Reportage Press was a

publishing house Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

specialising in "books on foreign affairs or set in foreign countries, or just books written from a stranger's view." In reaction to the lack of quality books on foreign affairs, Reportage Press was established in 2007 by two former journalists: Charlotte Eagar, a foreign correspondent who has covered conflicts such as the

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

and

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wars; and

Rosie Whitehouse Rosie Whitehouse is a British historical researcher, journalist and author. Biography Whitehouse studied International History at the London School of Economics and took up a career at the BBC World Service. As a researcher, she has extensive ...

, a former BBC journalist. They believe these books are newsworthy and want to publish books "that mainstream houses shun in favour of ghosted showbiz autobiographies and TV spin-offs". At the beginning of 2008, Reportage was named as one of the 'New lists to watch' by ''

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''.theBookseller.com
/ref> All the titles published have received media coverage, something Eager and Whitehouse put down to "the newsworthy content, and their ability to get books out quickly." Reportage Press books also have a charitable aspect: a percentage of the profits go towards a charity related to the book. For example, a percentage of profits from Denise Affonço's ''To The End Of Hell'' go to the Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam), where a scholarship has been set up in the name of Denise Affonço's nine-year-old daughter Jeannie, who starved to death in 1976 under the

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regime.

Authors

* Denise Affonço *Tom Blass * Rob Crilly *Magdalene de Lancey * Charlotte Eagar *

Sergei Golitsyn Sergei Mikhailovich Golitsyn (russian: Серге́й Михайлович Голицын; — 7 November 1989) was a Russian writer. Biography Golitsyn was born on 14(1) March 1909 at an estate in the Tula guberniya. His father was prin ...

Tim Judah Tim Judah (born 31 March 1962) is a British writer, reporter and political analyst for ''The Economist''. Judah has written several books on the geopolitics of the Balkans, mainly focusing on Serbia and Kosovo. Early life Tim Judah was born in ...

* Justin Kerr-Smiley *

John Langdon-Davies John Eric Langdon-Davies (18 March 1897 – 5 December 1971) was a British author and journalist. He was a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War and the Soviet-Finnish War. As a result of his experiences in Spain, he founded the Foster ...

Adam LeBor Adam LeBor is a British author, journalist, writing coach and editorial trainer. Born in London in 1961, he worked as a foreign correspondent from 1991 for many years but is now based in London. Mostly based in Budapest, he also lived in Berlin a ...

Joris Luyendijk Joris Luyendijk (; born 30 December 1971) is a Dutch non-fiction author, anthropologist, news correspondent, and TV interviewer. Biography Joris Luyendijk was born on 30 December 1971 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He lived in Hilversum from t ...

David Charles Manners David Charles Manners (born 1965) is a British writer published in four languages. He is the co-founder of '' Sarvashubhamkara'', a charity that provides medical care, education and human contact to socially excluded individuals and communiti ...

*Daniela Norris *Christopher Othen * Oliver Poole *Révérien Rurangwa *William Stirling *Reginald Thompson *

Annabel Venning Annabel Venning is a British author and journalist. She was educated at Sherborne School for Girls and University College, Durham. After working at the '' Daily Mail'' in London, she left to write ''Following the Drum: The Lives of Army Wives an ...

Vitali Vitaliev Vitali Vitaliev (russian: Виталий Витальев) is a Ukrainian-born journalist and writer who has worked in Russia, the United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland. Biography Vitaliev was born in 1954 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. He graduated f ...

*Ros Wynne-Jones

References

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External links

Reportage Press Website
Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom Publishing companies established in 2007