EN,
England.
Con: Barbara Boote (mass market fiction and non-fiction).
Tel: 020 7911 8000
Fax: 020 7911 8100
Literary fiction/non-fiction division is
called Abacus, editor: Richard Beswick.
AM = Ms. Boote sent a very friendly letter
that it should become a radio play. i.e.didn't see it.
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34 - Peter Owen Ltd,
73 Kenway Road,
London SW5 0RE,
England.
Con: Antonia Owen.
Tel: 0171 373 5628/370 6093
Fax: 0171 373 6760
Non-fiction only.
AM = no.
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35 - Hamish Hamilton Ltd,
Penguin Books Ltd,
Bath Road,
Harmonsworth,
Middlesex UB7 0DA,
England.
Con: Simon Prosser
Tel: Unknown
Fax: Unknown
Unsure of address, possibly check
with Penguin first.
AM = No.
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36 - Severn House Publishers,
9 - 15 High Street,
Sutton,
Surrey SM1 1DF,
England.
Con: Sara Short.
Tel: 0181 770 3430
Fax: 0181 770 3850
Web: www.severnhouse.com
Name on letter: Marisa Mc.Greevy.
AM = no.
UPDATE: I think only fiction here.
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37 - Usborne Publishing,
Usborne House,
83 - 85 Saffron Hill,
London WC1N 8RT,
England.
Con: Jenny Tyler
Tel: 020 7430 2800
E-mail: www.usborne.com
Fax: 020 7430 1562
Web:
http://www.usborne.com/
NOTE: Generally things are developed in-house, so not especially open to ideas.
Name on letter: (?) Jang Chris Holm.
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38 - Aurum Press Ltd,
25 Bedford Avenue,
London WC1B 3AT,
England.
Con: Piers Burnett
Tel: 0171 673 3225
Fax: 0171 580 2469
Web: http://www.aurumpress.co.uk/
High quality illustrated non-fiction -
in human interest, art, craft, lifestyle
and travel.
AM = Not submitted.
Update: Send e-mail before submitting: editorial@aurumpress.co.uk.
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39 - Blake Publishing,
3 Bramber Court,
2 Bramber Road,
London W14 9PB,
England.
Con: John Blake.
Tel: 0171 381 0666
Fax: 0171 381 6868
Mass market non-fiction.
AM = Not submitted.
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40 - How To Books,
3 Newtec Place,
Magdelen Road,
Oxford OX4 1RE,
England.
Con: Giles Lewis.
Tel: 01865 247711
Fax: 01865 248780
Non-fiction concerning how to achieve a
specific goal, eg. How To Strive on Stress etc.
AM = Not submitted.
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41 - Metro Books,
Metro Publishing Ltd,
19 Gerrard Street,
London W1V 7LA,
England.
Con: Alan Brooke.
Tel: 020 7734 1411
Fax: 020 7734 1811
General non-fiction and popular psychology.
Include marketing ideas with submission.
Likes authors to attend marketing meetings.
Known for small advances.
AM = Not submitted.
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42 - Northern Writes,
4 Pilton Road,
Pilton Park,
Westerhope Village,
Tyne & Wear NE5 4PP,
United Kingdom.
Con: Richard Brailey.
Tel: 0191 214 5449
Fax: 0191 243 4910
Web: http://www.northernwrites.com/
E-mail: n.write@cableinet.co.uk
UPDATE: May no longer be trading.
AM = Not submitted.
DEFINITELY NO LONGER TRADING
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43 - Michael O'Mara Books Ltd,
9 Lion Yard,
Tremadoc Road,
London SW4 7NQ,
England.
Con: Michael O'Mara.
Tel: 0171 720 8643
Fax: 0171 627 8953
General fiction/non-fiction.
UPDATE: May no longer be trading.
AM = Not submitted.
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44 - Oneworld Publications,
185 Banbury Road,
Oxford OX2 7AR,
England.
Con: Juliet Mabey.
Tel: 01865 310597
Fax: 01865 310598
E-mail: oneworld@cix.co.uk
Web: http://www.oneworld-publications.com/
Adult non-fiction including self-help.
Distributed worldwide by Penguin.
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45 - Prion books Ltd,
Unit L,
32 - 34 Gordon House Road,
London NW5 1LP,
England.
Con: Barry Winkleman.
Tel: 0171 482 4248
Fax: 0171 482 4203
Non-fiction, psychology and health.
UPDATE: New address:
Imperial Works,
Perren Street,
London NW5 3ED,
England.
Tel: 020 7482 4248
Con: Andrew Goodfellow.
AM = Not submitted.
Update: Web site at http://www.prionbooks.com/.
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46 - Summersdale Publishers,
46 West Street,
Chicester,
West Sussex PO19 1RP,
England.
Con: Claire Richardson.
UPDATE: Not calre, try the editor, Elizabeth Kershaw.
Tel: 01243 771107
Fax: 01243 786300
E-mail: enquiries@summersdale.com
Web:
http://www.summersdale.com/
Non-fiction, including self-help.
AM = Not submitted.
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47 - Virgin Publishing,
332 Ladbroke Grove,
London W10 5AH,
England.
Con: Rod Green.
Tel: 0181 968 7554
Fax: 0181 968 0929
Web: www.virgin.com
Possibly only non-fiction, goes for the popular.
AM = Not submitted.
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48 - The X Press,
6 Hoxton Square,
London N1 6NU,
England.
Con: Steve Pope.
Tel: 020 7729 1199
Fax: 020 7729 1771
Name on Letter: Susan Service (office manager).
Fiction, black and general.
AM = Yes, are considering now after
a fast response.
Update: declined eventually.
UPDATE: There website is at Geocities, http://www.oocities.org/Area51/8165/
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1 - Chrysalis Press,
7 Lowers Laydes Hills,
Kenilworth,
Warwickshire CU8 2GN,
England.
Con: Brian Boyd.
Tel: 01926 855233
Fax: 01926 856611
Fiction only.
UPDATE New Address:
10 Belnheim Court,
Brewery Road,
London N7 9NT,
England.
Tel: 020 7700 7444
Web:
www.chrysalisbooks.com
Not sure what this company is doing now. Check the web-site.
UPDATE: Actually, it might be the first address. Phone, the top numbers should still be OK.
AM = No.
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2 - Madison Publishing,
83 Albert Place Mansions,
Lurline Gardens,
London SW11v 4DH,
England.
Con: Nathan Andrew Iyer.
Tel: 0370 873 399
Fax: 0171 622 4679
UPDATE: New address:
Fairway House,
27 Comyn Road,
London SW11 1QB,
England.
Tel: 0370 873399
Fax: 020 7585 0079
Con: As above.
Publishes: Now only British fiction.
AM = No.
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3 - Maypole Editions,
22 Mayfair Avenue,
Ilford,
Essex IG1 3DQ,
England.
Con: Barry Taylor.
Tel: 020 8252 3937
Fax: Unknown
Plays and verse in the main.
AM = No.
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4 - Neil Miller Publications,
Mount Cottage,
Grange Road,
Saint Michaels,
Tenterden,
Kent TN30 6EE,
England.
Con: Neil Miller.
Tel: Unknown
Fax: Unknown
Fiction only, mystery and strange.
They're charging money for the authors' guidelines!
AM = No.
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5 - Peepal Tree Press Ltd,
17 King's Avenue,
Leeds,
West Yorkshire LS6 1QS.
England.
Con: Jeremy Poynting.
Tel: 0113 2451703
Fax: 0113 2468368
E-mail: hannah@peepal.demon.co.uk
Fiction mostly, interested in South Asian and black British writing.
AM = No.
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6 - Tartarus Press,
5 Birch Terrace,
Hanginbirch Lane,
Horam,
East Sussex TN21 0PA,
England.
Con: Raymond Russell
Tel: 01435 813224
Fax: Unknown
E-mail: tartarus@pavilion.co.uk
Web: http://freepages.pavilion.net/users/tartarus
Fiction only.
UPDATE: No new submissions.
AM = No.
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7 - Crescent Moon Publishing and Joe's
Press,
PO Box 393,
Maidstone,
Kent ME14 5XU,
England.
Con: Jeremy Robinson.
Tel: Unknown.
Fax: Unknown
E-mail: orders@crescentmoon.org.uk
Web: www.crescentmoon.org.uk Web:
Mostly critical studies, some fiction.
AM = Not submitted.
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8 - Gateway Books,
The Hollies,
Wellow,
Bath BA2 8QJ,
England.
Con: Alick Bartholomew.
Tel: 01225 835127
Fax: 01225 840012
Web: http://www.gatewaybooks.com/
Mind, Body, spirit, alterbnative health.
Check list first.
UPDATE: possible no longet trading.
AM = Not submitted.
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9 - ignotus press, ([SIC] that's an
intentional case, i.e. not in caps)
BCM - Writer,
27 Old Gloucester Street,
London WC1X 3XX,
England.
Con: Suzanne Ruthven.
Tel: 01530 831916
E-mail: Ignotuspress@aol.com
"We publish mind, body, spirit and alternative life style books.
Full writers' guidelines are available for potential contributors"
UPDATE: Web site: http://www.ignotuspress.com/ .
Ms. Ruthven herself contacted NWN July 2004 to update the telephone number.
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10 - IKON Productions Ltd,
Manor Farm House,
Manor Road,
Wantage,
Oxfordshire OX12 8NE,
England.
Con: Clare Goodrick-Clarke.
Tel: 01235 767467
Fax: 01235 763211
Religion, countryside and self-help.
AM = Not submitted.
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11 - Matching Press,
1 Watermans End,
Matching Green,
Harlow,
Essex CM17 0RQ,
England.
Con: Patrick Streeter
Tel: 01279 731308
Fax: Unknown
Publishes: Fiction and selected non-fiction.
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12 - Need2Know,
1 - 2 Wainman Road,
Woodston Road,
Peterborough PE2 7BU,
England.
Con: Anne Sandys.
Tel: 01733 390801
Fax: 01733 230 751
Self-help, specifically to help people out
of a bad situation eg. How to Make
the Most of Being a Carer;
The Parents' Guide to Dyslexia etc.
i.e. a tight format.
UPDATE: New address:
Remus House,
Coltsfoot Drive,
Woodston,
Peterborough PE2 9JX,
England,
Tel: 01733 898103
Fax: 01733 313524
Con: Kerrie Pateman.
AM = Not submitted.
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13 - Prism Press Book Publishers,
The Thatched Cottage,
Partway Lane,
Hazelbury Bryan,
Sturminster Newton,
Dorset DT10 2DP,
England.
Con: Julian King.
Tel: 01258 817164
Fax: 01258 817635
Alternative medicine, psychology and mysticism.
AM = Not submitted.
UPDATE: May no longer be trading.
UPDATE: Definately no longer trading.
The following received by writer Stuart on 02 June 2003
I had contacted Prism regarding a manuscript. They accepted the outline and asked to see the finished manuscript. This was forwarded a good while later
(by recorded delivery) but was returned marked by the post office as "Gone Away".
I would therefore assume they are no longer trading.
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14 - Twiddlesmith Publishing Ltd,
Whitton House,
11 York Road,
Beverly,
East Yorkshire HU17 8DP,
England.
Con: Alan Twiddle.
Tel: 01482 860208
Fax: 01482 860208
Fiction/non-fiction.
AM = No.
UPDATE: Possibly no longer trading.
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A Useful Address in America
(For New Age Fiction/non-fiction)
15 - Bantam, Doubleday,
1540 Broadway,
New York 10036,
U.S.A.
Con: Unknown.
Tel: Unknown.
Fax: Unknown.
E-mail: Unknown.
Web: www.bdd.com
Initials on letter: JM
Alison & Busby Ltd
Andre Deutsch Ltd
Aureus publishing
Aurum Press Ltd
B&W Publishing Ltd
Bantam, Doubleday (Overseas)
Bellew Publishing Co Ltd
Black Ace Books
Black Spring Press Ltd
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Blake Publishing
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Calder Publications Ltd
Cannongate Books Ltd
Chrysalis Press (SP)
Constable & Co Ltd
Crescent Moon Publishing and Joe's Press (SP)
Faber & Faber Ltd
Fourth Estate Ltd 
Gateway Books (SP)
Granta Books
Hamish Hamilton Ltd
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 
Hodder Headline plc
Honeyglen Publishing Ltd
How To Books
ignotus press (SP)
IKON Productions Ltd(SP)
Janus Publishing Company Ltd
Little, Brown & Company (UK) 
Macmillan Publishers Ltd
Madison Publishibng (SP)
Matching Press (SP)
Maypole Editions (SP)
Metro Books
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Need2Know (SP)
Neil Miller Publications (SP)
Northern Writes
Oneworld Publications
Orion Publishing Group Ltd, The
Peepal Tree Press Ltd (SP)
Penguin UK
Peter Owen Ltd
Piatkus Books Ltd
PRION books Ltd
Prism Press Book Publishers (SP)
Random House UK Ltd
Richard Cohen Books Ltd
Robert Hale Ltd
Robin Clark Ltd. & Quartet Books
Robinson Publishing Ltd
Serpent's Tail
Severn House Publishers
Simon & Schuster
Souvenir Press Ltd
Summersdale Publishers
Tartarus Press (SP)
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Twiddlesmith Publishing Ltd (SP)
Usborne Publishing
Virgin Publishing
X Press, The 
UPDATE: New UK Publishers
Well, we're really networking now, thanks for all the e-mails, here is the growing list of new publishers. If you find a good business open to new writing, let us know!
1 - Duncan Baird Publishers,
Castle House,
75-76 Wells Street,
London W1P 3RE,
Tel:020 7323 2229
Fax: 020 7580 5629
E-mail: james@dbairdpub.co.uk
Con: Bob Saxton.
Publishes: Selected fiction, including mind, body & spirit.
2 - Blackie & Co Publishers,
107-111 Fleet Street,
London EC4A 2AB
Te; 020 7936 9021
Fax: 020 7936 9100
E-mail: editors@blackie.org
Publishes Fiction and some non-fiction.
Update: The following email received May 2004
Blackie and Co Publishers Ltd, commissioing editor bettina croft, late with tax return, takes deposit money for subsidy publishing, goes belly. Web site down, phones inoperative, email silent.
Fleet St address not address listed in companies register. Contracts address Box 30 Ely Cambs is registered to Queen Adelaide Farm, Prickwillow road, Queen Adelaide, Ely, Cambs, but neither address elicits responses.
Recommend staying well clear of any company listing Bettina Croft in any capacity.
Another firm Blackie and Co also does publishing business from a Peterborough address and says it is negotiating to take over the Blackie website. Not on the list of companies in the register. Something suspicious here. Says it is owed monay by Blackie and Co Publishers Ltd for sub contracted work. Name suggests that the link is closer than mere subcontractor.
Am presently trying to get £2000 back that I paid in November. Don't hold my breath...
3 - Chimera Book Publishers,
Sheraton House,
Castle Park,
Cambridge CB3 0AX,
England.
Tel: 01223 370012
Fax: 01223 370040
Con: R. Sabir.
Fiction/non-fiction.
4 - Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd,
24 Lacy Road,
London SW15 1NL,
England.
Tel: 020 8788 9522
Fax: 020 8789 8122
E-mail: Ken Hollins
Ideas for non-fiction only. Fiction from agents only.
5 - The C.W. Daniel Co. Ltd.
1 Church Path,
Saffron Walden,
Essex CB10 1JP,
Tel: 01799 521909
Fax: 01799 513462
E-mail: daniel_publishing@dial.pipex.com
Web: www.cwdaniel.com
Con: Ian Miller
Publishes: New age, alternative healing and metaphysical.
6 - Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd,
61 Frith Street,
London W1V 5TA,
England.
Tel: 020 7434 4242
Fax: 020 7434 4420
E-mail: info@duckworth-publishers.co.uk
Web: www.duckw.com
Con: Sarah Such
Publishes: Contemporary fiction and non-fiction. Unusual list, good if book doesn't fit other lists.
7 - Element Books Ltd,
The Old School House,
The Courtyard,
Bell Street,
Shaftesbury,
Dorset,
SP7 8BP,
England.
Tel: 01747 851448
Fax: 01747 855721
E-mail: Unknown.
Web: n/a
Con: Julia McCutchen
Publishes: Self-help, personal development, world religions.
8 - Enitharmon Press,
36 Sty. george's Avenue,
London N7 0HD,
England.
Tel: 020 7607 7194
Fax: 020 7607 8694
E-mail: books@enitharmon.demon.co.uk
Web: n/a
Con: Stephen Stuart-Smith
Publishes: Poetry, fiction - smallish company.
9 - Findhorn Press Ltd,
The Park,
Findhorn,
Moray IV36 3TY,
England.
Tel: 01309 690582
Fax: 01309 690036
E-mail: books@findhorn.org
Web: www.findhornpress.com
Con: Karin Bogliolo
Publishes: Mind, body, spirit, new age and healing.
10 - W. Foulsham & Co,
The Publishing House,
Bennets Close,
Slough,
Berkshire SL1 5AP,
England.
Tel: 01753 526769
Fax: 01753 535003
E-mail: n/a
Web: n/a
Con: B.A.R. Belasco (MD)
Publishes: Self-improvement/development, dreams, most subjects of non-fiction. Imprint Quantum for mind, body and spirit.
11 - Gomer Press,
Wind Street,
Llandysul SA44 4QL,
Wales.
Tel: 01559 362371
Fax: 01559 353758
E-mail: gwasg@gomer.co.uk
Web: www.gomer.co.uk
Con: Unknown.
Publishes: Mostly Welsh. No unsolicited approached what-so-ever. (Nice, eh?)
12 - Greenzone Publishing,
24 Higher Kings Avenue,
Exeter,
Devon EX4 6JP,
England.
Tel: 01392 662246
Fax: 01392 252157
E-mail: aspire@xcebtrex.force9.co.uk
Web: n/a
Con: Patricia Hawkes.
Publishes: Popular fiction and non-fiction. No material, S.A.E. for guidelines.
13 - Mainstream Publishing Co. (Edinburgh) Ltd,
7 Albany Street,
Edinburgh EH1 3UG,
United Kingdom.
Tel: 0131 557 2959
Fax: 0131 556 8720
E-mail: n/a
Web: n/a
Con: Bill Campbell
Publishes: Popular paperbacks (?).
14 - Methuen Publishing Ltd,
215 Vauxhall Bridge Road,
London SW1V 1EJ,
England.
Tel: 020 7828 2838
Fax: 020 7233 9827
E-mail: @methuen.co.uk
Web: n/a
Con: Max Eilenberg.
Publishes: Fiction and non-fiction. No first novels. Approach by letter.
15 - Pulp Books,
PO Box 12171,
London N19 3HB,
England.
Tel: 020 7561 1387
Fax: n/a
E-mail: n/a
Web: www.pulpfact.demon.co.uk
Con: Unknown.
Publishes: New comtemporary British fiction.
16 - The Toby Press,
146 New Cavendish Street,
London W1M 7FG,
England.
Tel: 020 7580 5440
Fax: 020 7580 5442
E-mail: toby@tobypress.com
Web: www.tobypress.com
Con: M. Miller (Chairperson)
Publishes: Fiction, which is marketed through its web page only. Sendf first chapters, no full mss.
17 - Windhorse Publications,
11 Park Road,
Moseley,
Birmingham B13 8AB,
England.
Tel: 0121 449 9191
Fax: 0121 499 9191
E-mail: windhorse@compuserve.com
Web: n/a
Con: Sara Hagel
Publishes: Meditation and Buddhism, associated with FWBO. First contact e-mail/letter prefered.
18 - Virtual Volumes,
Ashanti,
61 Lower Road,
Chorelywood,
Hertfordshire WD3 5LA,
England.
Tel: 01923 443326
Fax: 01923 282750
E-mail: kaq56@dial.pipex.xom
Web: www.virtualvolumes.com and www.booksinspace.com and www.treelessbooks.com
Con: Diana Flower, Andrew Macgregor.
Publishes: General fiction and non-fiction. Electronic publisher. Prefers two chapters sample of finished books only. E-mail for submission guidelines, no snail-mail correspondence.
19 - Internet Book Company Ltd,
4420 Nash Court,
Oxford Business Park,
Oxford OX4 2RU
Tel: 07930 347010
Web: bdossetter@internetbookco.com
Con: Barbara Dossetter
"We are an Ebook publishing company looking for new good writers who have had their work edited. Internet based publishing changes the whole dynamics of publishing. If anyone is interested, they can look at our website at www.internetbookco.com and take the authors' path in the navigation bar at the top.We work with authors and traditional publishers in making this work as widely available as possible."
20 - Gill & Macmillam
10 Hume Avenue,
Park West,
Dublin 12,
Republic of Ireland.
Tel: 00 353 1 5009500
Imprint Newleaf spirituality, mind, body, spirit, psychology etc.
21 - The Better Book Company,
Warblington Lodge,
The Gardens,
Warblington Near Havant,
Hampshire PO9 2HX,
England.
Tel: 01428 682937
Fax: 01248 681736
Con: James Jude Garvey.
Publishes: Fiction and selected non-fiction.
22 - Codex Books.
PO Box 148,
Hove,
East Sussex BN3 3DQ,
England.
Tel: 01273 728000
Fax: 01273 205502
E-mail: codex@codexbooks.co.uk
Web:
www.codexbooks.co.uk
Con:Hayley Anne.
Publishes: Cutting edge fiction, experimental etc. Selected non-fiction.
23 - Copperfield Books,
Hillbrook House,
Lyncombe Vale Road,
Bath BA2 4LS,
England.
E-mail: sales@www.darcybook.com
Web: www.darceybook.com
Comissioned books only.
24 - Stone Flower Limited,
9 The Drive,
Ilford,
Essex IG1 3EY,
England.
Tel: Unknown.
Con: L. G. Norman.
Publishes: general fiction and selected non-fiction.
25 - Vertiram
Pilgrims,
Redway,
Porlock,
Minehead,
Somerset TA24 8QF,
England.
Tel: 01643 862637
E-mail: neil.trickett@virgin.net
Con: Niel Trickett.
Publishes: Fiction with a philospohical slant and ¡°reality-finding non-fiction¡±.
European Publishers
26 - Uitgeverij BZZTOH,
Laan van Meerdervoort 10,
2517 AJ Gravenhage,
The Netherlands.
Tel: 00 31 70 3632934
Publishes: Fiction, mystery, occult, Buddhism.
26 - Uitgeverji Het Spectrum BV,
Postbos 2073,
3500 GB Utrecht,
The Netherlands.
Tel: 00 31 2650650
Publishes, general non-fiction, astrology, occult.
27 - Editorial Espsas-Calpe SA,
Apdo 574,
Carretera de Imun KM 12,
28080 Madrid.
Tel: 00 349 1 358 9689
Publishes: Fiction, selected non-fiction including self-help.
Commonwealth Publishers
Choice Books
57 Carrington Road,
Marrickville,
NSW 2204,
Australia.
Tel: 00 61 2 9577 3333
Fax: 00 61 2 9577 3222
Publishes: Selected non-fiction, including self-help.
E.J Dwyer (Australia) Pty Ltd.,
Locked Bag 71,
Alexandria,
NSW 2015,
Australia.
Tel: 00 61 2 9550 2355
Fax: 00 61 2 9519 3218
Publishes: Selected non-fiction, including self-help.
Hodder Headline Australia,
Level 22,
201 Kent Street,
Sydney,
NSW 2000
Australia.
Tel: 00 61 2 8248 0800
Fax: 00 61 2 8248 0810
Fic/non-fic.
Thomas C. Lothian Pty Ltd.,
11 Munro Street,
Port Melbourne,
Victoria 3027,
Australia.
Tel: 00 61 3 9645 1544
Fax: 00 61 3 9646 4882
Publishes: General non-fiction, including new age etc.
Penguin Books Australia Ltd.,
PO Box 157,
Ringwood,
Victoria 3134,
Australia.
Tel: 00 61 3 9871 2400
Fax: 00 61 3 9870 9618
Fic/non-fic, including self-help.
Transworld Publishers Pty Ltd.,
Private Bag 12,
Neutral Bay,
NSW 2089,
Australia.
Tel: 00 61 2 9908 4366
Fax: 00 61 2 9953 8563
Fic/non-fic, including self-help.
Hind Pocket Books Private Ltd.,
18-19 Dilshad Garden Road,
Delhi 110 095
India.
Tel: 00 91 11 202 046
Fax: 00 91 11 228 332
Fic/non-fic, including self-help.
Jaico Publishing House,
121-125 Mahatma Gandhi Road,
Mumbai 400 023,
India.
Tel: 00 91 22 267 6702
Fax: 00 91 22 204 1673
Selected non-fiction, including occult, philosophy etc.
Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt Ltd.,
PO Box 5715,
New Delhi 110 055,
India.
Tel: 00 91 11 777 3650
Fax: 00 91 11 751 2745
Selected non-fiction including occult, buddhism etc.
HarperCollins Publishers (New Zeland) Ltd.,
PO Box 1,
Aukland,
New Zeland.
Tel: 00 64 9 443 9400
Fax: 00 64 9 443 9403
Fic/non-fic including self-help.
Tandem Press
PO Box 34272,
Birkenhead,
Auckland 10,
New Zeland.
Tel: 00 64 9 480 1052
Fax: 00 64 9 480 1455
Fic/non-fic, including self-help.
Further New Age/Metaphysical Publishers
The following are mostly smallish outfits accepting New Age/Metaphysical.
Arcturus Publishing
26/27 Bickels Yard
151-153 Bermondsey Street,
London SE1 3HA
U.K.
Tel: +44(0)20 7407 9400
Fax: +44(0)20 7407 9444
Editorial Enquiries:
Tessa Rose: tessa.rose@arcturuspublishing.com
Sales & Marketing Enquiries:
Tom Oakes: tom.oakes@arcturuspublishing.com
Soft New Age
Octopus Publishing Group
2-4 Heron Quays London E14 4JP
+44 207 531 8400
info@octopus-publishing.co.uk
Softish New Age, though currently there's none on their site. It's more non-fiction educational.
Capall Bann Publishing
Auton Farm
Milverton
Somerset
TA4 1NE
e-mail
enquiries@capallbann.co.uk
Chaos magick, Atlantis type things. 250 titles. The web-site looks quite writer friendly. The home page invites submissions by e-mail, and the contract is in 'plain english'... (so a good laywer could probably rip it to pieces! (just kidding)).
CAXTON PUBLISHING GROUP
20 Bloomsbury Street
London WC1B 3JH Tel. 0207 636 7171
Fax. 0207 636 1922
http://www.caxtonbooks.com/
"Publishers specializing in a wide range of military; children's; gift; art; and mind, body, spirit books. Also a wide range of remainders."
Gothic Image Publications
PO Box 2568
Glastonbury
Somerset BA6 8XR, UK
Tel: (*44) (0)1458 831281
Fax: (*44) (0)1458 833385
publications@gothicimage.co.uk
http://www.gothicimage.co.uk
Focus on mythology and past, some practical.
"Books about
Art, Mythology
Ancient Mysteries
Modern Times
and Glastonbury
"
Green Magic Publishers
The Long Barn
Sutton Mallet
Somerset
TA7 9AR
info@greenmagicpublishing.com
Focus on history, some practical books also.
Kegan Paul
P.O. Box 256 London WC1B 3SW
United Kingdom
World-wide, with a focus on history.
Luath Press Ltd
543/2 Castlehill
The Royal Mile
Edinburgh
EH1 2ND
Almost all has a Scottish link.
RUDOLF STEINER PRESS
Hillside House, The Square
Forest Row, E.Sussex, RH18 5ES.
Telephone: 01342 824433
Fax: 01342 826437 RUDOLF STEINER PRESS LTD.
EMAIL: editorial@rudolfsteinerpress.com
Mainly the books by Rudolf Steiner, but other authors who fit in with
that philosophy also has a chance.
Temple Lodge Publishing Ltd.
Hillside House, The Square,
Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5ES
Telephone: 01342 824000
Fax: 01342 826437
Email: office@templelodge.com
SPIRITUAL BOOKS WITH A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH
Somehow, this is linked to the Rudolf Steiner publisher which proceeds it, though I can't work out exactly how.
Thoth Publications
64 Leopold Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. LE11 5DN.
Tel. +44 (0)1509 210626 : Fax. +44 (0)1509 238034
General Metaphysical, nice backlist.
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