Dyslexia-friendly Bristol publisher lands titles by bestselling authors

Alistair Sims: ‘A couple of people even cried. So it does make a difference to people’s lives.’ Photograph: Adele Williams

The world’s biggest publishers dream of signing up bestselling authors such as Peter James, Lee Child, Karin Slaughter and Bernard Cornwell. Now a tiny Bristol publisher that specialises in books for dyslexic adults has secured a major deal to publish novellas by each of those authors.

Books on the Hill Press is the UK’s first dyslexia-only publisher. Its books use a different format, including a larger font and wider spacing between lines – adaptations that reduce processing demands, “unlocking the joy of reading a printed book” for dyslexic readers.