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Bloomsbury Publishing is a leading independent publishing house with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes, and is the originating publisher and custodian of the Harry Potter series. Founded in London in 1986, we now have offices in London, New York, Santa Barbara, New Delhi, Oxford and Sydney. Bloomsbury is the only publishing company to combine general fiction and non-fiction publishing with academic, professional and educational publishing. We bring together the best talent by combining our passionate colleagues and bestselling authors. Through our commitment to quality, growth, digital publishing and international strategy, we’ve become one of the world’s leading independent publishers. Our purpose is to inform, educate, entertain and inspire readers of all ages, championing a life-long love of reading and learning. We aim to help build a reading culture that benefits wider society. Bloomsbury’s success is due to the belief, commitment and hard work of our talented colleagues. We have a positive and vibrant culture where everyone has a sense of belonging and understands their value. Colleagues are supported to reach their highest potential, with wellbeing at the forefront of everything we do. Initiatives including cost of living support, family policies and healthcare enable colleagues to perform at their best at work. We have a particular focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, as well as community outreach and sustainability. Find out more about us at www.bloomsbury.com

Usborne is the largest and most successful independent children's book publisher in the UK. Named Children's Publisher of the Year in 2020, Usborne has been publishing brilliant books for children of all ages for 50 years. There are over 3,000 Usborne books in print, from books for babies to young adult novels, and we publish around 30 new book every month. Books featuring the Usborne name and our iconic, rainbow hot-air balloon logo are read all over the world. As well as English, we also publish in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean and Mandarin Chinese. The Usborne head office is in London, UK. There are also Usborne design/editorial offices in Oxford and Wolverhampton. Usborne Community Partnerships is the direct sales division of Usborne Publishing, also based in our Oxford office. Please note that we do not directly approach potential hires and we never ask for money as part of a recruitment process. Any such contact is highly likely to be fraudulent and should be disregarded. If in any doubt, please contact help@usborne.com.

Founded in 1846, we’re the second-biggest publishing group in the UK - part of Hachette Livre - with 12 divisions and over 50 imprints. Our award-winning publishing divisions include Orion; Little, Brown; John Murray Press; Hodder & Stoughton; Hachette Children’s Group; Headline; Quercus; Bookouture; Dialogue; Octopus; Hodder Education; and Paperblanks – and together, our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity. Our history is interwoven with the history of the world. From The Origin of Species to Jane Eyre, The Long Walk to Freedom to Heartstopper, the stories we’ve helped to share have shaped – and continue to shape – culture across the globe. We’re incredibly proud of our past, but we’re also looking to the future; knowing the stories we publish today will shape the world of tomorrow. We value and actively seek different perspectives, voices and ideas to support creativity and break new ground. You’ll find everything on our bookshelves from blockbuster fiction and insightful non-fiction to informative textbooks and vibrant children’s books. We’re proud to publish thousands of new books every year, and our authors include Brit Bennett, Candice Carty-Williams, Martina Cole, Michael Connelly, John Grisham, Stephen King, Stieg Larsson, Nelson Mandela, Stephenie Meyer, Maggie O’Farrell, Delia Owens, Ian Rankin, J.K. Rowling, Colson Whitehead, and Malala Yousafzai. We’ve also got puzzles, gifts, and games, are the market leader in e-books, and even publish a range of bestsellers in audio format - the fastest-growing part of our business! Today, as well as our London HQ, we have five national offices across the UK, and a major distribution centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire. Around the world, our other regions include Australia, India, Ireland, Jamaica and New Zealand; offering you more choices than ever when it comes to finding the right location for you.