Canongate is an independent publisher: since 1973 we've
worked to unearth and amplify the most vital, innovative voices we
can find, wherever they come from, and we've published all kinds of
books - thoughtful, upsetting, gripping, beatific, vulgar, chaste,
unrepentant, life-changing . . .
Along the way there have been landmarks of fiction - including
Alasdair Gray's masterpiece Lanark, and Yann
Martel's Life of Pi, the best-ever-selling Booker
winner - and non-fiction too. We've published an American president
and a Guantanamo detainee; we've campaigned for causes we believe
in and fought court cases to get our authors heard. And twice we've
won Publisher of the Year.
We're still independent, and we're as committed to unorthodox
and innovative publishing as ever.
Established: 1973
Publications (yearly average): 45 originals
Types of books published: Fiction, General
Non-fiction, Children's, Poetry
Submission details: We don't accept unsolicited
submissions. (Sorry.) We work with lots of brilliant literary
agents who do invaluable work, and we like hearing about new
writers from them. So if you are interested in being published by
us, we'd recommend finding yourself an agent first. There are some
tips on how you can do this on our website.
Contacts
People: Jamie Byng (Chief Executive); Kate Gibb
(Chief Operating Officer); Caroline Gorham (Production Director);
Francis Bickmore (Publishing Director); Neal Price (Sales
Director); Jenny Fry (Commercial Director); Jessica Neale (Rights
and Contracts Director); Rafi Romaya (Art Director)
Address:
14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE / Eardley House, 4 Uxbridge
Street, London W8 7SY
Tel: 0131 5575111
Email: info@canongate.co.uk
Website: www.canongate.co.uk
Twitter: @canongatebooks
Instagram: @canongatebooks
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Canongate
Distributor: Grantham Book Services Ltd, Trent
Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7XQ
Tel. +44 (0)1476 541000
Fax. +44 (0)1476 541060