Suppliers

Access2books

Email: [email protected]
URL: http://www.access2books.org/

Overview: “produces and publishes high quality early years’ books in dual format – giant print (75pt) & braille – with illustrations. The design enables braille or large print readers to read without obscuring the text or illustrations; and therefore gives children and adults the opportunity to read together, forming both educational and social relationships – the biggest contributing factor to children’s early years’ learning of language, confidence and social interaction.”

Audiences: Adults, Children
Date last updated: 8 August 2021

 

African Books Collective

PO Box 721
Oxford
OX1 9EN

Email: [email protected]
URL: http://www.africanbookscollective.com/

Overview: “African Books Collective (ABC) is an African owned, worldwide marketing and distribution outlet for books from Africa  – scholarly, literature and children’s books. We also run the website readafricanbooks.com which profiles the work of African publishers and books.”

Languages: range of African languages; English

Audiences: Adults

Date last updated: 8 August 2021

 

Arthur Probsthain

41 Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3PE
UK

Tel: 020 7636 1096
Email: [email protected]

Overview: Concentrates on the arts and cultures of the Orient, Africa and “The Middle East”.

Languages: English

Audiences: Adults

Arthur Probsthain also run:

SOAS Bookshop, Brunei Gallery Building, School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG.
Tel:020 7898 4470
Email: [email protected]

Date last updated: 21 August 2021

Badger Learning

Unit 55 Oldmedow Road
Hardwick Industrial Estate
King’s Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 4JJ

Tel: 01553 816 082
Email: [email protected]
URL: http://www.badgerlearning.co.uk/

Overview: “Badger Learning provides a plethora of Early Years Resources, Primary Resources and Secondary Resources, all designed to cater for a wide range of abilities, learning styles and budgets.

Our website is an interactive hub of resources, and features our latest books, sample materials and new ranges such as our Ebooks for Reluctant readers, which have been written and produced to appeal to those readers who require high Interest fiction and non fiction but at lower reading ages.”

Languages: Basic Skills, English
Audiences: Children
Date last updated: 21 August 2021

 

Bay Foreign Language Books Ltd

Unit 4, Kingsmead
Park Farm
Folkestone
Kent
CT19 5EU
UK

Tel: +44 (0)1233 720 020
Fax: +44 (0)1233 721 272
Email: [email protected]
URL: http://www.baylanguagebooks.co.uk/

Overview: “We specialise in language learning material – especially dictionaries – for over 200 languages. Our most popular categories are Exam Dictionaries, Everyday Dictionaries and Picture Dictionaries.”.

Languages: see list of languages on website

Audiences: Adults

Date last updated: 21 August 2021

 

BIS Publications

Tel: +44(0)7903 791 469
Email: [email protected]
URL: http://www.bispublications.com/

Overview: “We are publishers of multicultural fiction and non-fiction children books. We came into existence after our research found that although there was vital need for African books and resources, it was not being fully catered for.

Which meant resources highlighting the African experience could not be found in homes, schools and libraries. With this in mind, BIS Publications sort to fill this very important gap. BIS Publications books promote cultural education amongst all communities, knowledge, inspiration, aspiration and information resulting in producing children with high self esteem, high self worth, pride in their heritage and most of all confidence.”

Languages: English

Audiences: Adults, Children

Date last updated: 21 August 2021

 

Bolinda

Email: [email protected]

URL: www.bolindalibrary.com

Overview: “Bolinda is the worlds most entrepreneurial and innovative audio publishers. We are also the creators of BorrowBox.”   

Audiences: Adults, Children
Date last updated: 21 August 2021

 

Books Asia

114-116 Manningham Lane
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD8 7JF
UK

Tel: +44 (0)1274-721871
Email: [email protected]
URL: http://www.booksasia.co.uk/

Overview: Includes fiction and non-fiction in a wide range of languages, and books in English, printed in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.

Languages: “Our 9 Indic languages include Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil and Urdu. Our 12 Non-Indic languages include Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian and Turkish.”

Audiences: Adults, Children

Date last updated: 21 August 2021

Borderline Books

Visits (by appointment) and deliveries: Unit 1B Stonehills
Shields Road
Pelaw
Gateshead NE10 0HW

Tel: 0780 725 5721  or: 0780 870 4307

Email: [email protected] 

URL: https://borderlinebooks.org/

Overview: “We collect books no longer needed by publishers, libraries, shops and the general public, and donate them to organisations working with people who for one reason or another are not in a position to buy books.

This includes organisations supporting people who are homeless, women’s refuges, bail hostels, young people’s hostels, refugee groups,  food banks and people in prison and their families. We also give books to thousands of local children who have no books of their own.”

Audiences: Adults, Children
Date last updated: 26 Nov 2024

Centre for Armenian Information and Advice (CAIA)

105a Mill Hill Road
Acton
London
W3 8JF
UK

Tel: 020-8992-4621
Email: [email protected]
URL: http://www.caia.org.uk/

Overview: Armenian cultural and education resources.

Languages: English

Audiences: Adults

Date last updated: 22 August 2021

Delta Maria Books

Delta Maria Books
Unit 46, Cariocca Business Park
Manchester M12 4AH

Email: [email protected]
URL: www.deltamariabooks.com 

Tel: +44 161 273 6665

Overview:

“Delta Maria website constitutes a one stop shop for Teachers in England and Wales in their delivery of the curriculum objectives of key stage 1, 2, 3 and 4 PSHE Studies and Social Relationship Education.

Delta Maria Books also has the important remit to help young people become adept at exploring other cultures through language […].

Delta Maria Books has therefore translated and published its most popular African fables in the universal languages of English, French and Spanish.”

Audiences: Adults, Children
Date last updated: 21 August 2021

ESOL Books

Email: [email protected] 

URL: https://esolbooks.com/

Overview: Small selection of course books for groups of ESOL Literacy learners.

Audiences: ESOL Learners & tutors

Date last updated: 3 July 2024

 

EthioAmharic

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

URL: http://www.ethioamharic.com/en

Overview: “the home of useful resources for kids and parents. A couple of years ago, we released a multi-lingual DVD which you can use to teach Amharic language as well as the culture and unique heritages of Ethiopia to your kids. Our mission is to help parents raise children who know their roots and identity.”

Languages: Amharic, English, French, German

Audiences: Adults, Children

Date last updated: 22 August 2021

 

Eurotalk Interactive

315-317 New Kings Road
London
SW6 4RF
UK

Tel: +44 (0)20 7371 7711
Fax: +44 (0)20 7371 7781
Email: [email protected]
URL: http://eurotalk.com/en/

Overview: “EuroTalk has been making language learning software for over 20 years. We were founded in 1991 by Dick Howeson and Andrew Ashe, and have been based in Fulham, London ever since.

As our name would suggest, we started with European languages and then added some more. And then some more. We now offer 150 languages, with more on the way all the time.”.

Languages: See website, https://eurotalk.com/en/store, for list of languages covered.

Audiences: Adults

Date last updated: 22 August 2021

Floricanto Press

7177 Walnut Canyon Road
Moorpark, CA. 93021 US

Email: [email protected]
URL:
 http://www.floricantopress.com/

Overview: Floricanto Press, Inc., founded in 1982, publishes books and digital products for the Hispanic markets in the United States and abroad, including popular reading and children’s materials, reference materials (dictionaries and thesauri), etc.

Languages: English, Spanish

Date last updated: 22 August 2021

Gatehouse Media Ltd

PO Box 965
Warrington
Cheshire
WA4 9DE
UK

Tel: 01925 267778
Email: [email protected]
URL: http://www.gatehousebooks.co.uk/

Overview: “We publish and distribute books and resources for use in post-14 and adult basic education – Skills for Life – Literacy and ESOL. We publish the Gatehouse Books imprint. We are also the sole distributor for Brown & Brown Publishing and a number of other specialist literacy and ESOL publishers.”

Languages: English

Audiences: Adults

Date last updated: 21 August 2021

 

Grant and Cutler at Foyles

Grant & Cutler at Foyles
107 Charing Cross Road
London WC2H 0DT

Tel: 020 7440 3248
Email: [email protected]
URL: www.grantandcutler.com

Overview: “… specialises in the major Western European languages and Russian, but we pride ourselves on covering all living languages, from Afrikaans to Zulu. We also carry substantial stocks in Arabic and the Eastern European languages, particularly Polish.”

Languages: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dari, English, Estonian, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Pashto/Pushto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yoruba

Audiences: Adults, Children

Date last updated: 21 August 2021

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International Children’s Digital Library

URL: http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

Overview: Access to children’s books to read online. “The ICDL Foundation’s goal is to build a collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. Ultimately, the Foundation aspires to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children’s literature from the world community.”

Languages: range of African languages, including Amharic; Arabic, Croatian, English, European languages, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, South Asian languages, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu

Audiences: Children

Date last updated: 21 August 2021

 

IraniBook.com

URL: http://www.iranibook.com/

Overview: Online bookshop (which also sells magazines, CDs, DVDs, toys, cards and posters) as well as rare and old books.

Languages: Farsi

Audiences: Adults, Children

Date last updated: 21 August 2021

Jackmandora.com

Media Magic
P.O. Box 025580
KIN 5058
Doral, FL  33122

Email: [email protected]
URL: http://www.jackmandora.com/index.php

Overview: Small publisher of children’s books set in the Caribbean, and other resources.

Languages: English

Audiences: Adults, Children

Date last updated: 21 August 2021

We currently do not have any info about suppliers beginning with K.

Letterbox Library

Tel: 0208 534 7502
Email: [email protected]
URL: http://www.letterboxlibrary.com/acatalog/index.htm…

Overview: Selection of books for children, that celebrate equality and diversity.

Languages: English

Audiences: Adults, Children

Date last updated: 21 August 2021

 

little-linguist.co.uk

Tel: 01752 936 196
URL: http://www.little-linguist.co.uk/

Overview: Supplier of children’s foreign language learning books and resources.

Languages: Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Croatian, English, Farsi, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Welsh

Audiences: Children

Date last updated: 21 August 2021

MantraLingua

Global House
303 Ballards Lane
London
N12 8NP
UK

Tel: 020 8445 5123
Email: [email protected]
URL: http://www.mantralingua.com/  
URL for PENfriend etc: https://www.penfriendlabeller….

Overview: “Mantra Lingua is a UK based publisher of award winning multilingual education resources. We provide innovative, user-friendly solutions to the specific challenges facing teachers and students within the classroom, and at home. Our patented PENpal technology supports EAL, MFL and SEN students in particular and is also proving invaluable in the mainstream school market.”

Languages: Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yoruba

Audiences: Children

Date last updated: 21 August 2021

We currently do not have any info about suppliers beginning with N.

We currently do not have any info about suppliers beginning with O.

Perera Hussein Publishing House

80A Dharmapala Mawatha
Colombo 07
Sri Lanka

Email: [email protected]
URL: http://www.pererahussein.com/

Overview: Publishes innovative work by emerging and established South Asian writers.

Languages: English, South Asian – other, Tamil

Audiences: Adults, Children

Date last updated: 22 August 2021

 

Positive Images

36 Ermine Road
London
SE13 7JS
UK

Tel: 44 (0) 20 8691 4563
Email: [email protected]
URL: http://www.multicultural-art.co.uk/

Overview: Suppliers of welcome posters, multicultural books, and other positive images.

Languages: English

Audiences: Adults, Children

Date last updated: 22 August 2021

We currently do not have any info about suppliers beginning with Q.

We currently do not have any info about suppliers beginning with R.

Scansom Publishers

URL: www.scansom.com

Overview: Based in Sweden, Scansom Publishers is the leading publisher and distributor in Somali language materials. Also distribute books in Amharic, Tigrinya, Swahili and a range of Asian languages. [NB the website doesn’t seem to have been updated since 2018]

Languages: Amharic, Somali, Swahili, Tigrinya.

Audiences: Adults, Children

Date last updated: 22 August 2021

 

Shalimar Books

38 Kennington Lane
London
SE11 4LS
UK

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7735 2101
Email: [email protected] 
URL: shalimarbooks.com

Overview: “Shalimar Books is the leading distributor of Indian books in the UK.  We supply books from Indian publishers to schools, libraries and bookshops. We also sell direct to the public at our Indian bookshop in London, and through our online shop.

Our long association with Indian publishers and distributors in India enables us to provide an extensive range of Indian books on all subjects, and from a wide range of publishers, in the UK.

Our range includes books on Indian politics and human rights, Indian history, humanities and children’s books, novels and fiction by Indian authors, and much, much more.”

Languages: primarily English

Audiences: Adults, Children

Date last updated: 22 August 2021

 

Star Books

Unit 6
Freetrade House
Lowther Road
Stanmore HA7 1EP

Tel: 020 8900 2640
Fax: 020 8933 0350
Email: [email protected]
URL: http://starbooksuk.com/

Overview: Supplier of books in a wide range of languages.

Languages: Indic – Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Panjabi, Tamil, Urdu, Assamese, Marathi,Nepali, Malayalam. 
European – French, Italian, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish, German
Eastern European – Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Russian, Polish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Czech, Slovakian, Romanian
African – Somali, Afrikaans

Audiences: Adults, Children

Date last updated: 22 August 2021

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