Hurst Publishers (C. Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd) is an independent non-fiction publisher based in Somerset House, Strand, London. Hurst specializes in serious non-fiction, including history, biography, international affairs, espionage, reportage, travel writing and religion. Christopher Hurst founded the company in 1969. Michael Dwyer, who joined Hurst in 1986, has been running Hurst since the death of Christopher Hurst in April 2007.Hurst Publishers, "About", Hurst Publishers website.C Hurst & Co Publishers , London Book Fair.
Hurst authors include Olivier Roy, Eleanor Medhurst, Shashi Tharoor, David Kilcullen, Sara Jaffe, Faisal Devji, Jean-Pierre Filiu, Gaiutra Bahadur, Christophe Jaffrelot, Henrik Meinander, Jessica Mitford, Anwar Ibrahim, Matthew Ford, Max Siollun and Dan Kaszeta among others. Hurst publishes approximately 75 new books a year.
History
Christopher Hurst (1929–2007) founded the publishing house and pursued his, sometimes eclectic, interests, including Scandinavian culture and Balkan history. In the mid-1980s, he became an activist for small, independent publishers, making his voice heard in the Publishers' Association.Jonathan Rea, "Christopher Hurst" (obituary), The Guardian, 30 May 2007.Alison Bone, "Publisher Christopher Hurst dies", The Bookseller, 24 April 2007.Michael Dwyer, "Christopher Hurst: a publisher in the world", Open Democracy, 23 January 2008.
Publishing list
Authors
Jean-Pierre Filiu James Harpur Christophe Jaffrelot Dan Kaszeta Paul Lendvai David Omand Gerard Prunier Carne Ross Abdul Salam Zaeef
References
External links Official Hurst Publishers website Hurst Publishers' blog Oxford University Press USA Facebook page: Hurst Publishers