Dynamic digital publisher of bestselling commercial fiction.
We accept both unagented and agented submissions, which are always open and fully inclusive.
Keep Me Safe by
@SherylBrowne
is out today! This is an absolutely unputdownable and totally gripping psychological thriller that will keep you reading late into the night.
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🎵Happy birthday to us 🎵
Bookouture are 6 today!
It's been a wonderful journey and we'd like to thank all our authors and readers who have been part of that journey. It's been a blast!
Here's to many many more!
🎉🍾🎂🎈🎁 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! 🎉🍾🎂🎈🎁
Woohoo! We are 5 years old!
We'd like to thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for your support in buying, reading and reviewing our books and say thanks so much to our amazing authors for writing such incredible books 🎉🍾🎂🎈🎁
🎉🎉🎉We are SUPER EXCITED and SUPER PROUD to announce that we have now sold over 50 MILLION COPIES!! 🎉🎉🎉
Well done
#TeamBookouture
!
Thank you to all our staff, freelancers, authors, readers, bloggers, reviewers and the whole of the book community for your amazing support.
To celebrate the reveal of The Housemaid is Watching by
@Freida_McFadden
, we’re hosting a prize draw for 4 fans to win NetGalley copies!
To enter, please tweet using the hashtag
#TheHousemaidisWatching
before 9am on 4 Oct 2023 BST.
UK only, T&C’s apply:
🎈🎉🍾 SUPER EXCITED to announce that we’ve now sold over 30 MILLION COPIES! 🎈🎉🍾
Huge thanks to our authors, our colleagues, our readers, our reviewers and the book community!
🎉🎉WE SERIOUSLY COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE MORE EXCITED to bring you the news that multi-million-copy bestseller
@WriteAngie
has signed for 12 more books with us in a major new deal 🎉🎉
More details of this amazing announcement, are in the blog post below:
🎉🎉ALL THE WOOHOOS! 🎉🎉
😱We are ABSOLUTELY OVER THE CHUFFING MOON to share that
@WriteAngie
has now sold her MILLIONTH Silent Scream! 😱
Read more about Angela's journey to publication and reactions to this phenomenal news in the blog post below:
🥳You did it! 🥳
We'd like to send a HUGE thanks to everyone who helped us reach 20K followers! Your continued support of us and our incredible authors means the world to us.
Thank you!
We are ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED to share this incredible news about TV rights to the DI Kim Stone Crime Thriller series by
@WriteAngie
. Hugest of congratulations to you Angie. We're so very proud to be your publisher!
It’s a wrap!
Thanks to everyone who has been involved in today’s
#PitchBookouture
.
We’ve had the most incredible response and are truly flabbergasted by the volume and standard of pitches that have come through!
Thank you all for making it amazing! ❤️
Could you be our next bestseller?
Pitch us your book on 25th March, 9am - 9pm, using
#pitchbookouture
& we'll DM you if we like your pitch!
Everyone asked to submit will receive short editorial feedback & the winner a 30min editorial consultation!
Read:
Woo-flipping-hoo!! DELIGHTED to announce that Bookouture have today published their 300th book! Congratulations and well done to the whole Bookouture family! And especially to
@CollColemanAuth
- One Way Or Another is out today and is THAT book!
🎉 We're DELIGHTED to announce that bestselling women’s fiction author
@KerryFSwayne
has now sold over 1 million copies of her books 🎉
We've published 7 novels by Fisher since 2016, and her newest title Another Woman’s Child is out in August 2020.
More:
🎉WOOHOO! SO INCREDIBLY PROUD to announce that the Detective Kim Stone crime series by
@WriteAngie
has surpassed THREE MILLION SALES in just over three years.
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS Angie from everyone at Bookouture.
For more info and reactions, see below;
🎉🍾🎉🍾🎉 THE ABSOLUTE HUGEST OF CONGRATULATIONS to
@WriteAngie
on 4 MILLION SALES of the Detective Kim Stone crime thriller series!
All of us at Bookouture could not possibly be more proud of you Angie and all that you have achieved! 🎉🍾🎉🍾🎉
WOOHOO! SOOOOO UBER EXCITED to reveal Fatal Promise: Another totally gripping, heart-stopping serial killer thriller in the Detective Kim Stone Crime Series by
@WriteAngie
(Book 9).
Out on 19th October. Available to pre-order right here and right now:
❤️ Bloggers, reviewers, readers, authors! ❤️
❤️ We reckon that the book community must be one of the most supportive communities EVER! Thank you from us all at Bookouture for all that you do to support our authors and our books! We blooming love you lot! ❤️
Congratulations to the winner of
#pitchbookouture
@AnneHamilton7
! Your pitch gave us goosebumps and left us desperate to know more. We’ll be in touch to discuss your prize.
Thanks again to everyone who took part, we’re loving reading all the fantastic submissions we received!
#pitchbookouture
Her new house is pristine, whiter than white, blissfully silent...Then she finds a baby, sleeping in a box on the bedroom floor.
'The baby is yours, don't you remember?' the voice whispers.
It's not. She's sure it's not. But that voice is always right...
YAY!! 🎉✨
We are absolutely delighted to be shortlisted as Imprint of the Year at The 2023
#BritishBookAwards
!
Congratulations to all of our amazing authors, colleagues, bloggers and readers who make Team Bookouture so special! ❤️
✨WE ARE LIVE!✨
Underrepresented writers, pitch your book to us today between 9am and 9pm using
#DVPitchBookouture
!
If we're interested in your idea, we'll DM you, so make sure your DM privacy settings are set to 'open'!
More information and full T&Cs:
OMG! We are beside ourselves with excitement this evening.
SOOOOOO DELIGHTED to share The Date: An unputdownable psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist by
@Fab_fiction
Out on 21st June
Pre-order:
Amazon Link:
iBookstore:
We are absolutely delighted for our very own
@Richardkinguk
who has very deservedly won Rights Professional of the Year at The Nibbies
@TheBookseller
. Well done Richard!
We're super super proud!
#BritishBookAwards
We’re so excited to share that we've now sold over 70 MILLION COPIES of our books and have over 5 BILLION KU PAGES READ!
Those HUGE numbers would not be possible without everyone on
#TeamBookouture
, so thank you to all of our amazing authors, colleagues, readers and reviewers!
🎉🎉🎉TOTALLY THRILLED to announce that over ONE MILLION COPIES have been sold of
@ShaliniBoland
’s psychological thrillers since her first book with Bookouture, The Secret Mother, was published in Nov 2017.
Read more along with reactions from all parties:
We are so excited to share that we have been shortlisted for Imprint of the Year at The British Book Awards!!
Thank you to all our amazing authors, readers and colleagues who make Team Bookouture so special!
#Nibbies
Delighted to share
@HollyMAuthor
news!
Holly’s Hope Island books will be released in paperback with Sphere in the UK
AND we'll be bringing you 3 more stunning new books set in Sandcastle Bay. The Holiday Cottage by the Sea, out April 2018.
Read more:
Just wanted to say a HUMUNGOUS THANK YOU to all our friends, families, readers, bloggers, reviewers, and of course our authors. Each and every tweet, retweet, post, share, blog post, comment etc is truly appreciated by us all. Merry Christmas everyone! Happy reading!
Today's the day!
#PitchBookouture
is back!
Pitch your book to us using the hashtag
#PitchBookouture
and fill in the short form on our website:
All those asked to submit will receive feedback and the winner a 30 min editorial consultation!
We're absolutely thrilled to announce that we have sold over ONE MILLION COPIES of
@suewatsonwriter
's books.
🎉🎉 HUGE CONGRATULATIONS SUE! 🎉🎉
We're so pleased and super proud to publish you.
Read more along with reactions in the blog post below!
Calling all writers!
#PitchBookouture
is back on 5th December 2023!
Pitch your book to us using the hashtag and fill in the form on our website.
All those asked to submit will receive feedback and our favourite will win a consultation with an editor!
We’re thrilled to reveal the cover for Mystery at the Abbey Hotel: An utterly addictive cozy mystery novel (An Eve Mallow Mystery Book 5) by
@ClareChase_
! It’s out April 12th but you can pre order your copy today!
🥳 Goodbye 2018 and Hello 2019! 🥳 We just want to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU from everyone at Bookouture to you all! We appreciate all your support this year!
We hope you all have THE most AMAZING New Year and we look forward to sharing more amazing books with you all in 2019!
We are DELIGHTED to announce that bestselling author
@katehewitt1
is joining Bookouture for a two-book deal. The first book, A Mother’s Choice, is a heartbreakingly beautiful story and will publish in May 2018.
Read more about the deal here:
In partnership with
@theasianwriter
and
@DahliaBooks
we're putting out an exclusive call-out for commercial fiction submissions from BAME writers and will be offering professional editorial feedback for the month of August.
For more information:
We're delighted to welcome blogger and debut author
@JoyKluver
to the Bookouture family with three books in a new police procedural series starring Detective Bernadette ‘Bernie’ Noel.
For more information, along with reactions from all parties:
🍾 OVER THE CHUFFING MOON to share that bestseller
@WriteAngie
’s Detective Kim Stone series has sold over 2.5 MILLION!
Play Dead will publish in partnership with Sphere in the UK in paperback on 28th Dec, with Blood Lines following in May 2018
Read more:
SO BLOOMING EXCITED to be revealing the cover and description of the fabulous new absolutely gripping crime thriller series THE BIRTHDAY (Detective Natalie Ward Book 1) by
@carolewyer
Out on 27th September
Available to pre-order: :
HERE WE GO!
Got a book idea? It's time to
#pitchbookouture
! 📣
You have until 9pm today to tweet us your book idea and we'll DM you if we want to know more!
All those asked to submit will receive short editorial feedback!
Find out more:
SHE'S BACK!
KIM STONE IS BACK!
Over the flipping moon to reveal DYING TRUTH by
@WriteAngie
A completely gripping crime thriller (Detective Kim Stone Crime Thriller Series Book 8)
Out on 18th May. Pre-order right now:
Amazon Buy Link:
#DyingTruth
BEYOND EXCITED to reveal KILLING MIND: Book 12 in the addictive, nail-biting Detective Kim Stone crime thriller series by
@WriteAngie
Out 13th May
Pre-order:
AMZ:
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OVER THE FLIPPING MOON this afternoon to share The Dare: An absolutely gripping crime thriller (Detective Natalie Ward Book 3) by
@carolewyer
It'll be out on 25th April but it's available to pre-order right here, right now:
We're ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED to share the news that
@KimLSlater
has now sold over 2 MILLION copies of her books. We've published 12 novels with Slater since 2016 and have 3 new books publishing in 2021.
For reactions, please do read the blog post below:
SO EXCITED to welcome debut romantic comedy author
@Drew_Davies
to the family! The Shape of Us is a high-concept, funny, quirky read about four strangers in London whose paths cross. It will publish in Nov 2018 followed by book 2 in May 2019.
Read more:
SO TOTALLY THRILLED to reveal TWISTED LIES: Book 14 in the gripping Detective Kim Stone crime thriller series by
@WriteAngie
.
Out 13/5
Pre-order NOW:
AMZ:
Apple:
Kobo:
Google:
We are delighted to share the news that
@bookouture
has acquired a stunning historical novel from debut author
@Samantha_Reader
. The Company Daughters, will publish Autumn 2020, and you can learn more about this incredible story in the blog post below:
HOLY MOLY! We're totally and utterly OVER THE MOON to reveal the cover and description of CHILD'S PLAY - Book 11 in the Detective Kim Stone Crime Thriller Series by
@WriteAngie
Out on 11th July but available to pre-order right here, right now:
We are SO FLIPPING EXCITED to reveal The Holiday Cottage by the Sea: An utterly gorgeous feel good romantic comedy by
@HollyMAuthor
Hope you love the cover as much as we do.
It's out on April 12th and available to pre-order right now:
We’re ever-so-excited to reveal the cover for STOLEN ONES (Detective Kim Stone Crime Thriller Book 15) by
@WriteAngie
!
Out Nov 11th:
Amazon:
Apple:
Kobo:
Google:
We're growing our editorial team! 🎉
Please give a warm welcome to
@wittywhitlum
as associate publisher,
@serhamilton
as commissioning editor and Sarah Gunton as publishing executive! And congrats to
@ellengleeson
on her promotion to associate publisher!
We have some VERY exciting internal news today!
💐Huge congratulations to
@JenniferLouiseH
on her promotion to Commissioning Editor and a very warm welcome to
@e_gowers
who will join the company as Publishing Executive 💐
More in the blog post below:
SO EXCITED to show you the cover of the latest novel and the 4th in the Detective Lottie Parker series by
@trisha460
- NO SAFE PLACE.
Out on 22nd March, available to pre-order now:
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US🇺🇸
Ready to scream with excitement? Ok- *GO* because we're revealing the cover for
@t0mbale
's ONE DARK NIGHT: An absolutely gripping crime thriller with unputdownable mystery and suspense!
It’s out Oct 23rd but you can pre order your copy here:
So very excited this afternoon to reveal the cover and description of the latest perfect cosy feel good romance Coming Home to Maple Cottage by
@HollyMAuthor
Out on 28th September but available to pre-order now:
🕵️♀️ We are SO THRILLED to reveal a brand new look for the DI Kim Stone crime thriller series from
@WriteAngie
starting with DEADLY FATE, Book 18 in the series and one of Kim’s most intriguing cases ever! 🕵️♀️
Out 25th May. Pre-order now:
Amz:
Have you heard the news? We’re thrilled to announce that Bookouture have signed a new police procedural novel from Kindle top 5 bestseller
@carolewyer
!
Find out more in the blog post below:
YAY! SO DELIGHTED to share that we have signed 2 psychological thrillers from Flash500 Novel Competition winner
@WendyClarke99
. The first will publish in May 2019 and the second standalone thriller will follow later in the year
Read more in this blog post:
YAY!
We're ABSOLUTELY THRILLED to reveal DEATH SCORE - Book 13 in the gripping Det Kim Stone crime thriller series by
@WriteAngie
Out 13/11
Pre-order now:
AMZ:
Apple:
Kobo:
Google:
Just wanted to pop on and say a huge thank you from all at Bookouture, from the top bosses to our editors, and most definitely from our publicity department for all that you do to help to support us, our books and our authors.
YOU ARE BLOOMING AWESOME BOOK COMMUNITY!
LOVE YA!
SUPER THRILLED to announce the signing of psychological thriller writer
@ASinclairAuthor
in a three-book deal. The first book will publish in April 2018, followed by a second in July 2018 and the third in October 2018.
Read more:
We're thrilled to make a number of promotions and hires within the editorial team, to consolidate the commercial fiction list and expand into new areas. Congrats to
@Christina_Dem
,
@ruthtross
, Louisa Pagel, Levke Kluge, Iulia Teodorescu and Mandy Kullar
We're SUPER EXCITED to share these stunning new covers for the DI Kim Stone series by
@WriteAngie
with you.
TADAH!
Pre-order Book 12 KILLING MIND now!
AMZ:
Apple:
Kobo:
Google:
🎉🎉 We're MEGA EXCITED to share the news today that Bookouture have signed a major new deal with multi-million-copy bestselling crime writer
@Lisalregan
for 15 books 🎉🎉
You can probably imagine how thrilled we are to announce this deal.
More here:
🎉🎉We could not be more proud or more delighted to be celebrating this incredible achievement today 🎉🎉
HUGEST OF CONGRATULATIONS to
@WriteAngie
who has now sold over 5 MILLION COPIES of the Detective Kim Stone crime thriller series via
@thebookseller
Fantastic news for a Wednesday morning!
We've made 3 new awesome hires taking our total number of staff to thirty-eight people.
Please join us in welcoming Alba Proko, Hamzah Hussein and Saidah Graham to the Bookouture family!
Here's some of our head office staff wearing pink today to mark International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia 🏳️🌈
#IDAHOBIT2018
#StandingStrong
MAJOR NEWS! Bookouture will be publishing THE HOUSEMAID IS WATCHING by
@Freida_McFadden
in the summer of 2024! This is the third instalment in the bestselling Housemaid thriller series. More info here:
YAY! We are SO EXCITED to welcome
@GerHogan
to the family.
We will be bringing you two books in 2019 in the Detective Iris Locke series set in Limerick, Ireland.
Geraldine also writes women’s fiction as Faith Hogan.
Find out more in the blog post below:
We're VERY EXCITED to announce the signing of debut women’s fiction author
@Susan78338410
in a two book deal.
My Big Greek Summer is a laugh-out-loud, feel-good story of friendship, sunshine and romance and will publish in May 2018.
Find out more:
WOOHOO! SOOOO VERY EXCITED TODAY to welcome TV presenter and author
@JuliaRobertsTV
to the Bookouture family!
We shall be bringing you three books in a new detective series the first of which will be in July 2019.
Read more along with reactions below:
We are thrilled to announce that Bookouture has acquired two new dual-narrative historical novels by
@neetschapman
! The first will publish in June 2024!
Read more details here:
WOO-FLIPPING-HOO!!!! SHE'S BACK!!!!
SOOOO UBER EXCITED this afternoon to share that
#DeadMemories
, Book 10 in the DI
#KimStone
crime thriller series by
@WriteAngie
is now available for book bloggers and book reviewers to request on NetGalley.
GO! GO! GO!
So excited this morning to share that our fabulous
@MaisieFrances
has been promoted to the role of Commissioning Editor.
Maisie said 'I can’t wait to find some incredible writers and bring more commercial bestsellers to our brilliant list.'
Read more:
That's a wrap! ✨
Thank you so much to everyone who pitched to us! We received hundreds of pitches and will be contacting those we'd like to submit a full manuscript in the coming days.
Winner announced before 19th December! Best of luck everyone! ❤️
We’re thrilled to reveal the gorgeous cover for
@TillyTenWriter
THE MILL ON MAGNOLIA LANE: A gorgeous feel good romantic comedy! It’s out April 4th but you can pre order your copy here:
We’re SUPER EXCITED today to share that we have re-signed contracts with two of your favourite psychological thriller writers
@SELynesAuthor
and
@WendyClarke99
For more information, along with reactions from all parties, please see the blog post below:
We are delighted to announce that our very own
@PetaNightingale
has been selected as a trailblazer for this year's
#PeopleOfPublishing
Campaign! Her work heading up Bookouture Deutschland and Hachette's AgeWise network has been incredible.
More details below...
📚🎉
@PublishersAssoc
is excited to announce the launch of the
#PeopleOfPublishing
campaign to celebrate the contribution of individuals going above and beyond in the industry.
Find out more about the eight fantastic individuals spotlighted here:
#ad
We're SUPER EXCITED to share something new, unmissable and far darker than ever before from
@suewatsonwriter
Our Little Lies: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller with a brilliant twist.
Out on 11th October but available to preorder, right now: