Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for supporting The Book Party.
With a history stretching back over 200 years, HarperCollins is the second largest consumer book publisher in the world. HarperCollins UK publish around 1,500 books a year for readers of all ages and interests.
Their bestsellers include Bernard Cornwell, Adele Parks, Jonathan Franzen, David Walliams, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Memoirs of British prime ministers. Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy. George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. And legendary titles by legacy authors J.R.R. Tolkien, Agatha Christie and C.S. Lewis.
Bantam are an imprint of Transworld and Penguin Random House. For seven decades, Transworld has been at the forefront of Commercial Fiction publishing in the UK, with an unparalleled reputation for launching blockbuster debuts and building the biggest fiction brands in the market. Last year alone, Transworld Fiction titles spent a total of 70 weeks in the Sunday Times bestseller list.
Head of Zeus opened for business on 3 January 2012, won Digital Business of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2015, Independent Publisher of the Year in 2017, and joined the Bloomsbury family in 2021. Across our six imprints, they are digital pioneers, beautiful book makers and lovers of great storytelling.
'We’re thrilled to be partnering with The Book Party as their innovative events bring authors and readers together in such a positive space. We’ve loved sharing our enthusiasm for Head of Zeus titles with the team and cannot wait for attendees to discover them too.'
SHANNON HEWITT - SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER
Founded in 2014, Joffe Books pride themselves on our history of innovative publishing. Thanks to the unflagging passion and dedication brought by everyone in Team Joffe, they have built a reputation for crafting great books for readers, long-term relationships with authors and agents, and fleet-footed marketing of the books we love.
'We’re over the moon to join the party of the season this summer to celebrate all bookish things with likeminded readers and authors.'
JOFFE MARKETING TEAM
Founded in 1898, Duckworth is one of the UK’s oldest publishing imprints still under independent ownership. We prize great storytelling in all forms. We publish accessible, stimulating and intellectually curious works of non-fiction, on topics ranging across biography, memoir, science, economics, psychology, philosophy, culture, nature and history, as well as highly compelling historical and literary fiction.
'Duckworth Books is as ever proud to be a returning sponsor of The Book Party. We believe wholeheartedly in their mission to break down barriers by bringing authors and readers together in a joyful and festive atmosphere to celebrate our shared love of books.'
MATT CASBOURNE - HEAD OF SALES, MARKETING AND PUBLICITY
Boutique Book Breaks organises luxury weekend getaways for the literary minded. We wisk our guests to the countryside for 2 nights of fully catered and pampered experience at unique boutique hotels around the UK. We provide a perfect mix of bookish activity, reading time and wellness, including: author interviews, retreat books, arc access and an exclusive reading lounge + 5* accommodation, spa access and pilates/yoga.
'Boutique Book Breaks are delighted to partner with the Book Party to help like-minded readers engage in a fun, comfortable and casual environment. Need an excuse to get away and just read? - we have you covered and then some...If you are looking to extend the party, make new friends and treat yourself with a bit of relaxation time, we hope we can see you on a weekend very soon. '
EMMA DONALDSON - FOUNDER
Write Within offers author coaching and self-led retreats in the Writers’ Cabin from beautiful mid Wales. Founder Julia Forster, herself a published author and qualified coach, spotted a gap within the writer development realm for a unique blend of author coaching with a residential offer. Within a few months of opening the independent business in June 2024, the Writers’ Cabin was chosen by The Sunday Times as one of the top seven writer’s retreats in the UK.
Julia is thrilled to sponsor The Book Party’s Bristol event as she aligns with the Book Party’s vision to celebrate all authors across the UK and to celebrate the grass-roots eco-system of social media influencers, bloggers and vloggers which props up the book industry. Having worked in independent press book PR herself, she deeply appreciates the promotional work carried out by these individuals; sponsoring The Book Party is one small gesture to give back to the community.