Killing two birds with one stone: Read a good book by a new author - and at the same time keep a handy stock of presents to give away.

Find out more about our pioneer readers initiative

About the publisher

Pioneer Readers is a part of
 
which exists to provide opportunities for first-time writers.

Other ways Fygleaves can help
pioneer writers

We publish the best entries in our short story competition

You can submit an extract from your novel for feedback from online readers

Read our writers' tips

See our submissions policy if you have written a novel

Without pioneers...
nothing would have been discovered!

In association with:

 

 

Authors revealing their leaves to the world

 

All 5photostory competition entrants are entitled to discounted membership of our pioneer readers group.

 

BREAKING THE MOULD

The world needs more pioneer readers

It is getting more and more difficult for new writers to find a publisher.

HOW TO JOIN OUR PIONEER READERS GROUP

Click here for full application details.

You will receive discounted copies of novels by new authors that we have accepted and edited for publication: read one copy of each book and pass the others on as presents.

If you want to see more novelists given a chance, join us.

Whose novels do we publish?

Any writer who has not had a novel published is eligible to submit their work to us. From the many submissions we receive we will select books for publication aimed at general fiction readers.

This initiative is our way of doing something to redress the imbalance stacked against first-time authors trying to find a publisher. By creating a market for books in this way we are able to make an opportunity specifically for unpublished writers to get their chance.

If you want to give new writers a chance, but don't know where to find good quality books, here is your chance to join us.

An unknown author can write a good book but never get their lucky break. Some people do get lucky after sending their synopsis off for the hundredth time, but it is impossible to count how many go back to a dull office job feeling a failure. Their talents and observations are lost to the world; the characters they conceive are lost like miscarriages never seeing the light of day.

But somebody somewhere needs to be reading the unknowns so that the new novelists can be found. So join us as we find debut authors whose work is worth reading.