Flame Tree Publishing
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Flame Tree Publishing is an independent publisher of illustrated books, calendars and other stationery items, based in Fulham, London, United Kingdom. Flame Tree creates content in the form of paper printed encyclopedias, guides and practical books and publishes them in different book, gift, stationery and digital markets. It has a number of license arrangements with museums, galleries and other licensors, including Tate
, V&A and The Royal Academy of Arts. The Publisher has recently started making ebooks and is launching a new fantasy, crime and science fiction ebook imprint called Flame Tree 451.
(25 of the original colour reference Collins Gems and two illustrated encyclopedias ), Dorling Kindersley
(including 16 K.I.S.S. Guides, such as Astrology ) and 24 of the then Letts Education's Success Guides to KS3, and GCSE
During this period Flame Tree started to create and sell calendars and greeting cards to retail markets and have exhibited at the Spring Fair
and Autumn International Gift Shows at the NEC since 1997.
In 1998 Flame Tree moved into its current premises on the borders of Hammersmith and Fulham, close to The River Café (London)
and, at that time, a few minutes walk from several other publishers, Virgin Books
, HarperCollins
and Constable & Robinson
. Flame Tree started publishing into the UK and international markets, focusing on art, music, cookery and general reference. Among its first books were Guitar Facts, An Illustrated Guide (ISBN 9781904041726) and Simple Cookery: Wok and Stir Fry (ISBN 9781903817049) both of which demonstrate Flame Tree's method of creating practical content for everyday use. Step-by-step photos continue to be a feature of many of their publications.
Flame Tree exhibits at a number annual trade shows including the London Book Fair
, The Spring Fair
International Gift Show , Frankfurt Book Fair
and BookExpo America
.
(GCE).
Tate
-Places:*Tate, Georgia, a town in the United States*Tate County, Mississippi, a county in the United States*Táté, the Hungarian name for Totoi village, Sântimbru Commune, Alba County, Romania*Tate, Filipino word for States...
, V&A and The Royal Academy of Arts. The Publisher has recently started making ebooks and is launching a new fantasy, crime and science fiction ebook imprint called Flame Tree 451.
Origins
Flame Tree was established in 1992 as a part-time illustrated art book packaging operation by primary owner Nick Wells. In 1995 Wells left HarperCollins Publishers to turn Flame Tree into a full-time business, operating from an office in Chiswick. The company name was changed to The Foundry Creative Media Company Ltd but Flame Tree Publishing was retained as the publishing imprint and brand. Managing Director Frances Bodiam joined in 1996. Wells and Bodiam continue to run the business. In 2009 Chris Herbert was made Head of Operations.Activity
In the first few years Flame Tree's main activity was to create a range of packaged books for a series of corporate publishers, including HarperCollinsHarperCollins
HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
(25 of the original colour reference Collins Gems and two illustrated encyclopedias ), Dorling Kindersley
Dorling Kindersley
Dorling Kindersley is an international publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 51 languages. It is currently part of the Penguin Group....
(including 16 K.I.S.S. Guides, such as Astrology ) and 24 of the then Letts Education's Success Guides to KS3, and GCSE
During this period Flame Tree started to create and sell calendars and greeting cards to retail markets and have exhibited at the Spring Fair
Spring Fair
Spring Fair International is organised by Emap connect, part of Emap Ltd. Spring Fair International is a retail trade exhibition held each February at the National Exhibition Centre , near Birmingham, UK. Spring Fair International began in 1948 but was first held at the NEC in 1976 and was opened...
and Autumn International Gift Shows at the NEC since 1997.
In 1998 Flame Tree moved into its current premises on the borders of Hammersmith and Fulham, close to The River Café (London)
The River Café (London)
The River Café is a restaurant in the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England, specializing in Italian cuisine. It is owned and run by chef Ruth Rogers and until early 2010, Rose Gray....
and, at that time, a few minutes walk from several other publishers, Virgin Books
Virgin Books
Virgin Books is a United Kingdom book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.-History:...
, HarperCollins
HarperCollins
HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
and Constable & Robinson
Constable & Robinson
Constable & Robinson Ltd. is an independent British book publisher of fiction and non-fiction works. Founded in Edinburgh in 1795 by Archibald Constable as Constable & Co. it is probably the oldest independent publisher in the English-speaking world still operating under the name of its...
. Flame Tree started publishing into the UK and international markets, focusing on art, music, cookery and general reference. Among its first books were Guitar Facts, An Illustrated Guide (ISBN 9781904041726) and Simple Cookery: Wok and Stir Fry (ISBN 9781903817049) both of which demonstrate Flame Tree's method of creating practical content for everyday use. Step-by-step photos continue to be a feature of many of their publications.
Flame Tree exhibits at a number annual trade shows including the London Book Fair
London Book Fair
The London Book Fair is a large book-publishing trade fair held annually, usually in April, in London, England. The London Book Fair has grown in size and importance in recent years, and 23,000 publishers, booksellers, literary agents, librarians, media and industry suppliers from over 100...
, The Spring Fair
Spring Fair
Spring Fair International is organised by Emap connect, part of Emap Ltd. Spring Fair International is a retail trade exhibition held each February at the National Exhibition Centre , near Birmingham, UK. Spring Fair International began in 1948 but was first held at the NEC in 1976 and was opened...
International Gift Show , Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair
The Frankfurt Book Fair is the world's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. As to the number of visitors, the Turin Book Fair attracts about as many visitors, viz. some 300,000....
and BookExpo America
BookExpo America
BookExpo America is the largest annual book trade fair in the United States. BEA is almost always held in a major city over four days in late May and/or early June...
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Trade Bodies
Flame Tree is a member of the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) and The Greeting Card AssociationGreeting Card Association
The Greeting Card Association is a United States trade organization representing the interests of greeting cards, gift wrapping paper and stationery manufacturers. Its membership consists primarily of United States publishers but foreign publishers are not barred...
(GCE).
Notable Books
- World Art: The Definitive Illustrated Guide (ISBN 9781844515646). Foreword by Mike O'Mahony.
- Animation Art Author Jerry Beck. Forewords by Jeffrey KatzenbergJeffrey KatzenbergJeffrey Katzenberg is an American film producer and CEO of DreamWorks Animation. He is perhaps most famous for his period as chairman of The Walt Disney Company's film division, and for producing DreamWorks animated films such as Shrek, Antz, The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, Chicken...
and Bill PlymptonBill PlymptonWilliam "Bill" Calvin Plympton is an American animator, former cartoonist, director, screenwriter and producer best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face. and his series of shorts Guard Dog, Guide Dog, Hot Dog and Horn Dog.- Biography :Bill Plympton was born in...
. - Dragon Art (ISBN 9781847863003). Author Graeme Aymer. Foreword by John Howe.
- Art Deco: The Golden Age of Graphic Art and Design (ISBN 9781847862792). Author: Michael Robinson.
- William Morris: Artist, Craftsman, Pioneer (ISBN 9781847867131). Author: N.M. Wells and R. Ormiston.
- British History, An Illustrated Guide. Editor: Professor Eric J. EvansEric J. EvansProfessor Eric J. Evans is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Lancaster. His first degree was from Oxford University and his PhD was from the University of Warwick...
. - Kings, Queens, Chiefs & Rulers. Editor: Professor David LoadesDavid LoadesDavid Michael Loades, FSA is a British historian and an expert on the Tudor era. He is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Wales, where he taught from 1980 until 1996, and was Honorary Research Professor at the University of Sheffield from 1996 until 2008. In the 1960s an1970s he...
. - For the Love of Cupcakes (ISBN 9781847869777). Author: Ann Nicol.
- The Definitive Encyclopedia of Rock (ISBN 9781844515219). Foreword by Scotty MooreScotty MooreWinfield Scott "Scotty" Moore III is an American guitarist. He is best known for his backing of Elvis Presley in the first part of his career, between 1954 and the beginning of Elvis' Hollywood years...
. - Guitar Chords (ISBN 9781844513925). Edited by Jake Jackson.
- Guitar Heroes (ISBN 9781847862181). Foreword by Brian MayBrian MayBrian Harold May, CBE is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen...
. - Led Zeppelin Revealed (ISBN 9781844517336). Author: Jason Draper. Foreword by Paul du NoyerPaul Du NoyerPaul Du Noyer is a British rock journalist and author. He was born in Liverpool and educated at the London School of Economics. He has written and edited for NME, Q, and Mojo...
. - Classical Music Encyclopedia. (ISBN 9781904041719). Edited by Stanley SadieStanley SadieStanley Sadie CBE was a leading British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , which was published as the first edition of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.Sadie was educated at St Paul's School,...
, Foreword by Vladimir AshkenazyVladimir AshkenazyVladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy is a Russian-Icelandic conductor and pianist. Since 1972 he has been a citizen of Iceland, his wife Þórunn's country of birth. Since 1978, because of his many obligations in Europe, he and his family have resided in Meggen, near Lucerne in Switzerland...
. - The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music. (ISBN 9781904041702). Foreword by Sir George MartinGeorge MartinSir George Henry Martin CBE is an English record producer, arranger, composer and musician. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"— a title that he often describes as "nonsense," but the fact remains that he served as producer on all but one of The Beatles' original albums...
. - The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Opera. (ISBN 9781844510269). Edited by Stanley SadieStanley SadieStanley Sadie CBE was a leading British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , which was published as the first edition of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.Sadie was educated at St Paul's School,...
, Foreword by Philip LangridgePhilip LangridgePhilip Gordon Langridge CBE was an English tenor, considered to be among the foremost exponents of English opera and oratorio....
. - The Definitive Guitar Handbook. (ISBN 9781847863911). Foreword by Paco PeñaPaco PeñaPaco Peña is a Spanish flamenco guitarist. He is regarded as one of the world's foremost traditional Flamenco players.Born in Córdoba, Spain as Francisco Peña Pérez, Paco Peña began learning to play the guitar from his brother at age 6 and made his first professional appearance at 12...
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Notable Calendar and Stationery Ranges
- Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
- Alphonse Mucha
- Louis Comfort TiffanyLouis Comfort TiffanyLouis Comfort Tiffany was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements...
- Gustav KlimtGustav KlimtGustav Klimt was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. His major works include paintings, murals, sketches, and other art objects...
- TateTate-Places:*Tate, Georgia, a town in the United States*Tate County, Mississippi, a county in the United States*Táté, the Hungarian name for Totoi village, Sântimbru Commune, Alba County, Romania*Tate, Filipino word for States...
calendars and diaries. - V&A calendars and diaries.
- The British Museum calendars and diaries.
Notable eBooks
- Interpreting Dreams (ISBN 9781907562419). Author: Adam Fronteras. General Editor: Rashid Ahmad.
- The Songwriters Rhyming Dictionary (ISBN 9781907562143). Author: Jake Jackson.
- World War II (ISBN 9781907562396). Authors: Jon and Diane Sutherland. Introduction: Paul Cornish.
External links
- IPG
- amazon.co.uk.com/flame tree publishing
- flametreepublishing.com
- flametreerecipes.com
- flametreecalendars.com
- flametreemusic.com
- flametreeiguides.com
- flametree451.com
- ncawards.co.uk
- dooyou.co.uk/cookbooks
- calendarclub.co.uk