Press Releases


  1. John Murray acquires brilliant new title by Lloyd Jones01/03/2010
  2. Octopus Publishing Group announces a new collaboration with Australian Women’s Weekly01/03/2010
  3. Hodder & Stoughton acquires a new series for all the family by John Grisham25/02/2010
  4. Sceptre and Phoenix take three places across the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2010 shortlists18/02/2010
  5. Hachette titles are amongst the UK's most borrowed authors12/02/2010
  6. Ten Hachette titles nominated at the Romantic Novelists' Association Awards11/02/2010
  7. Hachette titles shortlisted for the British Sports Book Awards03/02/2010
  8. Hachette India now second largest publisher in India01/02/2010
  9. Hachette claims record share of the book market in 200922/01/2010
  10. Hachette Book Group USA announce release date for Graphic Novel adaptation of Twilight21/01/2010
  11. Hachette UK titles take top spot in the UK and Ireland20/01/2010
  12. Little, Brown Author Val McDermid wins CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award12/01/2010
  13. Hachette UK triple win at the CWA Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 200922/10/2009
  14. Two Little, Brown Book Group titles shortlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction08/09/2009
  15. Two Little, Brown Book Group titles longlisted for the Man Booker Prize28/07/2009
  16. Mark Billingham's Death Message wins the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award27/07/2009
  17. Weidenfeld & Nicolson to publish novel by Michael Palin14/07/2009
  18. Hachette UK announces the appointment of Dominic Mahony as Group HR Director06/07/2009
  19. John Murray authors achieve double win a the Somerset Maugham Awards22/06/2009
  20. "The Marriage Bureau for Rich People" by Farahad Zama (Abacus) wins the Melissa Nathan Award12/06/2009
  21. Hachette UK titles win both awards at the 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction04/06/2009
  22. Hachette UK appoints Head of Digital and announces formation of a UK Digital Board03/06/2009
  23. Hachette UK titles shortlisted for Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year01/06/2009
  24. Orion titles take two places on the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Longlist26/05/2009
  25. Little, Brown Book Group title tells the story behind 47-million-year-old human ancestor19/05/2009
  26. Hachette UK appoints new Managing Director Distribution18/05/2009
  27. BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Longlist Announced14/05/2009
  28. Hachette UK to join Hachette Book Group USA for Canadian Sales and Distribution07/05/2009
  29. Ronan O’Brien wins Newcomer of the Year at the Irish Book Awards07/05/2009
  30. Virago Title shortlisted for Orange Prize for Fiction21/04/2009
  31. The Alan Titchmarsh Show launches a televised competition to find the ‘People’s Author’07/04/2009
  32. Group titles storm the Orange Award for New Writers Shortlist07/04/2009
  33. Galaxy British Book Awards wins for Hachette UK Authors06/04/2009
  34. Hachette UK title shortlisted for celebrated literary award02/04/2009
  35. Hachette Ireland and Little, Brown titles short-listed for Irish Book Awards01/04/2009
  36. Fiona Rintoul wins the Sceptre Prize 25/03/2009
  37. John Murray title shortlisted for Sunday Times Award18/03/2009
  38. Orange Prize for Fiction longlist announced18/03/2009
  39. Hachette UK achieves a Scottish triumph16/03/2009
  40. Important Announcements from Hachette UK12/03/2009
  41. World Book Day10/03/2009
  42. Writing the future for Scottish novelists04/03/2009
  43. Chris Cleave shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize20/02/2009
  44. Titles published by Hachette UK head the list of most borrowed books according to PLR figures18/02/2009
  45. Hachette UK and English PEN partnership17/02/2009
  46. "East of the Sun" wins Romantic Novel of the Year & Judy Piatkus accepts Lifetime Achievement Award11/02/2009
  47. Hachette UK Publishes 19 Books out of the Official UK Top 50 10/02/2009
  48. Declan Hughes nominated for an Edgar20/01/2009
  49. The Richard and Judy Book Club 200920/01/2009
  50. Hodder Win "Ugly" suit01/12/2008
  51. "The Secret Life of Words" wins John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 25/11/2008
  52. 4 Hachette Titles on Costa Shortlist20/11/2008
  53. "The Witch’s Children Go To School" Wins Inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize19/11/2008
  54. Hachette Livre Unveils a New Logo and the UK Group Modifies its Name22/10/2008
  55. Arnaud Nourry and Tim Hely Hutchinson interview in The Bookseller12/10/2008
  56. Cold Steel (L,BBG) shortlisted for the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year07/10/2008
  57. Bookpoint Implements IRI (Industry Returns Initiative)06/10/2008
  58. Two Hachette Titles Named on Man Booker Shortlist09/09/2008
  59. Hodder Faith to publish word-of-mouth sensation The Shack28/05/2008
  60. HLUK wins 3 Nibbies14/05/2008
  61. Gollancz wins Arthur C. Clarke Award for third year in a row01/05/2008
  62. Samuel Johnson Prize Longlist and Orange Prize Shortlist announced16/04/2008
  63. British Book Trade Award Nominations11/04/2008
  64. HLUK wins four Nibbies!10/04/2008
  65. National Year of Reading31/03/2008
  66. Octopus Books USA05/03/2008
  67. Sleepwalker Takes Number One Spot13/02/2008
  68. Hachette Tops Richard and Judy Book Club List03/01/2008
  69. 'Young Stalin' Wins Biography Section of the Costa Book Awards03/01/2008
  70. 'When a Monster is Born' awarded the Gold Award at Nestlé Children’s Book Prize Awards12/12/2007
  71. Hachette Livre UK announces the formation of the Hachette Book Group Ireland10/12/2007
  72. Thomas Abraham named Managing Director, Hachette Book Publishing India01/08/2007
  73. Hachette Livre UK announces launch of Indian company01/08/2007
  74. Piatkus Books joins Little, Brown Book Group23/07/2007