Leamington Books

Leamington was founded in 2020 to publish new fiction and poetry, and since 2021 has published debut novels each year, in the commercial, literary and crime genres.

The company is a member of Publishing Scotland and a member of Literature Alliance Scotland, and we purchase annual membership of the Society of Young Publishers for all of our of our staff and interns.

Leamington is a CIC (Community Interest Company) in Scotland and we have prioritised working with neurodivergent, disabled and chronically ill writers, editors and interns.

Through employment and internships we fulfil the community purpose of our CIC.

We have published poetry collections from both new and established writers and performers, in Scottish Gaelic as well as English.

We have published six anthologies, on diverse themes and non-fiction titles on Nordic runes, cryptocurrency, and the lyrics of Bob Dylan.

Our list is bolstered by a series of 12 new novellas and we also publish the novels of John Herdman (b.1941), the arch practitioner of the Scottish Gothic.

We publish an ongoing list of loosely Gothic classics in new editions, with essay and gloss.

Peter Burnett is the publishing director, taking lead on most decisions as the founder and long-term employee.

The process is values-led and democratic, meaning all publishing assistants / interns and people involved via commissioned work have a say that leads to each decision.

• Leamington is committed to publishing debut fiction

• Leamington is committed to publishing in Gaelic and Scots

•Leamington aims to publish international writers.

The company employs a wide range of contractors including designers, public relations, researchers, editors, social media support and readers and has taken advice from Inklusion Guide, Scottish BAME Writers and Publishing Scotland on how to phrase submissions and public-facing policies.

Leamington employs as per the Freelancers Guide and freelancer guidance materials issued by Literature Alliance Scotland.

PAPERBACK JUNE 2025

“This book really did seem to be about the meaning of life and just so valuable but also completely terrifying…everybody, you must read For Emma”

—Georgina Godwin, Monocle Radio: Meet the Writers

“Morrison has the eerie gift of prophecy”

—The Times

“I've long thought Morrison the most interesting Scottish novelist of his generation—in fact, why stick at Scottish?—one who combines seriousness, awareness of a changing world, and has also the traditional qualities of the craft. . . This is perhaps his best work to date—imaginative, serious, and yet also, in its humanity, an expression of love.”

—Allan Massie, The Scotsman

"Ewan Morrison's depiction of AI and biotech's future could be a dystopian fiction classic."

—Buzz Magazine

"A Falling Down for the tech bro age—by one of our finest and most challenging novelists."

—Ian Rankin

“A masterpiece . . . For Emma is an extraordinary novel; a treatise of love and loss, the terror of the modern world and the sprung, high-tech trap humanity has set for itself. This would be more than enough: awe inspiringly, it’s also a page-turning thriller, and it confirms its author as the eminent fiction writer of our times.”

—Irvine Welsh

“Absolutely wonderful . . . riveting, sad, mad and terrifying.”

—Terry Gilliam

"A heart-rending, horrifying, dystopian thriller ripped from tomorrow's headlines."

—CJ Hopkins, author of The Rise of the New Normal Reich and Zone 23

“For Emma is as disturbing as it is convincing, a tale of love and guilt and grief, and an apt tract for our chaotic times.”

—John Banville