BookBar — Author events; launches; book-club partnerships. Genre/audience fit: Contemporary and literary fiction; sociable book-club fiction. Pitch: Offer an event concept, author availability, audience draw and UK stock/distribution details. Ask about venue arrangements and costs.
London Review Bookshop — Author conversations; launches; stocking enquiries. Genre/audience fit: Literary fiction, translation and intellectually engaging writing. Pitch: Request routing to the events or buying team. Include a distinctive conversation angle, UK edition/distributor, author availability and likely audience.
Libreria — Author events; readings; stocking enquiries. Genre/audience fit: Literary fiction, translation, experimental and ideas-led writing. Pitch: Send a focused book/event proposal with reader appeal, UK availability, trade terms and author dates; ask for the appropriate buyer/programmer.
Afrori Books — Stocking; author events; community partnerships. Genre/audience fit: Fiction by Black authors; adult, YA and children’s books. Pitch: Lead with the author/title’s fit with a Black-author bookshop. Send synopsis, ISBN, publication date, distribution and trade terms. Use the events inbox for event proposals.
My Chestnut Reading Tree — Book reviews; relevant blog-tour enquiries. Genre/audience fit: Crime, psychological thrillers and women’s fiction; excludes science fiction and horror. Pitch: Email a short review request in her preferred genres. Ebooks and paperbacks considered. She replies only to requests she can accept.
A Life in Books — Reviews; new-title previews and themed recommendations. Genre/audience fit: Literary fiction, translated fiction and short stories. Pitch: Use the official form and match the site’s reading interests. Self-published books are rarely accepted; not every enquiry receives a reply.
Julia’s Bookcase — Reviews; bookish features; potential collaborations. Genre/audience fit: Contemporary fiction and bookish lifestyle/travel crossover. Pitch: Send a concise proposal using the published email or form. Specify whether you seek editorial coverage or a commissioned collaboration and ask for relevant terms.
TripFiction — Location-led reviews; reading lists; author features. Genre/audience fit: Fiction with a strong, identifiable sense of place; literary, crime and book-club fiction. Pitch: Lead with the real setting, why it matters to the story, publication date and availability. Ask which editorial or promotional option is appropriate.
BookBlast — Reviews; interviews; podcast and literary-event enquiries. Genre/audience fit: Literature in translation, international fiction and cross-cultural writing. Pitch: Use the official form after reading its Terms of Use. Present a specific literary/cross-cultural angle and UK publication details; confirm suitability and any service charges.
The Bookbag — Selective reviews and recommendations. Genre/audience fit: Broad fiction, including literary, commercial, crime and children’s fiction. Pitch: Follow Authors and Publishers guidance. Supply a press sheet, ISBN, cover/synopsis and live Amazon listing. Ask before sending. Its separate self-published promotional packages have been withdrawn.