Welcome to Windmill, the online home of literary publishers William Heinemann, Hutchinson and Windmill Books.

This new website is looking to do something new and different from what you might expect from a publisher’s website. Using our authors we want to give readers interesting, inspiring and exciting things to read every single day. What that means is exclusive interviews, videos, feature pieces and extracts from brilliant writers present, future and past.

We are fortunate as a publisher to have exceptional literary heritage, with some of the most significant authors ever first published by William Heinemann and Hutchinson. This, combined with the new and fresh Windmill imprint means we can not only give you something new to read, but also look in our archives for a classic author you may never have come across.

Windmill is also intended to be a shared space. We want you readers and book lovers to get involved. If you have any ideas for features (maybe you want to write one yourself?) or feedback on our site, please do let us know. This will more than just a publisher’s website. So you’ll see us and our contributors talking about books from other publishers, as we seek to convey the one thing we all have in common – a love of great books and great writing.

This launch version of Windmill we hope gives a flavour of what you can expect from us over the coming months as the site develops in look as well as content. We’ll not just be telling you about new books and authors, but inviting discussion and contribution about books and literature. We hope you enjoy reading, watching and talking here and look forward to hearing from you.

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