Hachette News

Hachette UK’s network for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) employees, THRIVE, announce their second annual free Grow Your Story development programme for unpublished and unagented writers from BAME backgrounds, in partnership with David Higham […]

Hachette UK has appointed Katie Espiner to a new role as CEO of Hodder & Stoughton and Orion Publishing Group, while Anna Valentine has been promoted to Managing Director of Orion Publishing Group. Both will […]

Hachette UK has announced that Jamie Hodder-Williams will be stepping down as CEO of Hodder & Stoughton after more than 30 years at Hodder & Stoughton and 20 years as Managing Director and CEO. He […]

Hachette UK is partnering with Springpod to offer a new, fully virtual course called ‘The Business of Publishing’ for up to a thousand students aged 15 to 18 during February’s half-term. This new type of […]

Hachette UK has marked the fifth anniversary of its Changing the Story diversity and inclusion programme by releasing the results of its 2021 staff and author censuses in the ‘Changing the Story: People and Publishing […]

Hachette UK has committed to setting science-based targets for reducing its carbon emissions as part of the global Science Based Targets initiative, which provides companies with a clearly-defined path to low carbon transformation in line […]

Vaseem Khan, author of the Malabar House historical crime novels, is to present a series of videos offering a best practise guide to writing diversity in fiction for Hachette UK’s Future Bookshelf. The project is […]

Hachette UK is sponsoring and co-hosting a panel event for Black Ballad’s 2021 Book Festival, as part of a series of activities to mark Black History Month. Black Ballad’s inaugural festival, which is running from […]

Hachette UK’s Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) employee network, THRIVE, has announced its plans to host two panel events to mark this year’s Black History Month. The panels, which will be held virtually in […]

Rising Stars, part of Hodder Education, is this week hosting a Festival of Reading in partnership with the National Literacy Trust, to mark the next phase in Hachette UK’s three-year partnership with the National Literacy […]

Nick Davies, Managing Director of John Murray Press and a member of the Hachette UK Board, has been appointed to the council of Creative UK, the membership body which represents, champions and supports the UK’s […]

Hachette UK has appointed Jane Dale as its new General Counsel, following Alex Hardy’s decision to return to Australia with her family later this year. Dale will take up the role in January 2022, based […]