Darton, Longman and Todd was established in 1959 by Tim Darton, Michael Longman and John Todd, who shared two convictions. One was the belief that the time was ripe for the first-ever Bible in contemporary English. The other was that many people still wanted to read serious works on religion – far more than was properly supposed in many publishing houses. The publication of the Jerusalem Bible turned us almost overnight from a struggling, obscure company to one with an international reputation, a reputation we have constantly enhanced with our rapidly expanding list of some of the most prestigious thinking on religion of our time.

As we now approach our fiftieth birthday, we have established ourselves as the UK’s leading independent publisher of high quality, popular books on spirituality, religion and theology. We are also unique amongst UK religious publishers in being jointly managed by all our staff members as a common ownership company:

Our Editorial Director Brendan Walsh, Commissioning Editor Virginia Hearn, Managing Editor Helen Porter, and Editorial Assistant and Foreign Rights Sales Administrator Claudine Nightingale make up DLT’s Editorial and Rights department. They are responsible for the company’s publishing programme of around forty new titles each year, and the sale of rights and co-editions overseas. For guidelines on the submission of manuscripts and proposals please see our FAQ section.

For information on foreign rights or copyright please contact Claudine at ClaudineN@darton-longman-todd.co.uk.

Aude Pasquier, our Sales and Marketing Director, is responsible for the management of all DLT's retail and promotional activities. Aude can be contacted at AudeP@darton-longman-todd.co.uk.

As Publicity Officer, Georgina Lord is responsible for promoting DLT, our products and our services. All press enquiries, including review copy requests, should be sent to GeorginaL@darton-longman-todd.co.uk.

Leslie Kay, our Production Director, has been with DLT for 27 years. Leslie is responsible for all matters relating to the production of the company’s books and can be contacted at LeslieK@darton-longman-todd.co.uk.

Lesley Bye, our Trade Assistant, works to ensure the successful operation of all our customer service and trading. For general enquiries, or to place a book order, please call 020 8875 0155, or e-mail tradesales@darton-longman-todd.co.uk.

DLT owns and runs its own distribution warehouse in Letchworth Garden City. Our Warehouse Manager, Martin Fairey, and our Warehouse Assistant, Stuart Lloyd, supervise our book distribution and direct mailing operations. They can be contacted on 01462 673470 or at Warehouse@darton-longman-todd.co.uk.

Our Finance Director, responsible for our financial administration, is TK Lee. He can be contacted on 020 8875 0155 or at TKLee@darton-longman-todd.co.uk.

DLT is not a Catholic publisher or a Protestant publisher or an Anglican publisher. We don’t think of ourselves as traditional or progressive, conservative or liberal.

Our books come from many different backgrounds and traditions, but they all share a relish for opening up argument and debate, a realisation that all are invited to celebrate the things of God, and a desire to reach people and to learn from them, not to exclude them. At DLT, we’re always looking for writers.

At DLT, we’re always looking for writers with freshness, inquisitiveness, faithfulness and passion.

The world is fragile. And it is impossible to understand the world if you do not understand religion. DLT books will not tell you what to think. But they might change the way you see the world, and they might even change the way you live.