How did we start?

Our story began in 1997, when our director entered the publishing industry in Aldershot, UK — the historic “Home of the British Army.” Years later, she married a British Army Officer, bringing together her experience in book publishing with first-hand insight into military life, service and the defence community.

 

This unique combination led to the creation of Howgate Publishing - an independent publisher dedicated to producing authentic, relevant and purposeful books for the military, defence and national security communities.

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Why was there a need for a new kind of military publisher?

Too often, traditional publishing approaches:

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• Focus on books about the military rather than books that are genuinely useful to it

• Publish material that can be disconnected from the needs and realities of the defence community

• Provide authors with limited support, inflexible processes and high barriers to publication.

 

We wanted to do things differently.

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Howgate Publishing exists to support the people who think about, work in and have served within the military and defence community.

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What is our mission?

Our mission is to:

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• Inspire and nurture today’s military thinkers and storytellers 

• Preserve important knowledge and experience, ensuring valuable military stories and national security insights are not lost

• Publish ideas that matter, from professional military thinking and strategy to history, technology, leadership and contemporary defence issues

• Provide relevant, reliable, and valuable resources for the armed forces, defence community, researchers and the wider public.

 

​​We believe that good military publishing should do more than record the past. It should contribute to the thinking that shapes the future.

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What makes Howgate Publishing different?

We are more than a publisher — we are partners in storytelling.

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• Work closely with our authors to overcome challenges and develop the strongest possible books

• Understand military culture, traditions, institutions and audiences because our publishing programme has been built within the defence community 

• Select books because we believe they have something important to say and can make a meaningful contribution to military and public discourse

• Support and actively promote every author and every book we publish

• Give new and established voices a platform to share ideas, experience and expertise.

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What is our vision?

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Our vision is to become the go-to source for military thinking, defence publishing and national security literature.

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We want Howgate Publishing to be the place where important military ideas are discovered, challenging conversations begin, and the experiences of those who have served are preserved for future generations.

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We publish the thinking, experience and ideas that help shape the future of defence.