The Stone Diaries
Winner of the 1993 Governor General’s Award (Canada) and the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. More
Lionel Shriver
Why I write: To find out what I think. More
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
Memoir offering a haunting, harrowing look inside the cruel prison of locked-in syndrome. More
1824: The first Collins dictionary is printed
The first Collins dictionary is printed. More
New Naturalists
William Collins V (known as Billy Collins) and the printers AdPrint came up with the idea of the New Naturalist Library in 1942.
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The Inklings
Clive Staples Lewis (better known as C. S. Lewis) loved nothing more than sitting in the back room of his favorite pub, The Eagle and Child, surrounded by his closest literary friends, including J. R. R. Tolkien. More
Flashman
When this novel was first published, many critics mistakenly accepted it as a genuine historical memoir. More
I, Robot
Asimov’s science fiction masterpiece that influenced a legion of future authors. More
Emily Post’s Etiquette
This “bible of etiquette” has been published by HarperCollins for more than three decades. More
1856: The first Collins Atlas is published
The first Collins Atlas is published. More
The God of Small Things
Winner of the 1997 Man Booker Prize, making Roy the first Indian woman to receive the award. More
Agatha Christie
The house of Collins acquired “Queen of Crime” Agatha Christie after she disagreed with her former publisher over the spelling of “coco”/”cocoa” in her first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. More
Judith Kerr: Beyond The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Collins author Judith Kerr may be best known in the UK for her classic children’s picture books The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat, but she is also renowned for her powerful autobiographical novels about her childhood and young adulthood. More
Longitude
Story of an epic scientific quest, which won British Book of the Year in 1997. More
Cathy Glass
I have always been a writer. More
Love and War in the Apennines
The early life story of a man who would become one of Britain’s best-loved literary adventurers. More
What Do People Do All Day?
Over 100 million Scarry books have sold worldwide; a favorite in his classic Busytown series. More
Letter from “Padington”
Signed with a paw print, this letter from “Padington” (circa 1966) was sent to Australian booksellers and sales staff, encouraging them to sell the latest Paddington title. More
Life on Earth
Established Sir David as a foremost naturalist and an iconic and beloved figure in British cultural life. More
The Once and Future King
White’s masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend. More
The War of the Worlds
The much-adapted classic from “the father of science fiction.” More
Sabriel
A revolutionary story that made Nix a rising star in the fantasy genre. More
The Diary of a Wombat
Genesis of a picture book franchise that has sold more than half a million copies globally. More
Seabiscuit
Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. More
Barbara Taylor Bradford
When I say I have the need to write, I do mean need. More
1954: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien is published…
Publisher George Allen & Unwin, later purchased by HarperCollins, publishes the 9,250-page manuscript of The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien. More
The Alchemist
An inspirational phenomenon; one of the bestselling books in history. More