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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.

26/08/2025

🎶 Do you like 80s music? Introducing… Into the Groove by .

The eighties was one of the most innovative periods in the history of pop music – 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 is a tale of pop and circumstance. It charts the global story of pop music month by month from January 1980 to December 1989, highlighting a variety of events and tracing the career paths of many noteworthy pop acts around the world, including Annie Lennox, A-ha, Roxette, Prince, Madonna, Kraftwerk, David Bowie, Whitney Houston, Sugarcubes – and many more.

It celebrates genres of all kinds – the enduring and the faddish, the mainstream and the underground, from post-punk to acid house, from heavy rock to electronic, from hip hop to teen pop – showcasing many of the decade’s key recordings, figures and events, while also revealing plenty of intriguing lesser-known stories to create a wry and diverse musical tapestry.

The perfect read for any music lover or eighties aficionado, Into the Groove is an endlessly entertaining homage to the 1980s music scene.

📆 Out 2 October

🎶 Justin has put together a brilliant forty-track starter pack on Spotify to accompany the book. The link can be found in our bio. Happy listening!

23/08/2025

📖 Long weekend (hopefully) means lots of pages. What’s on your bank holiday reading list?

Pictured:
Just F**king Say It by
Chinese Parents Don’t Say I Love You by
Nature Needs You by
Lifelines by
The Writers’ Room by Katie Da Cunha Lewin
Mitchell by
Three Rivers by Robert Winder
Anywhere But Here by

22/08/2025

Have you read… Goshawk Summer by ? Winner of the 2022 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing and the perfect, nature read for this time of year.

What happens to nature when we are no longer there?

In early 2020, wildlife cameraman James Aldred was commissioned to film the lives of a family of Goshawks in the New Forest, his childhood home. He began to plan a treetop hide in a remote site that would allow him to film the Gos nest, the newly hatched chicks and the lives of these elusive and enchanting birds.

Then lockdown. And as the world retreated, something remarkable happened. The noise of our everyday stilled. No more cars, no more off-roaders, no more airplanes roaring in the skies, no one in the Goshawk woods - except James.

At this unique moment, James was granted a once in a lifetime opportunity to keep filming. And so, over Spring and into Summer, he began to record his experiences in a place empty of people but filled with birdsong and new life.

Amidst the fragility and the fear, there was silver moonlight, tumbling fox cubs, calling curlew and, of course, the soaring Goshawks - shining like fire through one of our darkest times. A Goshawk summer unlike any other.

21/08/2025

🎶📖 Out in paperback today!

In Search of Beethoven is John Suchet’s latest and most personal book dedicated to the life of this extraordinary composer. Part biography, part memoir, part travelogue, Suchet draws on his own life and career as a foreign correspondent and news anchor to show how Beethoven’s music has accompanied him through the best and worst of times. It was with him as a music-loving and adventurous teenager, as a journalist entering Beirut in the grip of civil war, and as he has continued to explore the old cities of Bonn and Vienna, in search of the man behind the music.

In this novel and compelling book, we see Beethoven brought vividly – and sometimes painfully – to life. Suchet traces Beethoven’s footsteps from his early years in Bonn to his dying days in Vienna, taking us on a journey both literal and symbolic, as he uses his own experience as a Beethoven aficionado to demonstrate the life-changing power of great music.

✨ ‘From palaces to warzones, John Suchet goes on a Beethoven odyssey’ - The Daily Telegraph

✨ ‘This personal account of his life-long passion has an appealing light touch’ - Financial Times, Best Books of the Year

✨ ‘This is a wonderful tale of self-realisation, of what we can gain from turning to genius in life’s many crises.’ - Norman Lebrecht

19/08/2025

📚We are thrilled to share that Chokepoints: How the Global Economy Became a Weapon of War by Edward Fishman has been longlisted for the Finacial Times and Schroder Business Book of the Year Award!

‘In Chokepoints, Edward Fishman analyses the use of sanctions, notably against Russia over the past decade. A former US state department official, Fishman also describes the dedication and ingenuity of the people who devised and operate an economic arsenal that has evolved at pace during the 21st century, with profound consequences.’

16/08/2025

Four brilliant books coming very soon. Which will you be adding to your shelves?

🎼 In Search of Beethoven by John Suchet
A fresh look at the man behind the music—now in paperback.
📖 Out 21 August

🌍 Three Rivers by Robert Winder
A rich and compelling journey along the Rhine, the Rhone and the Po—three rivers that shaped the culture, politics, and identity of modern Europe.
📖 Out 28 August

✈️Mitchell by Paul Beaver
The gripping story of the pioneer behind the spitfire.
📖 Out 4 September

🖊️ The Writers’ Room by Katie da Cunha
A fascinating journey through the hidden worlds that shape the books we love.
📖 Out 11 September

13/08/2025

📚Finished copies are here! We will have a few copies available for review if this fascinating biography sounds like something you'd love to read. Let us know in the comments 👇🏻

Reginald Mitchell is one of the greatest names in aviation history. A visionary engineer with a passion for speed, his legacy is the most iconic fighter aircraft of all time: the Spitfire.

During the uneasy peace of the 1920s, he was a trailblazing innovator working at the cutting edge of technology. As Europe’s politics darkened in the 1930s, the work of Mitchell and his team at Supermarine became crucial to a nation preparing for war. Though he did not live to see the Spitfire in action, his work led to triumph at the Battle of Britain – and to a legendary aircraft that still inspires awe to this day.

In this exhilarating biography, Paul Beaver takes us behind the scenes, exploring the creative genius of a man devoted to pushing the boundaries of technology. We see his flair for leadership and collaboration with Rolls-Royce, the pinnacle of British engineering; we learn of Mitchell’s other innovative designs that could have changed the course of the war, had he not died in 1937; and, at last, we hear the real story behind the Spitfire.

Drawing on new interviews, private archives and previously unpublished material, this is the story of a man who helped change the course of history – one of the great design leaders of the twentieth century.

🗓 Out 4 September!

07/08/2025

🎉 Happy Publication Day to Our Last Resort and !

This twisty, atmospheric thriller is the must-read book of the summer, but don’t just take our word for it. Here’s what some of our early readers have had to say:

‘This book will leave you guessing at each page turn and leave your jaw on the floor at the ending.’ – Chelsea F

‘I couldn't put this book down.’ – Sharon M

‘One of my favourite reads this year.’ – Rachel R

‘I would highly recommend this story to anyone looking for an unsettling mystery/thriller to pick up this summer.’ – Caitlin V

‘I could not put this book down. It was so intense! I loved the characters, the setting, and how it kept me on the edge of my seat.’ – Kelsey V

📆 Our Last Resort is out now!

06/08/2025

Have you read… The Eternal Season by .rutt?

Summer is traditionally a time of warmth and abundance; a season in full bloom. In this beautifully observed book, Stephen Rutt sets out to explore the natural world at its richest. Butterflies and dragonflies colour his days, while moths and bats lift the warm night air. Swallows, nightjars and wood warblers fill the forests and skies.

What Stephen notices too, however, are the many ways in which the season is becoming deranged by a changed and changing climate: the wrong birds singing at the wrong time; August days as cold as February; the creeping disturbances that we may not notice while nature still has some voice.

The Eternal Season is both a celebration of summer and a warning of the unravelling of this beautiful web of abundant life. This is a book that sings with love and careful observation, with an eye on all that we might lose but also save.

13/09/2024

Here we have an internationally best-selling author in the wild, signing copies of his upcoming quiz book!

We’re currently working on our influencer and book reviewer mailing list so if you’re a big fan of Tim Marshall or love testing your knowledge, let us know in the comments below! 👇🏻📚

Out 10 October 🌍

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