UCLan Publishing

UCLan Publishing Welcome to UCLan Publishing and a very different approach to publishing books! We are a trade, independent publisher based in Preston, Lancashire.

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10/02/2025

✨ Ready to make your school visits unforgettable? Join Dr Liz Flanagan and Tamsin Rosewell for an engaging online event ✨

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Happy publication day Tracy!Unicorns in Uniforms: Dragon Inferno is out now 🔥 Can Blaze and Quench get everyone out befo...
06/02/2025

Happy publication day Tracy!

Unicorns in Uniforms: Dragon Inferno is out now 🔥

Can Blaze and Quench get everyone out before Witchy Wood goes up in smoke?

Find out and order your copy: https://bit.ly/4dyx9fV

Illustrated by Steve Wood

Happy publication day Karen McCombie!This WANDAfull book is officially out in the world 🌍️Order your copy now: https://b...
06/02/2025

Happy publication day Karen McCombie!

This WANDAfull book is officially out in the world 🌍️

Order your copy now: https://bit.ly/4dyx9fV

Illustrations by Stephanie Jade Howe

🔥 Meet Blaze and Quench 🔥The incredible firefighting team! Can they get everyone to safety and stop the flames from spre...
31/01/2025

🔥 Meet Blaze and Quench 🔥

The incredible firefighting team!

Can they get everyone to safety and stop the flames from spreading?!

Find out in Unicorns in Uniforms: Dragon Inferno: https://bit.ly/4dyx9fV

Written by Tracy Curran, illustrated by Steve Woods

January is FINALLY coming to an end!We've got two amazing books out in February and we can't wait to get these into the ...
30/01/2025

January is FINALLY coming to an end!

We've got two amazing books out in February and we can't wait to get these into the hands of readers 📘

Unicorns in Uniforms by Tracy Curran, illustrated by Steve Woods

World of Wanda by Karen McCombie, illustrated by Stephanie Jade Howe

Pre-order them: https://bit.ly/4dyx9fV

You've met the Unicorns, now it's time to meet their vehicles.Quench, Pat, Bee and Bow are always ready to help 🦄Pre-ord...
17/01/2025

You've met the Unicorns, now it's time to meet their vehicles.

Quench, Pat, Bee and Bow are always ready to help 🦄

Pre-order your copy of Dragon Inferno 🔥: https://bit.ly/42hSnMm

Written by Tracy Curran and filled with colourful illustrations by Steve Wood

Join Locke, Blaze, Dash, Sunny and Aquarius in Unicorns in Uniforms: Dragon Inferno 🔥 The first book in a brand new chap...
16/01/2025

Join Locke, Blaze, Dash, Sunny and Aquarius in Unicorns in Uniforms: Dragon Inferno 🔥 The first book in a brand new chapter book series 📚️

Written by Tracy Curran and filled with colourful illustrations by Steve Wood.

Pre-order your copy: https://bit.ly/42hSnMm

Happy book birthday Susan Brownrigg!Who is sabotaging the Rainhill Trials? A race of innovation and daring which will aw...
09/01/2025

Happy book birthday Susan Brownrigg!

Who is sabotaging the Rainhill Trials? A race of innovation and daring which will award the winner a contract to run the new Liverpool & Manchester Rail Way!

Order your copy of Wrong Tracks: https://bit.ly/3ZraBrr 🚂 Cover by Jenny Czerwonka

19/12/2024

🎄 CHRISTMAS CHAOS 🎄

Turn the volume down 🔉 We get a little loud and a little high-pitched 😂

Watch the HILARIOUS full version: https://bit.ly/4goKZCU

🎵Flutes - the wonderful Becky and Jasmine

🎵Terrible singing - all of us

🎵 Charlotte getting mugged off - Hazel, Becky and Jasmine by giving her three books in a row 🙃

Merry Christmas!

Christmas do 🎄
19/12/2024

Christmas do 🎄

Head down to the UCLan Student Centre and visit our wonderful students!We've got a book for everyone and there's 20% off...
11/12/2024

Head down to the UCLan Student Centre and visit our wonderful students!

We've got a book for everyone and there's 20% off for staff anf students 📚🎄

Come and see us at the Student Centre tomorrow!20% off for staff and students 📚️🎁
10/12/2024

Come and see us at the Student Centre tomorrow!

20% off for staff and students 📚️🎁

Who is sabotaging the Rainhill Trials?This story of daring and scandal is inspired by a competition to find a fast, reli...
10/12/2024

Who is sabotaging the Rainhill Trials?

This story of daring and scandal is inspired by a competition to find a fast, reliable steam locomotive to run on the brand-new Liverpool & Manchester Rail Way in 1829.

Full steam ahead!

Pre-order your copy: https://bit.ly/3ZraBrr

We are delighted that and 's The Seamaiden's Odyssey has been selected as one of 's Books of the Year, 2024🎉 said: 'th...
04/12/2024

We are delighted that and 's The Seamaiden's Odyssey has been selected as one of 's Books of the Year, 2024🎉

said: 'the brightest highlights of our year have been the amazing books we've been able to read, review and share with you, the very best of which were given a LoveReading4Kids Star. Our Star Books are the cream of the crop, the pick of the bunch, and the books that stand out from the thousands read by our editorial team over the course of the year. These Star Books come with our highest recommendation, and are a great place to start when selecting your children's next read or a gift for the young people in your lives.'

Full of deep-sea magic and enchanting folklore, this beautiful YA title will be a Christmas favourite. Get your copy here: https://bit.ly/3BZbgs1.

📚️ CHRISTMAS SHOPPING 📚️Join us at the UCLan Student Centre on the 11th December for some Christmas shopping 🎄💫 Staff an...
25/11/2024

📚️ CHRISTMAS SHOPPING 📚️

Join us at the UCLan Student Centre on the 11th December for some Christmas shopping 🎄

💫 Staff and students will receive 20% off 💫

To celebrate the opening of the Research Centre for International Communication of Jiangnan Culture, Hazel has been to C...
25/11/2024

To celebrate the opening of the Research Centre for International Communication of Jiangnan Culture, Hazel has been to China with Yurong and Jake Hope!

Hazel was talking about the creation and international communication of children's picture books 📚️

Professor Peter Lloyd, Dean of Arts and Media at UCLan also joined her for part of the trip.

What an experience!

There's still time to enter the A Month of Magic competition!To celebrate the recent release of Jennifer Claessen's The ...
24/11/2024

There's still time to enter the A Month of Magic competition!

To celebrate the recent release of Jennifer Claessen's The December Witches, post a picture of your cosiest festive reading set up and tag us for your chance to win a full set of the A Month of Magic trilogy.

The competition will close on 11th December and is open to UK residents only. Good luck!

Join us at in Manchester at the Winter Fair! We're here with the brilliant and lots of other publishers 📚
23/11/2024

Join us at in Manchester at the Winter Fair!

We're here with the brilliant and lots of other publishers 📚

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🎄 CHRISTMAS CHAOS 🎄 Turn the volume down 🔉 We get a little loud and a little high-pitched 😂 Watch the HILARIOUS full version: https://bit.ly/4goKZCU 🎵Flutes - the wonderful Becky and Jasmine 🎵Terrible singing - all of us 🎵 Charlotte getting mugged off - Hazel, Becky and Jasmine by giving her three books in a row 🙃 Merry Christmas!

There’s so much to love about October – Halloween, pumpkin everything and MAGIC. Especially magic. In the run-up to Jennifer Claessen's A Month of Magic trilogy drawing to a close, we are celebrating all things Witches. There's still time to get your copy of the October Witches - pop into your local indie or visit our online shop: https://bit.ly/3BZbgs1.

Ahoy! What's that on the horizon? A cover reveal 📕 Dive into a new adventure with Pirate Academy: New Kid on Deck by Justin Somper, illustrated by Teo Skaffa ⚔️🏴‍☠️ Set sail on 7th March 2024: https://bit.ly/48QOEWE A new dawn of piracy has begun. #PirateAcademy

Calling all fans of The Weather Weaver - the third installation of this adventure-filled series is out this March! Pre-order now: amzn.to/3X4xH4B - With Velda overthrown and the Storm Laws abolished, hundreds of young Storm Weavers will be reunited with their stolen clouds. But the very first cloud taken belonged to Tamar’s last apprentice – the sea witch. When Heather returns, seeking to lay the past to rest, the first person she turns to is Stella. But how far can you trust a sea witch? Is she seeking redemption or plotting her final revenge? With the Teran rising from the deep and the island in his icy grip, Stella and her friends will have to fight to save weather as we know it.

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About UCLan Publishing

Welcome to UCLan Publishing and a very different approach to publishing books! We are a trade, independent publisher based in Preston, Lancashire. We have big ambitions and a big heart. Continually striving to produce the best books in every genre from children’s fiction, to YA and adult fiction and non-fiction. We’re 100% dedicated to putting Northern Publishing on the map, and our events team work closely with Lancashire Libraries, local schools and other Publishers to create truly unique events. The Northern YA Literary Festival being one of them!

Our staff are highly experienced and professional book publishers with many years in the trade behind them, many at the highest level including Waterstones Head Office, Penguin Random House, Bloomsbury and Macmillan.. Therefore, our books are superb quality and our noses are commercial.

We work with high-profile bestselling authors such as Jane Johnson and A J Hartley to bring the best fiction to life. However, we also work with communities across the world including Kenya, Zambia, Greenland, The Azores Australia and Oceania, giving them a voice, and address niche’s in the book market.