About us

Collins has been publishing educational and informative books since 1819. Drawing on this rich heritage, today Collins publishes education and language learning resources, dictionaries, atlases, general reference, and children’s nonfiction under the Collins imprint; plus, a range of renowned brands including A–Z, Barrington Stoke, Leckie, National Geographic Kids, National Trust, Times Books and Rocket Bird Books.

 

Educational publishing

We produce resources for UK and International curricula to support teachers and pupils at school and outside the classroom environment. 

 
Our educational publishing continues to deliver up-to-date and engaging student resources and exceptional teacher support to help schools tackle new initiatives and utilise the latest technology. 
 
Collins(and Leckie in Scotland) publish a full range of textbooks, digital resources, revision guides and teaching support for Early Years, Primary, Secondary and Further Education colleges across the majority of subject areas, with particular strengths in literacy and numeracy at Primary and English, Maths, Science and Sociology at Secondary. 
 
Our digital resources are delivered via The Collins Hub collinshub.co.uk, Collins Connect connect.collins.co.uk, and an ebook platform, OpenPage. We also have an adaptive learning resource for maths in primary, and for science, maths, geography and history at secondary: collinsadapt.co.uk.

Language publishing

With our database of over 4.5 billion words we are constantly monitoring text from publications, websites and transcripts around the world to ensure our dictionaries are up-to-date. The creation of Collinsdictionary.com, Collins’ free online dictionary, means that we now provide the sharpest snapshot of world languages. 
 
Collins is also home to bilingual dictionaries and language learning products, such as the Paul Noble audio courses, and the much-loved Gem phrasebooks. We also publish the official SCRABBLE dictionaries, a wide range of quiz books, and crossword books including both The Times and Bradford’s crossword series. 
 
In recent years we have grown our offering for learners of English as a foreign language with the Collins ELT range of publishing for teachers, students, and young learners. 
 
Digital innovations have seen us lead the way in language app and eBook development, so our content now fits the need of all users, wherever they are.

 

Geographic publishing

Our geographic publishing is a blend of traditional print, digital development, and cartographic services. Our flagship, The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World, is recognised as the most prestigious and authoritative reference atlas, and the Times range as a whole is market leader in the UK, with the Collins atlas range a close second. 
 
Collins also publishes reference and non-fiction in broader interest areas such as walking, cycling, astronomy, history, and railways, often in partnership with world-renowned organisations like UNESCO, Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and the Imperial War Museums. 
 
In 2020 we acquired the iconic street-mapping A-Z books and maps list and from 2021 the publishing rights for National Trust Books. 

Collins has developed a successful list of children's non-fiction books including the classic i-spy spotter's guides, puzzle books, the You Can guides and the Create Your Own happy series.  We also publish the National Geographic Kids list in the UK featuring the flagship annual Weird but True. 

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About Times Books

The Times world maps and atlases range have been in print for more than 100 years, since 1895. Today they are regarded as the world’s most prestigious and authoritative atlases and maps. 
 
The first ever Times world atlas was published in 1895 and simply called The Times Atlas, with maps produced by the German firm Velhagen & Klasing. In 1826, John Bartholomew set up business as a map engraver in Edinburgh and soon gained an international reputation for innovative cartography, high quality copper plate engraving and printing. The Times Publishing Co Ltd thus contracted Bartholomew to prepare a new home-produced world atlas, which became The Times Survey Atlas & Gazetteer of the World (1922). 
 
This was followed by The Times Atlas of the World Mid-Century Edition – published in five volumes between 1955 and 1960 – which set the standard for world atlas publishing. In 1967, this was re-worked into a single volume as The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World which is now in its 12th edition and continues to be the world’s leading reference atlas. 
 
In 1980 the company was bought by Reader’s Digest ending the direct involvement of the Bartholomew family. Following its purchase by News International in 1985, it became part of HarperCollins Publishers in 1989, along with Collins Publishers (UK) and Harper & Row (US). 
 
The business continues as the award-winning Collins Bartholomew, part of HarperCollins, upholding the authority, quality and excellence, so highly regarded by ‘Bartholomews’. Today the company employs a team of cartographers in its Glasgow office, dedicated to providing the most accurate and up-to-date maps available. 
 
Times maps and atlases are published by HarperCollins Publishers for The Times. 
 
For Collins Bartholomew digital mapping data, services and solutions, please visit their dedicated site: www.collinsbartholomew.com 

 

NOTICE

HarperCollins is FSC® certified and only works with FSC certified printers.

Please note that from 15/11/23 - 26/2/24, the FSC certification of Multivista, a third-party printer that we source from, was temporarily suspended.
The following books were printed with Multivista during this period:

9780008275440  - EASY LEARNING READING AND RHYME BUMPER BOOK AGES 3-5
9780008151638 EASY LEARNING FIRST PHONICS AGES 3-4
9780008151546 EASY LEARNING NUMBERS AGES 3-5
9780008387877 EASY LEARNING FIRST WRITING WORKBOOK AGES 3-5
9780007559855 EASY LEARNING ENGLISH AGES 6-8
9780007559831 EASY LEARNING MATHS AGES 9-11
9780008134273 EASY LEARNING COMPREHENSION AGES 7-9
9780008151485 EASY LEARNING TIMES TABLES BUMPER BOOK AGES 5-7
9780007559848 EASY LEARNING ENGLISH AGES 5-7
9780007559862 EASY LEARNING ENGLISH AGES 7-9
9780007559817 EASY LEARNING MATHS AGES 7-9
9780008368913 INTERNATIONAL PRIMARY SCIENCE STUDENT'S BOOK
9780008112738 KS1 ENGLISH SATS PRACTICE WORKBOOK
9780008112783 KS2 MATHS SATS PRACTICE WORKBOOK
9780008253165 KS1 MATHS REASONING PRACTICE BOOK
9780008462819 MINECRAFT ENGLISH ACTIVITY BOOK AGES 6-7
9780008462741 MINECRAFT MATHS ACTIVITY BOOK AGES 5-6
9780008462758 MINECRAFT MATHS ACTIVITY BOOK AGES 6-7
9780008461508 PAW PATROL FIRST NUMBERS ACTIVITY BOOK
9780008461515 PAW PATROL FIRST PHONICS ACTIVITY BOOK
9780007562824 KS3 SCIENCE REVISION GUIDE
9780008112516 AQA GCSE 9-1 MATHS FOUNDATION ALL-IN-ONE COMPLETE REVISION & PRACTICE
9780008598679 KS3 SCIENCE YEAR 7: ORGANISE & RETRIEVE YOUR KNOWLEDGE
9780008551490 KS3 HISTORY ALL-IN-ONE COMPLETE REVISION & PRACTICE
9780008242336 AQA GCSE 9-1 ENGLISH LANGUAGE WRITING (PAPERS 1 & 2) REVISION GUIDE
9780008291624 AQA GSCE CHEMISTRY (9-1) LAB BOOK
9780008291631 AQA GSCE PHYSICS (9-1) LAB BOOK
9780008667108 CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY MATHS PROGRESS BOOK 7
9780008667115 CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY MATHS PROGRESS BOOK 8
9780008667122 CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY MATHS PROGRESS BOOK 9
9780008179533 HAMLET
9780008127909 THE SHANG DYNASTY
9780007231072 HOW TO BE AN ANCIENT GREEK
9780008208882 TOP TEN GREAT BRITONS
9780008163808 THE STONE AGE
9780008179557 OTHELLO
9780008553555 MEET YOUR BRAIN
9780007428342 WHAT IF WE RUN OUT OF OIL?
9780008553470 AND NOW NOBODY LIKES ME
9780008478834 REBEL ARTISTS
9780008208868 A YEAR IN BARROWS WOLD FOREST
9780008424602 WARRIORS OF THE WORLD
9780008478872 BRAVE SPIES
9780007186402 ANTARCTICA: LAND OF THE PENGUINS
9780007465453 YOUR BRAIN
9780007185757 REBECCA AT THE FUNFAIR
9780007336340 SOPHIE'S RULES
9780008230210 CUBS
9780008351977 ROBIN HOOD
9780008442057 TAP TAP NAP
9780008251413 FANTASTIC YAK
9780008357610 PACK IT
9780008442217 BEES!
9780007512676 THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF
9780008413545 AT THE BEACH
9780008251451 UP IN A ROCKET
9780008413521 INCY WINCY SPIDER
9780007412822 IN THE FOREST
9780008413552 PEOPLE WHO HELP
9780007412891 BAD BAT
9780008381202 FIX IT FOX
9780008351939 BIG RADISH THE
9780008351953 IN THE BIG BOX
9780007186501 MONSTER MESS
9780007512584 THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT
9780008410261 ZOOM TO THE MOON
9780007412808 I CAN HELP
9780007185559 A DAY OUT
9780007186396 FABULOUS CREATURES - ARE THEY REAL
9780007186334 WHERE ON EARTH?
9780007336456 BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH: MY STORY
9780007591282 WILD WEATHER
9780007336135 WHAT'S THAT BUILDING?
9780007185986 JODIE THE JUGGLER
9780007412969 THE LONELY PENGUIN
9780007336326 EXTREME SPORTS
9780007186150 LET'S GO TO MARS
9780007591244 BRAVE NURSES: MARY SEACOLE AND EDITH CAVELL
9780008185794 A TRIP TO THE DESERT
9780007186082 FLY FACTS
9780008163969 TIME-TRAVELLER'S GUIDE TO THE BRONZE AGE
9780007591237 CHANGING DESIGNS
9780008381820 DANI BINNS: BRILLIANT BUILDER
9780007591114 FROM TREE TO BOO
9780007186280 THE SNEEZLES
9780007412983 GROWING AND CHANGING
9780007185733 RAT-A-TAT-TAT
9780007461875 POMPEII
9780007231256 ON SAFARI
9780007336401 LIFE CYCLES
9780008352035 THE MONSTER ON THE TRAIN
9780008185572 CUNNING AND CLEVER
9780008127862 VOLCANOES
9780008285890 PADDINGTON: COME HOME
9780007512928 FROG AND TOAD TOGETHER
9780007464388 FROG AND TOAD ARE FRIENDS
9780008651862 SUMMER WITH FROG AND TOAD
9780008413408 THE BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY
9780007546367 BUSIEST PEOPLE EVER
9780008419110 DRAW WITH ROB
9780008419134 DRAW WITH ROB: BUILD A STORY
9780008479015 DRAW WITH ROB: AMAZING ANIMALS
9780007263899 STUCK
9780007171309 MOG AND BUNNY
9780007531141 BEST COUNTING BOOK EVER
9780008501099 SMALL'S BIG DREAM
9781405298582 RABUNZEL

We have worked proactively with Multivista and FSC, and this issue is now resolved.