Press Releases


  1. Andrew Miller's 'Pure' wins 2012 Costa Book Award25/01/2012
  2. Hachette scoops top fiction prizes at Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 201118/11/2011
  3. 6 Hachette Titles on Irish Book Awards Shortlist25/10/2011
  4. Seven Hachette titles selected for World Book Night giveaway25/10/2011
  5. Two Orion titles on Dylan Thomas shortlist21/10/2011
  6. Hachette UK appoints new Managing Director Distribution18/10/2011
  7. 18 Hachette titles shortlisted for the Galaxy National Book Awards17/10/2011
  8. Hachette UK opens an office in the Middle East and appoints Matt Cowdery as Sales Manager29/09/2011
  9. Dark Matter selected for Richard & Judy Book Club31/08/2011
  10. Appointment of Clare Smith to position of Publishing Director Fiction, Little, Brown and Abacus28/07/2011
  11. Hachette title on Man Booker Prize longlist27/07/2011
  12. 6 Hachette titles on CWA Daggers longlists25/07/2011
  13. Sarah Emsley Appointed Deputy Publishing Director (Non-Fiction)18/07/2011
  14. 3 Hachette titles have been picked for The TV Book Club summer list13/06/2011
  15. Téa Obreht wins Orange Prize for Fiction 2011 for The Tiger's Wife09/06/2011
  16. Hodder title selected for Richard and Judy's Children's Summer Book Club 201126/05/2011
  17. Carte Blanche, the new James Bond novel published today!26/05/2011
  18. Hodder Children’s Books sign youngest author ever – the boy with the big art! 24/05/2011
  19. Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela: Fiction Winner of Scottish Book Awards17/05/2011
  20. Hachette Children’s Books and Tesco for Schools & Clubs launch joint initiative 16/05/2011
  21. Hachette UK listed among The Times Top 50 Employers for Women13/04/2011
  22. Orange Prize for Fiction 2011: two Hachette titles on shortlist12/04/2011
  23. The Orion Publishing Group announces INDIGO15/03/2011
  24. Jamie Hodder-Williams: Trade Profile in The Bookseller11/03/2011
  25. Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2011: David Mitchell wins the South Asia and Europe region Best Book08/03/2011
  26. Bookpoint gets behind World Book Night01/03/2011
  27. Beryl Bainbridge to be honoured with Man Booker Best of Beryl Prize08/02/2011
  28. Hachette Children's on the Richard & Judy Children's Book Club 201127/01/2011
  29. Two Hachette titles on Waterstone's 11 list24/01/2011
  30. Four Hachette titles on World Book Night Giveaway List17/12/2010
  31. David Nicholls’ One Day is Galaxy Book of the Year15/12/2010
  32. Lagardère 3rd Quarter Results08/11/2010
  33. Orion Children's Books title on shortlist for 2010 Roald Dahl Funny Prize29/09/2010
  34. Orion Children's Books title makes 2010 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize short list29/09/2010
  35. Hodder & Stoughton announce the launch of new imprint TWO ROADS14/09/2010
  36. Andrea Levy's "The Long Song" (Headline Review) Makes Man Booker Shortlist07/09/2010
  37. CWA Gold and Steel Dagger Finalists Announced09/08/2010
  38. British Book Design And Production Awards 201002/08/2010
  39. Two Hachette Titles on Man Booker Longlist28/07/2010
  40. Hachette Dominates CWA Gold Dagger Shortlist26/07/2010
  41. Irene Sabatini wins Orange Award for New Writers10/06/2010
  42. Hachette Leads the Way With the Apple iPad28/05/2010
  43. Hachette Authors Dominate Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year Award Longlist 201021/05/2010
  44. Orion's JG Farrell wins 'Lost' Booker19/05/2010
  45. Tim Hely Hutchinson announces The Week of The Thousand Autumns16/04/2010
  46. Atom to Release New Novella from Stephenie Meyer30/03/2010
  47. John Connolly's "The Gates" (H&S) shortlisted for Bisto Children's Book of the Year Award24/03/2010
  48. Hachette is marking World Book Day with two special titles04/03/2010
  49. Hodder & Stoughton double win at the Book Marketing Society Awards03/03/2010
  50. John Murray acquires brilliant new title by Lloyd Jones01/03/2010
  51. Octopus Publishing Group announces a new collaboration with Australian Women’s Weekly01/03/2010
  52. Hodder & Stoughton acquires a new series for all the family by John Grisham25/02/2010
  53. Sceptre and Phoenix take three places across the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2010 shortlists18/02/2010
  54. Hachette titles are amongst the UK's most borrowed authors12/02/2010
  55. Ten Hachette titles nominated at the Romantic Novelists' Association Awards11/02/2010
  56. Hachette titles shortlisted for the British Sports Book Awards03/02/2010
  57. Hachette India now second largest publisher in India01/02/2010
  58. Hachette claims record share of the book market in 200922/01/2010
  59. Hachette Book Group USA announce release date for Graphic Novel adaptation of Twilight21/01/2010
  60. Hachette UK titles take top spot in the UK and Ireland20/01/2010
  61. Little, Brown Author Val McDermid wins CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award12/01/2010
  62. Hachette UK triple win at the CWA Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 200922/10/2009
  63. Two Little, Brown Book Group titles shortlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction08/09/2009
  64. Two Little, Brown Book Group titles longlisted for the Man Booker Prize28/07/2009
  65. Mark Billingham's Death Message wins the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award27/07/2009
  66. Weidenfeld & Nicolson to publish novel by Michael Palin14/07/2009
  67. Hachette UK announces the appointment of Dominic Mahony as Group HR Director06/07/2009
  68. John Murray authors achieve double win a the Somerset Maugham Awards22/06/2009
  69. "The Marriage Bureau for Rich People" by Farahad Zama (Abacus) wins the Melissa Nathan Award12/06/2009
  70. Hachette UK titles win both awards at the 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction04/06/2009
  71. Hachette UK appoints Head of Digital and announces formation of a UK Digital Board03/06/2009
  72. Hachette UK titles shortlisted for Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year01/06/2009
  73. Orion titles take two places on the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Longlist26/05/2009
  74. Little, Brown Book Group title tells the story behind 47-million-year-old human ancestor19/05/2009
  75. Hachette UK appoints new Managing Director Distribution18/05/2009
  76. BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Longlist Announced14/05/2009
  77. Hachette UK to join Hachette Book Group USA for Canadian Sales and Distribution07/05/2009
  78. Ronan O’Brien wins Newcomer of the Year at the Irish Book Awards07/05/2009
  79. Virago Title shortlisted for Orange Prize for Fiction21/04/2009
  80. The Alan Titchmarsh Show launches a televised competition to find the ‘People’s Author’07/04/2009
  81. Group titles storm the Orange Award for New Writers Shortlist07/04/2009
  82. Galaxy British Book Awards wins for Hachette UK Authors06/04/2009
  83. Hachette UK title shortlisted for celebrated literary award02/04/2009
  84. Hachette Ireland and Little, Brown titles short-listed for Irish Book Awards01/04/2009
  85. Fiona Rintoul wins the Sceptre Prize 25/03/2009
  86. John Murray title shortlisted for Sunday Times Award18/03/2009
  87. Orange Prize for Fiction longlist announced18/03/2009
  88. Hachette UK achieves a Scottish triumph16/03/2009
  89. Important Announcements from Hachette UK12/03/2009
  90. World Book Day10/03/2009
  91. Writing the future for Scottish novelists04/03/2009
  92. Chris Cleave shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize20/02/2009
  93. Titles published by Hachette UK head the list of most borrowed books according to PLR figures18/02/2009
  94. Hachette UK and English PEN partnership17/02/2009
  95. "East of the Sun" wins Romantic Novel of the Year & Judy Piatkus accepts Lifetime Achievement Award11/02/2009
  96. Hachette UK Publishes 19 Books out of the Official UK Top 50 10/02/2009
  97. Declan Hughes nominated for an Edgar20/01/2009
  98. The Richard and Judy Book Club 200920/01/2009
  99. Hodder Win "Ugly" suit01/12/2008
  100. "The Secret Life of Words" wins John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 25/11/2008
  101. 4 Hachette Titles on Costa Shortlist20/11/2008
  102. "The Witch’s Children Go To School" Wins Inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize19/11/2008
  103. Hachette Livre Unveils a New Logo and the UK Group Modifies its Name22/10/2008
  104. Arnaud Nourry and Tim Hely Hutchinson interview in The Bookseller12/10/2008
  105. Cold Steel (L,BBG) shortlisted for the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year07/10/2008
  106. Bookpoint Implements IRI (Industry Returns Initiative)06/10/2008
  107. Two Hachette Titles Named on Man Booker Shortlist09/09/2008
  108. Hodder Faith to publish word-of-mouth sensation The Shack28/05/2008
  109. HLUK wins 3 Nibbies14/05/2008
  110. Gollancz wins Arthur C. Clarke Award for third year in a row01/05/2008
  111. Samuel Johnson Prize Longlist and Orange Prize Shortlist announced16/04/2008
  112. British Book Trade Award Nominations11/04/2008
  113. HLUK wins four Nibbies!10/04/2008
  114. National Year of Reading31/03/2008
  115. Octopus Books USA05/03/2008
  116. Sleepwalker Takes Number One Spot13/02/2008
  117. Hachette Tops Richard and Judy Book Club List03/01/2008
  118. 'Young Stalin' Wins Biography Section of the Costa Book Awards03/01/2008
  119. 'When a Monster is Born' awarded the Gold Award at Nestlé Children’s Book Prize Awards12/12/2007
  120. Hachette Livre UK announces the formation of the Hachette Book Group Ireland10/12/2007
  121. Thomas Abraham named Managing Director, Hachette Book Publishing India01/08/2007
  122. Hachette Livre UK announces launch of Indian company01/08/2007
  123. Piatkus Books joins Little, Brown Book Group23/07/2007