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Publishers

Bookweb Publisher Index

An A-Z listing of UK publishers with links to websites.

Bloomsbury

This website includes catalogues, author details and events, a writers' area, and the Bloomsbury magazine. Plus book and author blogs.

Canongate Books

Specialists in cult fiction both new and neglected. Includes extracts, author interviews and advance warning of new titles.

Faber & Faber

Includes book news and author interviews, Podcasts, offers and competitions. Plus a great section for kids

HarperCollins

Covers imprints such as Collins and Fourth Estate. Includes news and events.

Hodder and Stoughton

A useful site with events, a blog, news, extracts from and reviews of bestsellers. Be sure to visit ‘The Lounge’ where you can find features, podcasts, competitions, special offers and help for reading groups.

Little Brown

All the latest book and author news, interviews, competitions, downloadable reading guides, reader reviews, videos, podcasts and more.

Orion

The ‘Reading Room’ has a book of the month with reading group notes, plus a number of reading guides and useful for reading groups. Also competitions and interviews.

Pan MacMillan

The site includes an events diary, features, interviews, extracts, news, awards, competitions, quizzes and games, and a round-up of reviews of a number of titles. There is a very useful reading groups homepage.

Penguin

Features events, reviews, audio extracts, a notice board, regional forums, a monthly featured author, and a readers’ groups section.

Random House

The ‘off the page’ section has written, audio, and video extracts, also reading guides. The rest of the site has competitions and whole chapter extracts you can read, also a children’s funstuff section. The site links to all the other imprints such as Vintage, Virgin, Ebury, Bodley Head and Time Out – nearly 30 in all.

Simon and Schuster

This site has a multimedia section with slideshows and audio and video guides, interviews and trailers, as well as featured author videos.