You’ve written a personal memoir and you’d like to publish it …
Do please get in touch. As a publisher, we’re fascinated by personal memories and the individual story. It’s so important that they get recorded. We’re a friendly, approachable publisher and we’re committed to sharing your life story with your family and the wider reading world.
Because memoirs and autobiographies are so personal, you may be a first-time author. We’ll discuss the publishing process with you carefully so that you can make an informed decision about what it means to have a publisher representing you.
You’ve probably written your memoir for your family and friends, but in fact, memoir and autobiographies are a valuable record and many people in the wider reading world enjoy reading these sorts of personal stories. We’re passionate about personal history and you’ll find that memoir forms a large part of our yearly publishing programme. We are a publisher and this is not a publishing service, so we are selective about the titles we release. But we’re also friendly and our titles are always designed with the aim of creating a lasting record. When we agree to publish a work, we undertake a thorough edit (which in the case of memoir usually means minor changes for the sake of clarity, and proofreading). We naturally handle all text formatting and editing, and cover design. We can even scan images in-house if you have access to old family photographs.
We give plenty of marketing support and we’ll work with you to help fulfil your dream of sharing your story with readers.
What’s more, we offer excellent terms and we pay generous royalties. Please get in touch.
What are we looking for?
Ideally your memoir will be around 20,000 words. The upper limit tends to be around 60,000 words. It will be personal and important to you. You’re passionate about setting your story down in print and sharing it with your readers.
Publishing your memoir can be daunting, particularly if this is your first piece of published writing. But please don’t worry. At the moment, we’re particularly keen to hear from authors who are recording childhood from a bygone era, and also authors of travel writing and nature.
How to submit
For a swift response, send us a brief email telling us a little about yourself and your book, and also attach your manuscript, ideally in Word format or a .pages file.
You can also find out more about the submission process in our handy guide.