Swinehead Books

Fledgling Listing: This project is new and has been listed with us for less than six months.

About

We are looking for work of a high standard.
Because our aim is to provide an outlet for the kind of work that is currently being neglected by most publishers with their almost exclusively commercial preferences, we will not ask you to persuade us of the commercial viability of your book, only of its quality.
Your book doesn't have to be perfect for you to submit it to us and you don't even have to be a professional author (earning your living from writing) but you do have to write to a standard that would be called professional.
In the case of non-fiction we require that the book be well written and well researched.
We have no preconceptions as to genre or style, or even originality; we are only concerned with quality.We accept fiction and non-fiction.
We accept; all genres of fiction, history, local history, art, philosophy, politics, biography, auto-biography and poetry. We accept theatre scripts, but not screenplays.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United Kingdom

Established in 2026

Publication Medium

Print Publication Print Publication

Collapse section Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Novel: No specific word count limits known (our definition: more than 40000 words).

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Unknown advance + < 15% royalties Unknown advance. < 15% royalties. Details: 10% royalties.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Book: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
History: General, Biographies, History of countries/regions.
Memoir.
Performing Arts.
Philosophy.
Politics/Political Science.
Visual Arts.

Payment:

Unknown advance + < 15% royalties Unknown advance. < 15% royalties. Details: 10% royalties.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary.

Fledgling listing. No cover available for Swinehead Books until first issue/book published.

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Submission/Query
Correction/Update
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Social Platforms:
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Duosuma Submission Manager
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Swinehead Books Submission Statistics

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We have not received any submission reports for this listing in the past 12 months.

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For book publishers, it is standard to submit a cover letter, synopsis, and sample instead of the full manuscript. Do this unless otherwise instructed.
Be professional, patient, and persistent.

Dates

Last Updated: 14 Oct 2026

We check their guidelines for changes every four weeks, and we audit the listing twice a year.