The Book Guild

The Book Guild An independent publisher delivering quality partnership and mainstream book publishing services. Submissions must therefore be commercial in nature.

An independent partnership and commercial publisher that publishes about 170 titles a year. We offer both traditional and partnership publishing, with all our titles being fully or co-funded by the company. We do not offer a self-publishing service, but authors may be asked to contribute to the publication of a book in some way, with the Book Guild funding the rest. The Book Guild has acquired a s

olid reputation for publishing books across all genres since its establishment over 35 years ago. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts in all genres for consideration. Submissions from agents are accepted but an agent is not essential, we accept author submissions direct. All submissions will first be considered for a traditional publishing model; if we do not feel that a manuscript is suitable for our traditional publishing programme, we will then consider it for some form of partnership publishing.

Paul Mitchell, a senior investigator for the National Security Agency, is tasked with investigating a series of seemingl...
10/01/2025

Paul Mitchell, a senior investigator for the National Security Agency, is tasked with investigating a series of seemingly random suicides of leading cosmologists. He uncovers a link between the suicides and an astronomy project team searching for cold dark matter. But Paul's curiosity is piqued by an attempt on his life by a professional assassin. Someone wants Paul stopped. But why?

A highly intriguing and fast-paced sci-fi thriller from Andy Wilkinson, a film consultant and World Champion Artistic Sword Master and fencer, Fight Director, Film & Theatre Director. 📕

This eye-catching cover features silver foiling on the front cover and spine text, which complements the colourful matte cover. ✨

Find out more about Trinity: Sol 3 on the Book Guild online bookstore. Release date: 28th January 2025. 📕

Book Guild author Justin Newland Writer 's book blog tour for his latest novel 'The Midnight of Eights' will begin on Mo...
10/01/2025

Book Guild author Justin Newland Writer 's book blog tour for his latest novel 'The Midnight of Eights' will begin on Monday! See the bloggers involved below:

For more info on 'The Midnight of Eights' click here: https://tinyurl.com/5n86ybnr ⚓️

A contemporary piece of women’s fiction that follows Saniya, a therapist and mother, as she faces the turmoil of an abus...
09/01/2025

A contemporary piece of women’s fiction that follows Saniya, a therapist and mother, as she faces the turmoil of an abusive marriage, whilst also being haunted by her childhood trauma. This is a story of one woman’s journey that cascades through multi-layered cycles of conflict and turmoil. 📙

Set in 21st century Lahore, Pakistan, Saniya's journey embodies courage, resilience, and the power of self-discovery amid adversity. Perfect for fans of Delia Owens, Gabrielle Zevin and Claire Keegan. 📚

This bright cover features gold foiling on the cover text to add an eye-catching extra element. This is continued on the spine and back cover.

Find out more about Saniya on the Book Guild online bookshop. Release date:
28th January.

You can catch a 2 minute sample of SG Bell 's 'The Epilogue Event' on BBC Upload - It’s on both Thursday & Saturday nigh...
09/01/2025

You can catch a 2 minute sample of SG Bell 's 'The Epilogue Event' on BBC Upload - It’s on both Thursday & Saturday night from 6pm available BBC Ess*x, Suffolk, Norfolk and BBC Three Counties or you can listen via the free BBC Sounds app, here -> https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08q3hsh 🎧

A collection of shorter fiction by BAFTA-nominated comedy-writer Paul A Mendelson. Mostly humorous in tone, yet with ser...
08/01/2025

A collection of shorter fiction by BAFTA-nominated comedy-writer Paul A Mendelson. Mostly humorous in tone, yet with serious themes, they exhibit an intriguing range of subjects and styles:

♦️ A romantic comedy about a single woman in her late thirties who sets out to have a baby without any strings or attachments.
♦️ An unusual ghost story where a middle-aged man meets the father he never knew.
♦️ A memory tale where a man in his seventies happily recalls how he and his three school pals exacted poetic revenge on the Car-Washing Maniac of Number 43.
♦️ And a novella about what two adult siblings decide to do when their rich but seriously awful parents suddenly announce that they are going SKI-ing (Spending Kids’ Inheritance).

Paul A Mendelson has written eleven novels and has created several hit BBC sitcoms, including May to December and My Hero. His ITV drama starring Martin Clunes, Losing It, was much acclaimed.

This beautiful cover features spot UV, which is continued on the spine and back cover. 📕

Find out more about The Makings of Emily Jensen on the Book Guild online bookshop.

New year, new books! ✅Take a look at some of the bright and beautiful titles that have arrived at our HQ over the new ye...
08/01/2025

New year, new books! ✅

Take a look at some of the bright and beautiful titles that have arrived at our HQ over the new year. 📚

To find out more about these books, you can search for them on the Book Guild online bookshop:
https://www.bookguild.co.uk/bookshop/

A gripping crime novel that follows Detective Inspector Heppolette. In the midst of a school production of 'Romeo and Ju...
02/01/2025

A gripping crime novel that follows Detective Inspector Heppolette. In the midst of a school production of 'Romeo and Juliet' in Jersey, tragedy strikes when the actress playing Juliet dies on stage and Heppolette is put on the case. 🎭

As she delves into the case, Heppolette uncovers a world where drugs, s*x, and dysfunctional families mirror the dark themes of Shakespeare's play.

“Starts as a love story and turns into something far darker against a background of Shakespearean romance and a production of ‘Macbeth’ that ends with a mystery it takes a lifetime to solve. A gripping debut from a writer to look out for…” – Simon de Bruxelles, Journalist.

Find out more about Stephan Le Marchand's An Untimely Frost on the Book Guild online bookshop. Publication date: 28th February 2025. 📙

Invisibility – it’s a superpower, right? Well, that’s not quite the reality. 📗All I want is to be like every other kid m...
24/12/2024

Invisibility – it’s a superpower, right? Well, that’s not quite the reality. 📗

All I want is to be like every other kid my age, but that’s not going to happen when people can hardly ever see me. I have dreams of my own that I want to achieve. I want to fall in love, have friends... I want to be seen.

This is my life, however. This is my reality – “The Invisible Boy”. It’s a curse.

Find out more about Bobby Scoynes's Invisible Me, aimed at young adults, on the Book Guild online bookshop: https://www.bookguild.co.uk/bookshop/young-adult/invisible-me/
Official publication Date: 28 Jan 2025.

When Zara Keff is evacuated from London to Cambridgeshire in 1940, her extended family goes along too. Zara relishes bei...
24/12/2024

When Zara Keff is evacuated from London to Cambridgeshire in 1940, her extended family goes along too. Zara relishes being in the thick of the local war effort. When tales of the suffering inflicted in occupied Europe begin to emerge, she is as horrified as any of her classmates. That horror is compounded by a shocking chance discovery, for Zara is not quite who she thinks she is.

A gripping historical novel that follows the journey of a Jewish family spanning the early 20th century to post-World War II Britain. Inspired by the author's own family heritage, particularly the wartime experience of Waxman’s mother.

Find out more about Jeremy Waxman's The Century of Zara Keff on the Book Guild online bookshop. Official publication date: 28th January 2025.

Santa's come early to our HQ! 🎅We have a beautiful selection of titles in from the printers this week. 📚Find out more ab...
23/12/2024

Santa's come early to our HQ! 🎅

We have a beautiful selection of titles in from the printers this week. 📚

Find out more about these titles on the Book Guild online bookshop.

Congratulations to Justin Newland Writer, whose novel 'The Mark of the Salamander' has been given an honourable mention ...
23/12/2024

Congratulations to Justin Newland Writer, whose novel 'The Mark of the Salamander' has been given an honourable mention in The Coffee Pot Book Club's 'Book of the Year Award' 🏅

See the full list of winners here: https://tinyurl.com/34s4b534

Find out more about the book here: https://tinyurl.com/2zpdwj5e

The audiobook edition of The Devil's Code by Colin Wade is now live. 🎧Available on Amazon, Audible, Spotify, Apple and K...
19/12/2024

The audiobook edition of The Devil's Code by Colin Wade is now live. 🎧

Available on Amazon, Audible, Spotify, Apple and Kobo. 📻

Hiding a deadly secret, Libby flees from Oxford under a new identity, Charlie. Building herself a new life, Charlie deci...
18/12/2024

Hiding a deadly secret, Libby flees from Oxford under a new identity, Charlie. Building herself a new life, Charlie decides to write a memoir and finds the courage to include details of her incriminating past…

A contemporary novel, set between Oxford and Devon, delicately dealing with themes of domestic abuse, s*xuality and identity.

Perfect for fans of Delia Owens, Gail Honeyman and Sally Rooney.

Find out more about van Santen’s new book, released on the 28th of January 2025, via the link in our bio to The Book Guild bookshop.

🖊 Liz van Santen

60 AD. The death of Prasutagus, the Iceni king, leaves his kingdom divided between Rome and his daughters. The Roman Pro...
17/12/2024

60 AD. The death of Prasutagus, the Iceni king, leaves his kingdom divided between Rome and his daughters. The Roman Procurator Catus Decianus seizes the entire territory. Driven by vengeance, Boudica rallies the Iceni tribe. ⚔

A gripping historical novel set in 60 AD, following Queen Boudica and the Iceni tribe's rebellion against Roman Britain. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Simon Scarrow. 📚

Find about more about Stephen D Owen's 'Iceni', the first instalment in a planned trilogy, on the Book Guild online bookshop: https://www.bookguild.co.uk/bookshop/historical/iceni/

Publication Date: 28 Jan 2025.

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We are an independent publisher releasing around 100 titles a year. We offer both traditional and partnership publishing, with all our titles being fully or co-funded by the company. (We do not offer a self-publishing service). We particularly welcome non-fiction submissions, but also consider fiction. Submissions must be commercial in nature.