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| Parent company | Hodder & Stoughton |
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| Status | Active |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London, England |
| Official website | http://www.tworoadsbooks.com |
Two Roads Books is an imprint of John Murray Press now a division of Hachette.
Announced by its Publisher, Lisa Highton, in September 2010, Two Roads started publishing in 2011. Publishing 12-15 books a year, with a mixture of narrative non-fiction and fiction, its stated mission is ‘stories-voices-places-lives’. [1] Two Roads is now an imprint of John Murray Press, and was shortlisted for Imprint of the Year in the British Book Awards 2019. Two Roads authors include Sir David Attenborough, Billy Connolly, Kirsty Wark, Akala, Monty Don and Ruth Hogan.
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