About Guts Publishing

An independent book publisher founded in 2019, based in London, and run by Julianne Ingles.

For general enquiries email: gutspublishing@gmail.com

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ORDERING OUR BOOKS

Guts Publishing titles are available directly from our Bookshop, and from most bookshops worldwide.

UK and Global distribution are through Ingram and Gardners.

We offer a wholesale discount to bookshops. Please email gutspublishing@gmail.com for more information.

RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS

For all queries about foreign rights, licensing and editorial permissions, please email gutspublishing@gmail.com.

SUBMISSIONS

Please read our submissions guidelines before sending your work.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF GUTS PUBLISHING

My name is Julianne Ingles and I am a publisher, editor and artist. I love real stories and people who write them, and read them. I started Guts in 2019 after finishing an MA course in Modern Literature at Goldsmiths. It was an experiment of sorts, which has gone fairly well.

We’ve had lots of success with our books including features in The Guardian, BBC Culture, The Scotsman, Stylist, BBC One, BBC Big Scottish Book Club, and more. Our debut memoir, Euphoric Recall, was even acknowledged by the Scottish Parliament.

In 2021, I was endorsed by Arts Council England for a Global Talent visa for being a talent and leader in the publishing sector. It’s really an honour as it allows me to live and work in the UK and continue publishing ballsy books about life. Thank you, Arts Council England.

In March 2023, we were nominated for the National Diversity Awards. You can read all of the wonderful comments that our readers wrote here: gutspublishing.com/ndavotercomments

I love doing Publisher Talks to spread the word about the important role of independent publishers. We truly are the heart and soul of the publishing sector. Here's an excerpt from a Guardian article by Anthony Cummins:

“In our risk-averse climate, a lot of what is exciting, original and untested is being published by independent publishers,” says literary agent Anna Webber... Author Lucy Ellmann goes further: when her longtime editor turned down her 2019 novel Ducks, Newburyport – one sentence, 1,000 pages long – she sent the manuscript to Sam Jordison and Eloise Millar of Norwich indie Galley Beggar Press; it promptly made the Booker shortlist and won the Goldsmiths prize for experimental fiction. No wonder Ellmann says indies are UK publishing’s “beating heart... the big corporate guys seem to aspire only to be sluggish large intestines”