Bloomsbury Launches New SFFH Imprint: Bloomsbury Archer for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
Bloomsbury has announced a new imprint to launch in the UK this autumn and in the US next year. Bloomsbury Archer is specifically geared towards speculative fiction, which seems to cover a wide umbrella of subgenres, including science fiction, fantasy, speculative romance, horror, and alternate history. The new imprint takes its name from Bloomsbury’s logo, the archer Diana, and specifically mentions myth retellings as one of the subgenres they will be publishing.
The new imprint will incorporate certain authors already contracted with Bloomsbury, such as Alan Moore and Samantha Shannon, but is also building a new catalogue ready to be announced later this year. Bloomsbury Archer is headed up by Noa Wheeler – who has acquired such fantasy authors in the past as Leigh Bardugo and Kekla Magoon – and Erica Barmash in the US, and Vicky Leech Mateos in the UK. All editors have had a long career in media and acquisitions within Bloomsbury, and with other Big Four publishers.
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