Pan Macmillan

Pan Macmillan UK is one of the largest book publishers in the UK, with imprints including Macmillan, Mantle, Pan, Picador, Boxtree, Sidgwick & Jackson, Bello, Tor, Kingfisher, Macmillan Children's Books, Two Hoots, Bluebird, Campbell Books, Macmillan New Writing and Macmillan Digital Audio. 

Part of Macmillan Publishers International Limited; Pan Macmillan was originally founded back in 1843 by Daniel and Alexander Macmillan, two brothers from the Scottish Isle of Arran. Daniel was the business brain, whilst Alexander laid the literary foundations of the publication house by adding world class authors like Lewis Carroll, Henry James, Thomas Hardy and Rudyard Kipling to the Pan Macmillan authors list. 

Today Macmillan is one of the largest and best-known international publishers in the world. Pan Macmillan now operates in over 70 countries worldwide, with a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults across all categories and formats; to their credit. From bestselling titles for adults to iconic children’s titles that have stood the test of time; Pan Macmillian has an extensive range of books to their credit and here are some of our favourites from the publication house.

If you are a parent that is invested in your child growing up to be a well-read adult then surely you too enjoy reading thought provoking books yourself. One such title by Pan Macmillian books is the Permanent Record: A Memoir of a Reluctant Whistleblower by Edward Snowden. One of the many diverse and brave titles by the publication house; this Sunday Times top ten bestseller by whistleblower Edward Snowden is an expose on the US government’s system of mass surveillance. An intriguing read for any well-informed adult, the book reveals for the first time the story of Snowden’s life, including how he helped to build the mass surveillance system and what motivated him to try to bring it down. 

In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call, text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on earth. Six years later, Snowden reveals for the very first time how he helped to build this system and why he was moved to expose it. The book is an extraordinary account of a bright young man who grew up online - a man who became a spy, a whistleblower, and, in exile, the Internet's conscience. Written with wit, grace, passion, and an unflinching candour, Permanent Record is possibly one of the most crucial memoirs of the digital age.

For young adults, Pan Macmillian has published some iconic titles. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, for instance, is a classic sci-fi galactic adventure that has been a hot favourite with young adults for generations. A fiction classic, this adventure starts with the last human on Earth, his alien best friend, and a depressed android. Introducing readers to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, this YA edition of the funny sci-fi classic is one literary adventure every young adult must experience. One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. In the seconds before global obliteration, Arthur is plucked from the planet by his friend Ford Prefect and together the pair venture out across the galaxy on the craziest, strangest road trip of all time! Like most bestselling books, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has also been adapted into a radio show, TV show, stage plays, comic books and films, and is Douglas Adams’s work of brilliance.

For teens and younger children, Pan Macmillian publishers bring us books like the popular Treehouse Series by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton. An exciting children’s adventure book, this series is about two friends that live in a tree house and struggle to complete their book. Through their adventures; the storeys of the tree house keep on adding to their tree house and the adventures keep on getting wilder by the minute. There are lots of laughs at every level in The 143-Storey Treehouse, the eleventh book in the bestselling Treehouse series.

And for babies and kids the Pan Macmillian children’s books range has some very well-thought out activity books like Escape to Moominvalley with The Pocket Moomin Colouring Book! In a perfectly pocket-sized format this relaxing colouring book is filled with original artwork from the coveted archive of Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins; one of the most cherished children's book series ever written. This smaller edition, perfect for colouring on-the-go, features striking patterns and scenes as well as all your favourite Moomin characters and their most memorable quotes. Perfect to keep you toddlers busy when you are out and about.