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Rights and Licensing

The Penguin Random House rights and licensing teams are part of a global organisation and offer bespoke expertise across a range of publishing and author brands.

Rights 

Penguin Random House UK Group Rights represents Foreign and Domestic Rights across the company’s seven divisions. One team represents Ebury, Cornerstone, Penguin General and Penguin Press, another represents Transworld, Michael Joseph and Vintage, and the third represents illustrated titles across the seven divisions.

A separate team represents the Penguin Random House UK Children’s division, which includes Ladybird, Puffin and Penguin imprints.

The Penguin Random House rights teams help our brands go global.  We can help you to expand our books into other markets including:

  • US rights: publish our books in the US.
  • Dramatisation rights: turn our books into films, television programs and theatre productions, or find titles for which we hold the rights
  • Serial rights: publish extracts from our titles in newspapers and magazines.
  • Audio rights: license our books for audio recordings and broadcast.
  • Translations: buy rights to translate our UK titles into other languages.

Children's Rights - Frankfurt Book Fair 2024

Penguin Random House Children’s Rights represents International and Domestic Rights for Ladybird, ages 0-7; Puffin, ages 0-12; and Penguin, young adult. By bringing together the greatest stories, brands and authors of any global children’s publisher, Penguin Random House Children’s are here to help create and rediscover heroes for each new generation.

2024 Lookbook

Illustrated titles & Non-Fiction

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2024 Lookbook

Middle Grade & Teen titles

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Children's Rights team Frankfurt Book Fair highlights

Contact the Penguin Children’s Rights team

Alice Grigg

Children’s Rights Director
USA and Canada


Millie Lovett

Head of Rights
China, Italy


Susanne Evans

Senior Rights Manager,

Germany, Spanish-speaking markets


Maeve Banham

Senior Rights Manager

France, Portugal, Brazil, The Netherlands


Benjamin Ehalt (Parental Cover)

Rights Manager

Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland


Beth Fennell

Rights Manager

Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine


Stella Dodwell

Rights Executive

South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam


Magdalena Morris

Rights Manager

Executive, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland


Stella Dodwell

Rights Executive

South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam


Ellie Williamson

Rights Executive

Rights Executive, Turkey, Israel, Wales, Greece, Scotland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Arabic, Indian Local Language


Rights Executive

Domestic incl audio, Albania, Armenia, Georgia, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia

Clare Braganza


Jane Stockwell

Rights Executive

Bluey


Chloe Traynor

Rights Assistant


Rosie Pinder

Rights Assistant


Aisling O'Toole

Rights Assistant


Candela Rivero

Rights Assistant


Charlotte Ambrose

Rights Assistant

Adult Rights - Frankfurt Book Fair 2024

Penguin Random House UK Group Rights represents International and Domestic Rights across the company’s seven divisions. One team represents Ebury, Cornerstone, Penguin General and Penguin Press, another represents Transworld, Michael Joseph and Vintage, and the third represents illustrated titles across the seven divisions.

Below, you’ll find our London Book Fair 2024 Rights Guides and links to our recent and upcoming titles.

Illustrated Translation Guide

Illustrated books

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Translation Rights Guide

Cornerstone, Ebury, Penguin General, Penguin Press

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Translation Rights Guide

Michael Joseph, Transworld, Vintage

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US & Canada

Adult Rights Guide

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Adult Rights Team Frankfurt Book Fair 2024 Highlights

Contact the Cornerstone, Ebury, Penguin General & Penguin Press Rights team

Chantal Noel

Group Rights Director


Sarah Scarlett

Adult Rights Director, USA & Canada (Ebury)


Amelia Evans

Rights Director, USA & Canada (Cornerstone, Penguin General and Penguin Press)


Monique Corless

Head of Translation, Germany & France


Ann Katrin Ziser

Senior Rights Manager, Italy, Netherlands, Spain & Latin America


Penny Liechti

Senior Rights Manager, Poland


Elizabeth Brandon

Rights Manager, Norway, Finland, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, Brazil


Annamika Singh 

Rights Manager,

Romania, Greece, Sweden, Denmark and Portugal


Amy Moss

Rights Executive,

Hungary, Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Albania, Israel, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Baltics, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia


Jonathan Herbert

Rights Executive, Turkey, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Indian local languages, Arabic


Evita Villa

Rights Assistant, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia

Contact the Michael Joseph, Transworld, Vintage Rights team

Chantal Noel

Group Rights Director


Sarah Scarlett

Adult Rights Director

USA & Canada

Michael Joseph


Catherine Wood

Rights Director

USA & Canada

Transworld & Vintage


Lucy Beresford-Knox

Head of Translation

Germany, Italy, Spain & Latin America


Beth Wood

Senior Rights Manager

China, France, Japan, Korea, Taiwan & The Netherlands


Maddie Stephenson

Rights Manager

Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Portugal & Sweden


Agnes Watters

Senior Rights Executive

Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Malaysia, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Thailand & Vietnam


Lucie Deacon

Rights Executive

Arabic World, Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia,, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey


Jake Dickson

Rights Assistant

Indian Local Languages, Rest of World


Olivia Diomedes

Rights Assistant

Armenia, Azerbaijan, British Isles, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Somali

Email: ODiomedes@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk

Contact the Illustrated Books Rights team

Chantal Noel

Group Rights Director


Anjali Nathani

Rights Director

North America and Germany


Joanna Whitehead

Head of Translation & Co-Editions

China, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Poland, Spain & Latin America


Kate Reiners

Rights Manager

Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Portugal, Brazil, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Greece


Tyra Burr

Rights Executive

Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Ukraine


Ieva Wade

Rights Assistant

Arab World, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, British Isles, Georgia, Iceland, Indian local language, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Macedonia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Thailand, Vietnam


Eva Shah

Rights Assistant

Please note that our Rights teams do not deal with permission requests.

If you would like to reproduce an extract or image/cover from one of our books, use one of our books as a prop, or request permission to photocopy or record a non-dramatic voice reading of the text of a book, please visit our Permissions page.

If you are visually or reading impaired and you require files of a book for accessibility purposes, please visit our Accessibility page for further information.  

Finding the correct rights holders

An author, publisher, organisation or other party may control the rights to a book.

You can see who first published a book, and who owns its copyright, by checking the information on the copyright page at the front of the book. The first publisher of the book is the one you should approach about the rights.

If you don’t have a copy of the book, use the search bar on this website to see who published it.

You can then contact the correct publisher’s rights teams for more information using the contact details below.

Buying rights to whole books

We can help you with US rights, translations, film, serial and audio rights of complete books.

First, check the copyright page on the book in question to find out which publisher holds the rights. You can then contact them for more information.

Cornerstone, Ebury, Penguin General & Penguin Press

Chantal Noel

Group Rights Director


Sarah Scarlett

Adult Rights Director, USA & Canada (Ebury)


Amelia Evans

Rights Director, USA & Canada (Cornerstone, Penguin General and Penguin Press)


Monique Corless

Head of Translation, Germany & France


Ann Katrin Ziser

Senior Rights Manager, Italy, Netherlands, Spain & Latin America


Penny Liechti

Senior Rights Manager, Poland


Elizabeth Brandon

Rights Manager, Norway, Finland, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, Brazil


Catherine Turner

Rights Manager, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Russia, Romania, Portugal


Annamika Singh

Senior Rights Executive,

Hungary, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Baltics, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia,
Macedonia, Albania, Israel, Bosnia & Herzegovina


Jonathan Herbert

Rights Executive, Turkey, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Indian local languages, Arabic


Evita Villa

Rights Assistant, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia

Michael Joseph, Transworld, Vintage

Chantal Noel

Group Rights Director


Sarah Scarlett

Adult Rights Director

USA & Canada

Michael Joseph


Catherine Wood

Rights Director

USA & Canada

Transworld & Vintage


Lucy Beresford-Knox

Head of Translation

Germany, Italy, Spain & Latin America


Beth Wood

Senior Rights Manager

China, France, Japan, Korea, Taiwan & The Netherlands


Maddie Stephenson

Rights Manager

Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Portugal & Sweden


Agnes Watters

Senior Rights Executive

Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Malaysia, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Thailand & Vietnam


Lucie Deacon

Rights Executive

Arabic World, Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia,, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey


Amy Moss

Rights Assistant

Indian Local Languages, Rest of World


Sophie Brownlow

Rights Assistant

Armenia, Azerbaijan, British Isles, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Somali

Illustrated Books

Chantal Noel

Group Rights Director


Anjali Nathani

Rights Director

North America and Germany


Joanna Whitehead

Head of Translation & Co-Editions

China, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Poland, Spain & Latin America


Kate Reiners

Rights Manager

Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Portugal, Brazil, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Greece


Tyra Burr

Rights Executive

Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Ukraine


Ieva Wade

Rights Assistant

Arab World, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, British Isles, Georgia, Iceland, Indian local language, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Macedonia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Thailand, Vietnam


Eva Shah

Rights Assistant

Penguin Children’s Rights contacts

Alice Grigg

Children’s Rights Director
USA and Canada


Millie Lovett

Head of Rights
China, Italy, US (Non-Fiction)


Susanne Evans

Senior Rights Manager,

Germany, Spanish speaking markets


Maeve Banham

Senior Rights Manager

France, Portugal, Brazil, the Netherlands


Beth Fennell

Senior Rights Executive

Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine


Magdalena Morris

Rights Manager

Executive, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland


Stella Dodwell

Rights Executive

South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam


Clare Braganza

Rights Executive

Domestic incl audio, Albania, Armenia, Georgia, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia


Ellie Williamson

Rights Executive

Rights Executive, Turkey, Israel, Wales, Greece, Scotland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Arabic, Indian Local Language

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For titles published outside of the UK, please visit the local site:

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