C. Hurst & Co.

C. Hurst & Co.
StatusActive
Founded1969 (1969)
FounderChristopher Hurst
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationLondon, WC1
DistributionMacmillan Distribution (UK)
Oxford University Press (US)
Key peopleMichael Dwyer, Kathleen May, Daisy Leitch
Publication typesBooks, ebooks and audiobooks
Nonfiction topicsInternational Affairs
Islamic World
Politics and Social Science
Official websitehurstpublishers.com

Hurst Publishers (C. Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd) is an independent non-fiction publisher based in Somerset House, Strand, London. Hurst specializes in serious non-fiction, including history, biography, international affairs, espionage, reportage, travel writing and religion. Christopher Hurst founded the company in 1969. Michael Dwyer, who joined Hurst in 1986, has been running Hurst since the death of Christopher Hurst in April 2007.

Hurst authors include Olivier Roy, Eleanor Medhurst, Shashi Tharoor, David Kilcullen, Sara Jaffe, Faisal Devji, Jean-Pierre Filiu, Gaiutra Bahadur, Christophe Jaffrelot, Henrik Meinander, Jessica Mitford, Anwar Ibrahim, Matthew Ford, Max Siollun and Dan Kaszeta among others. Hurst publishes approximately 75 new books a year.