Hachette News
Hachette UK hosts showcase for first Grow Your Story cohort with Spread the Word
Hachette UK’s Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) network, THRIVE, will host a showcase event in collaboration with Spread the Word, London’s writer development agency, to introduce the first cohort of writers to graduate […]
Hachette UK announces Future Bookshelf cohort for 2021
The Future Bookshelf is delighted to announce that it has paired nine writers with nine Hachette UK editors as part of its mentoring strand for 2021. The Future Bookshelf forms part of Hachette UK’s Changing […]
Hachette UK announces partnership with National Literacy Trust
Hachette UK has announced a new, three-year partnership with the National Literacy Trust where the two organisations will co-create programmes to help children, young people and adults in disadvantaged communities to develop life-changing literacy skills. […]
Hachette UK becomes first publisher to win British Dyslexia Association Smart Award
Hachette UK has become the first publisher to win a British Dyslexia Association (BDA) Smart Award, in recognition of its efforts to promote good practice for supporting the needs of dyslexic and neurodiverse individuals. […]
Hachette UK unveils 2021 traineeship programme and partnerships
Hachette UK has unveiled its 2021 traineeship programme, partnering for the first time with literary agency Curtis Brown and booksellers Waterstones. It will open for applications later in February, with 10 trainees joining Hachette UK […]
Hachette UK to launch Feminist Book Box subscription service
One of the key pillars of Hachette UK’s strategy is ‘owner mentality’ and in an industry first, staff from across the publisher’s trade divisions are launching a monthly subscription book service in March 2021. The […]
Hachette UK publishes its latest Gender Pay Gap Report
Hachette UK has launched its latest Gender Pay Gap Report, which reveals that the median gender pay gap* has decreased by 7.1 percentage points over the last four years, from 24.7% in 2017 to 17.6% […]
Hachette UK reveals new pay transparency measures
Hachette UK has announced a raft of new measures to bring more transparency to how pay is calculated, awarded and communicated at different levels of the company. The publisher is raising its entry level salaries, […]
Hachette UK reveals Ethnicity Pay Gap Action Plan
Hachette UK has today revealed its Ethnicity Pay Gap Action Plan, following publication of its second Ethnicity Pay Gap Report* in July and subsequent employee workshops over the summer. Hachette UK’s 2020 Ethnicity Pay […]
Hachette UK joins forces with Harper Collins and Penguin Random House UK to celebrate Black History Month
Hachette UK’s Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) employee network, THRIVE, is joining forces with the BAME employee networks at HarperCollins (Elevate) and Penguin Random House UK (Colour[Full]) for the first time, to hold a […]
Hachette UK celebrates Black History Month with series of virtual panels
Hachette UK’s Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) employee network, THRIVE, is partnering with its authors to host a series of free panels in celebration of Black History Month. The panels, which will be held […]
Hachette UK launches free portfolio sessions for BAME designers and illustrators
Hachette UK’s Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) employee network, THRIVE, has partnered with the design teams in its trade divisions to launch a series of free portfolio sessions for designers and illustrators from BAME […]