Sceptre (imprint)

Sceptre is an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton,^[1] a British publishing house which is a division of Hachette UK.

Sceptre

Parent company	Hodder & Stoughton
Founded	1986
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Headquarters location	London, England
Nonfiction topics	Various
Fiction genres	Literary fiction
Official website	Sceptre Books

Founded in 1986 as the literary imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, Sceptre’s remit is to publish original fiction and non-fiction that aims not just to entertain and absorb but also to stretch the mind: to be thought-provoking, stimulating, surprising and enlightening.^[2]

Notable publications

• David Mitchell

- Cloud Atlas (2004) - winner of the British Book Awards Literary Fiction Award, Richard & Judy Book of the Year Award, shortlisted for the 2004 Booker Prize, Nebula Award, and Arthur C. Clarke Award. Adapted into a film (2012) of the same name, starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry.

- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (2010) - winner of the 2011 Commonwealth Writers' Prize regional prize, long-listed for the Booker Prize, shortlisted for the 2011 Walter Scott Prize.

• Thomas Keneally

- Schindler's Ark (1982) - winner of the Booker Prize, adapted into the film Schindler's List, directed by Steven Spielberg

- The Widow and Her Hero (2007) - shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and for the Prime Minister's Literary Award

- The Daughters of Mars (2012)

• Andrew Miller

- Ingenious Pain (1997)

- Oxygen (2001) - shortlisted for the Booker Prize and for the Whitbread Novel Award

- Pure (2011) - winner of the Costa Prize

• Chris Cleave

- The Other Hand (2008) - shortlisted for the 2008 Costa Book Award

- Gold (2012)

• Jenn Ashworth
• Siri Hustvedt
• Ned Beauman

- Boxer, Beetle (2010) - shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 2010

External links

• Sceptre
• Hodder & Stoughton

Cited sources

1. , hodder.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
2. "Imprints". About Us. Hodder & Stoughton. Retrieved 13 September 2012.