Who are we?

Howgate Publishing is an independent publisher with a singular purpose: to support the military community through the publication of books and events that educate, inform, and preserve professional knowledge.  We deliberately publish a carefully curated list of titles and focus on publishing works of lasting value that inform practice and encourage meaningful discussion on the challenges facing today’s armed forces and defence communities.

 

How did we start?
Our story began in 1997 when our director entered the publishing industry in Aldershot, UK — known as the “Home of the British Army.” Years later, she married a British Army Officer, blending her background in book publishing with first-hand military insights. This unique mix led to the launch of Howgate Publishing, a company dedicated to authentic and useful military books.

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Why was there a need for a new kind of military publisher?
Traditional publishers often:

• Focus on books about the military rather than for it

• Release content that is irrelevant or wasteful

• Offer limited, unfriendly, or costly options for authors.

We set out to change that. Howgate Publishing supports defence writers, service members, and veteran storytellers by making publishing accessible, supportive, and mission-driven.

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What is our mission?
Our mission is to:

• Inspire and nurture today’s military storytellers and veteran authors

• Preserve important military stories and national security insights that might otherwise be lost

• Provide resources that are relevant, reliable, and valuable to the armed forces, defence community, and military researchers.

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What makes Howgate Publishing different?
We are more than a publisher — we are partners in storytelling. We:

• Collaborate closely with our authors to solve challenges

• Understand military culture, traditions, institutions and audience because we have built our publishing programme within that community 

• Only publish books that we believe have something important to say and will make a meaningful contribution to public discourse

• Actively promote and advocate for every author and every book we release.

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What is our vision?
Our vision is to be the go-to source for military thinking, defence publishing, and national security literature.