Dublin/London: Quartet Books, the iconic independent publishing company, is poised for its next phase of growth under new leadership.

Dublin/London: Quartet Books, the iconic independent publishing company, is poised for its next phase of growth under new leadership.

John Walsh has joined Quartet as Managing Editor and will be based in the Dublin office. In a twenty-five year career as a journalist, John has held senior editorial positions with The London Times, The Irish Examiner, Reuters and Business & Finance Magazine. He has freelanced for the BBC and The Daily Telegraph and is currently a columnist with the Business Post. His critically acclaimed biography of Peter Sutherland, ‘The Globalist’ was published by Harper Collins in 2019.

“I am delighted to be taking up this role with Quartet and I look forward to working with exciting new authors. The company has a well-deserved reputation for being a fearless publisher and I hope to carry on that tradition.”

Quartet was acquired by Irish businessman and publisher, Ian Hyland, the owner of Catalyst Media Group in 2022.

Commenting on his acquisition of Quartet Books, under the newly incorporated Quartet Publishing, Ian said:

“I am honoured to be the new custodian of Quartet Books which has an incredibly rich legacy as a champion of Independent book publishing. I believe while respecting Quartet’s heritage we will now begin to build an exciting International Independent Publishing business working with new authors”

“Quartet Publishing will creatively embrace modern publishing practices in print and digital to maximize the potential for our authors, titles and reader experience. This is a very exciting time for book publishing and I look forward to working closely with our community of authors and partners to commence a new exciting chapter in Quartet’s journey”

The company was originally established in 1972 and acquired by businessman and author, Naim Attallah CBE soon after. It became one of the most iconic publishers in the United Kingdom with a stable of prestigious authors including Helmut Newton, Brain Sewell, Sally Emerson, Michael Darlow, Barbara Bray, John Swannell, Desmond Cecil, Rubert Darwell Amanda Prantera and Jonnah Yacoub.

We are open for submissions in the area of popular non-fiction.

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About Quartet Books
Quartet Books was founded in 1972 by Ken Banerji, John Boothe, William Miller and Brian Thompson, and taken over by Naim Attallah in 1976 who remained chairman till early 2021. Quartet Books pride themselves on being outside the mainstream and unconventional. They are