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Elliott & Thompson Elliott & Thompson is a vibrant, independent publishing house. Our authors and their books are at the core of everything we do.

We publish creative non-fiction and thrilling crime fiction, producing beautiful books that inform, inspire and bring enjoyment to a wide range of readers. Elliott & Thompson is a vibrant, fast-growing publishing house at the heart of the creative independent sector. We aim to produce books that are beautiful objects and that also inform, inspire and bring enjoyment to a wide range of readers. We

publish original and bestselling non-fiction and thrilling crime fiction, working closely with our authors to bring their writing to the widest possible audience in the UK and around the world. We’re a focused team and we care passionately about every book we produce, whether it’s an exciting debut or a major Sunday Times bestseller. In 2019 we celebrated our tenth birthday, seeing in the year with a list of exceptional writers that we are proud to publish, and we are looking forward to developing yet more innovative, engaging and bestselling books in the next ten years. If you would like to work with us, have a query or would like to give us feedback, we would love to hear from you.

Happy ! To join in celebrating our amazing bookshops, here are a few of our authors sharing a little about their favou...
11/10/2025

Happy ! To join in celebrating our amazing bookshops, here are a few of our authors sharing a little about their favourites.

What is your favourite bookshop? Let us know in the comments! 👇🏻

(Part 2 of 2!)

SUSIE ASHFIELD, author of Just F**king Say It
‘Daunt’s bookshop in Holland Park has Hollywood form. Not in a twinkly, synthetic way, but in the way it always feels like the first day of Autumn inside. The way the last great characters of West London (and their dogs) shuffle around inside. The way it smells. The way it draws you in and wraps itself around you like the familiar feel of a favourite old jumper.’

JULIAN HOFFMAN, author of Lifelines
‘One of my favourite independent bookshops in the UK is The Bookery in Crediton, where I had the huge pleasure of being a guest bookseller earlier this year. Not only does it stock a fantastic range of books for all ages and interests, but it runs an amazing outreach programme for children and adults alike, making stories and reading accessible for everyone. It's a bookshop at the very heart of a community.’

ANDREW TURVIL, author of Blood, Sweat and Asparagus Spears
‘City Books has the well-worn appeal of a much-love first edition. It’s the perfect bookshop for a city like Brighton & Hove – political and spirited – and whether attending an event or just grabbed by a cover, theme, or an idea, I find it hard to leave without something in my hand (paid for, obviously!). A proper community bookshop for this unique community.’

Happy ! To join in celebrating our amazing bookshops, here are a few of our authors sharing a little about their favou...
11/10/2025

Happy ! To join in celebrating our amazing bookshops, here are a few of our authors sharing a little about their favourites.

What is your favourite bookshop? Let us know in the comments! 👇🏻

(Part 1 of 2!)

HELEN JUKES, author of Mother Animal
‘I love Dormouse Books so much. Going inside is a bit like being invited into someone’s living room… you might be offered a hot drink, and are free to browse Steph’s beautifully curated selection of books. She’s cultivated a book-loving community in this small Derbyshire town, and it’s a very special one.’

JUSTIN LEWIS, author of Into the Groove
‘Cover to Cover has a fabulous selection of fiction and fact for all ages, with a particularly strong emphasis on children's literature, popular culture, leisure and history. The friendliest of bookshops, they're quick and efficient on special orders too. Well established in Mumbles, just five miles from Swansea and five minutes from the sea.’

POLLY ATKIN, author of The Company of Owls
‘Being the owner of an indie bookshop (Sam Read Bookseller, Grasmere) has given me all sorts of new insights into the book trade, from different angles on how book sales work to understanding the pressures on booksellers and shelf-space, but the best part is seeing readers’ enthusiasm for books first hand, and getting to put books into readers hands. I love to hear what people talk about when they’re looking at books, what draws them to a book, and what they’re excited about reading.’

❄ Happy publication day to A Winter Dictionary by , out now in paperback!As the nights draw in and the cold descends, a ...
09/10/2025

❄ Happy publication day to A Winter Dictionary by , out now in paperback!

As the nights draw in and the cold descends, a new world emerges — one filled with words that perfectly capture the spirit of the season.

Discover frost-dogs (tiny frozen particles of falling snow) and Stepmother’s breath (a sudden cold snap), hibernaculum (a winter refuge during the winter months) and crapulent (feeling the aftereffects of overindulgence)

In this beautiful collection, Paul Anthony Jones uncovers the rare and forgotten language of winter in the perfect companion for fireside evenings and snow-laden days ☕

In honour of The Cat’s Tales publishing in just a few weeks, we thought we’d introduce some of our beloved E&T cats! 🐾📸 ...
03/10/2025

In honour of The Cat’s Tales publishing in just a few weeks, we thought we’d introduce some of our beloved E&T cats! 🐾

📸 Pic 1:
Meet Pippa’s cat, Quinn – a sweet lady with a huge purr who just wants to curl up with you.

📸 Pic 2:
Meet Olivia’s cat, Jess – she likes hiding, playing games and contorting herself into unusual positions for a belly rub. When no one else is around, she'll come and sit in my lap, but I'm not allowed to tell the rest of my family that she loves me best.

📸 Pic 3:
Meet Amy’s cat, Kyan – a real scamp, who loves to hide in boxes and then pounce on his unsuspecting human’s toes.

📸 Pic 4:
Meet author Charlie Creed’s cat, Wolfie – a true eccentric, sometimes lazy and sometimes crazy, sometimes cuddly and sometimes shy … but always adorable.

🐱 We’d love to hear all about your feline friends in the comments 👇🏻😻

📚 The Cat’s Tales publishes 23 October and we still have a few influencer copies available! DM us if you’d like to be considered for our list.

🕺🏻 What is your favourite 80s track?Today we wish a very happy publication day to Into the Groove by ! 🎶The 1980s was on...
02/10/2025

🕺🏻 What is your favourite 80s track?

Today we wish a very happy publication day to Into the Groove by ! 🎶

The 1980s was one of pop music’s most inventive decades and even forty years on remains one of the best-loved, championed by radio, television, advertisements, theatre and films, with many of the acts still performing and recording.

Into the Groove takes you on a month-by-month journey from January 1980 to December 1989, following the rise of iconic acts like Madonna, Prince, Whitney Houston, David Bowie, Annie Lennox, A-ha, Roxette, Kraftwerk, The Sugarcubes and many more.

From post-punk to acid house, hip hop to teen pop, it captures the era’s biggest hits, underground movements, and the unexpected stories that shaped the soundtrack of a generation.

An endlessly entertaining homage to the decade that changed music forever.

📅 Out Now!

🌊 Introducing… The Apothecary by the Sea by Victoria Bennett ()!From the award-winning author of All My Wild Mothers: a ...
29/09/2025

🌊 Introducing… The Apothecary by the Sea by Victoria Bennett ()!

From the award-winning author of All My Wild Mothers: a lyrical, tender story of creating a wild apothecary garden on the Scottish archipelago of Orkney.

With the years of early motherhood and elderly caregiving over, Victoria faces a time of change. She and her family decide to take a leap, moving five hundred miles north of everything they know to the northern Scottish islands of Orkney, where the winters are long and the summer a perpetual light.

Uprooted and in an unfamiliar landscape, Victoria instinctively returns to the work of growing, setting out to transform her scrappy backyard into an abundant apothecary garden by the sea, inspired by Orkney’s folklore, ancient landscapes and wild nature.

Shaped by tides and storms, wild plants and seaweeds, she creates a biodiverse backyard sanctuary filled with micro-habitats, wildflowers and herbs. Here, in her apothecary by the sea, she crafts teas, tinctures and balms inspired by the surrounding soil and seas.

As the year closes and the endless summer light turns once more to dark, Victoria finds belonging not only in the garden she has nurtured, but in the landscape that has quietly embraced her and called itself home. Here, at the wild edge of things, she is reclaiming parts of herself long set aside.

📚 With beautiful illustrations from

📅 Out 30 April. A very few proofs will be available, you know what to do… 👇🏻

✨ When was the last time you witnessed a random act of kindness?Feeling overwhelmed by the constant tide of bad news, Be...
27/09/2025

✨ When was the last time you witnessed a random act of kindness?

Feeling overwhelmed by the constant tide of bad news, Bernadette Russell longed for change. Then a chance encounter sparked a question that would transform her life:

💡 What if one small act of kindness, every single day for a year, could spark real light in the darkness?

In Conversations on Kindness, Bernadette embarks on a 366-day journey filled with joy, surprise, challenge and connection. Along the way, she speaks with scientists, artists, activists and academics, uncovering how kindness has the power to heal, connect and inspire change – especially in difficult times.

This is a wonderfully hopeful book about the beauty and bravery of kindness, and why the smallest actions can make the biggest difference.

📚 Happy Publication Day to Blood, Sweat and Asparagus Spears by Andrew Turvil!�From White Heat to Wagamama, this is the ...
25/09/2025

📚 Happy Publication Day to Blood, Sweat and Asparagus Spears by Andrew Turvil!

�From White Heat to Wagamama, this is the inside story of the explosive decade that changed eating out in Britain forever: Blood, Sweat and Asparagus Spears is your seat at the best table for the story of the 1990s Restaurant Revolution.

Fast paced, funny and meticulously researched, this is a love letter to restaurants—and the people who bled to make them great.

If you've ever yelled "Yes, chef!" at a TV, joined a huge queue for the latest TikTok food trend, or Instagrammed your perfect plate, this is the ultimate feast of 90s nostalgia.

Out now!

❓ What do you think is the most overhyped recent food trend?

We are thrilled to share that Chokepoints by Edward Fishman has been shortlisted for the 2025 Financial Times Business ...
24/09/2025

We are thrilled to share that Chokepoints by Edward Fishman has been shortlisted for the 2025 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award!

“It was hard to pick out six finalists from such a strong field. It will be even tougher selecting a winner from among these great books.” - Financial Times editor, Roula Khalaf

You can find the full shortlist on the Financial Times Website!

We were thrilled to see this review of Blood, Sweat and Asparagus Tears in The Sunday Times this weekend!"A valuable his...
23/09/2025

We were thrilled to see this review of Blood, Sweat and Asparagus Tears in The Sunday Times this weekend!

"A valuable historical contribution. More importantly... a delightful read.’

📅 Out Thursday! (25 September)

🍂 Welcome to autumn! How do you like to mark the change of season?‘When does autumn begin? The astronomers, followed by ...
22/09/2025

🍂 Welcome to autumn! How do you like to mark the change of season?

‘When does autumn begin? The astronomers, followed by the almanack-makers, begin it in the third week of September, when the day and night become equal in length, and continue it until a few days short of Christmas. Many people are guided entirely by the weather of the year, and find usually that what they had thought to be early autumn is followed by another spell of summer. The rambling naturalist knows that you cannot fix dates to our seasons before they come: that they merge one into another gradually, and that a few miles north or south or the two sides of a range of hills may show a marked difference.’

- Edward Step, Nature Rambles: An Introduction to Country-lore, 1930 (from Autumn, edited by Melissa Harrison)

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