Nick Hern Books

Nick Hern Books is the UK’s leading specialist theatre publisher and performing rights agent.

We’re home to some of the best playwrights working today – including Mike Bartlett, Howard Brenton, Jez Butterworth, Caryl Churchill, David Edgar, Helen Edmundson, debbie tucker green, Arinzé Kene, Lucy Kirkwood, Conor McPherson, Rona Munro, Jack Thorne, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Enda Walsh – as well as essential training and advice books on topics such as acting, writing, directing and producing, to support creatives in their own work and career. We also license most of our plays for amateur performance around the world.