Hachette UK

Our mission at Hachette UK is to make it easy for everyone, everywhere to unlock new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity. We aim to be the publisher and employer of choice for everyone. We value and seek different and diverse perspectives, voices and ideas to support creativity and break new ground. Our people place the needs, wants and passions of the consumer at the heart of they do, and have a hunger to learn through taking on new experiences in order to contribute to our creative and commercial success.

We publish thousands of new books across the group every year and our authors include Brit Bennett, Candice Carty-Williams, Martina Cole, Michael Connelly, John Grisham, Stephen King, Stieg Larsson, Nelson Mandela, Stephenie Meyer, Maggie O’Farrell, Delia Owens, Ian Rankin, J.K. Rowling, Colson Whitehead and Malala Yousafzai.

Hachette UK comprises offices around the UK, including our headquarters in London, the Hely Hutchinson Centre (HHC) for distribution in Didcot and five new national offices in Edinburgh, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and Bristol, as well as offices in several other regions that form part of the Hachette UK territory, including Australia, India, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Jamaica and New Zealand.

We are the second largest publishing group in the UK, with 10 autonomous publishing divisions and over 50 imprints with a rich and diverse history. We are also the market leader in e-books and publish a range of bestsellers in audio format, the fastest growing part of our business.

Our award-winning adult publishing divisions are Orion, which won Publisher of the Year at the 2021 British Book Awards, Little, Brown, John Murray Press, Hodder & Stoughton, Headline, Quercus, Bookouture and Octopus. Hachette Children’s Group publishes a diverse range of books for children of all ages and Hodder Education is a market leader in resources for both primary and secondary schools.