Tag: HarperCollins UK

1862: Collins becomes the publisher for the Scottish School Book Association and Irish National Schools

Collins becomes the publisher for the Scottish School Book Association and Irish National Schools, by 1875 buying out the Scottish School Book Association and supplying books directly to schools. More

The Golden Notebook

A feminist landmark and the best-known work by Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing. More

The Fellowship of the Ring

First volume in The Lord of the Rings series, which has sold more than 100 million copies. More

People of the Book

Winner of the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year 2008. More

The HarperCollins Logo

The HarperCollins logo represents the 1990 consolidation of Harper & Row, based in New York, and Collins Publishers, based in London and Glasgow. More

And Then There Were None

The bestselling crime novel of all time. More

Michael Chabon

The first writer that I really fell in love with was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in particular his Sherlock Holmes stories, and the first story that I ever wrote was a Sherlock Holmes story. More

Michael Chabon

The Devil Wears Prada

Sensational behind-the-scenes debut novel about the fashion world and the boss from hell. More

B. A. Paris

I write because it’s something I love doing. More

B. A. Paris

Cathy Glass

I have always been a writer. More

Cathy Glass

C.S. Lewis and Christianity

Born in 1898 in Belfast, Clive Staples Lewis lost his faith in Christianity at a young age after his mother died and he was sent away to boarding school. More

1930: Collins establishes the Collins Crime Club…

Collins establishes the Collins Crime Club, which continues for six decades. Members receive quarterly newsletters that list the best new releases as selected by a panel of experts. More

The Purpose Driven Life

The bestselling hardback nonfiction book in history, it has sold more than 30 million copies. More

The Kon-Tiki Expedition

This classic, inspiring tale of daring and courage has been translated into sixty-five languages. More

Magician

Bestselling epic fantasy masterpiece that launched Feist’s career and influenced a generation of modern fantasy authors. More

Crime & Mystery At HarperCollins

In 1860, Harper & Brothers had paid Wilkie Collins £750 for The Woman in White, which heralded the publisher’s entry into the crime and mystery genre. More

The Hunt for Red October

Clancy’s debut novel launched a spectacular career and introduced the world to a new hero, Jack Ryan. More

2017: HarperCollins celebrates its 200th anniversary…

HarperCollins Publishers celebrates its 200th anniversary. More

Cecelia Ahern

I write because I feel compelled to. More

Cecelia Ahern

I, Robot

Asimov’s science fiction masterpiece that influenced a legion of future authors. More

Letter from C. S. Lewis

In this letter to Collins publisher Billy Collins, dated November 1954, C. S. Lewis—author of The Chronicles of Narnia series, Mere Christianity, and The Screwtape Letters, among others—outlines what he sees as his three types of “literary output”: “A. Religious and General. B. Fiction. C. Academic.” More

The Dangerous Book for Boys

A genre-busting “guidebook” that was a bestseller in the U.K., the U.S., and Canada. More

Longitude

Story of an epic scientific quest, which won British Book of the Year in 1997. More

1958: Collins publishes the first English translation of Doctor Zhivago…

Collins publishes the first English translation of Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. More

Tracy Chevalier

I read because I want to know what it’s like to look at the world through someone else’s eyes, and reading is a remarkably efficient and vigorous way of doing that. More

Tracy Chevalier

1924: “Queen of Crime” Agatha Christie joins the house of Collins…

“Queen of Crime” Agatha Christie joins the house of Collins, and two years later publishes her seminal Hercule Poirot novel, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. More

The Odyssey of Homer

Hailed as “the best translation there is of a great, perhaps the greatest, poet” (New York Times Book Review). More