Sceptre is an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton,About Us - Imprints, hodder.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2023. a British publishing house that is a division of Hachette UK.
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.
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 2012 film 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, longlisted 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) - winner of the Colin Roderick Award 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 - The Land in Winter (2024) - winner of the Walter Scott Prize; shortlisted for the 2025 Booker 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 Polly Atkin - Some of Us Just Fall: On nature and not getting better (2023) - winner of the Lakeland Book of the Year 2024
External links Sceptre Hodder & Stoughton
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