Legend Press is an independent British book publisher founded in 2005 by Tom Chalmers,[1] specialising in original fiction, crime thrillers, and a Legend Classics series. In 2011, they were shortlisted for the Independent Publisher of the Year and their books have been longlisted and shortlisted for prizes including the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, Dylan Thomas Young Writer Prize, Historical Writers Awards and Costa Book Awards.
Legend Press is based in London and is part of the Legend Times Group.[2] The company has built a global sales and distribution network with the target of reaching readers in multiple formats across the world. In 2022 it moved its distribution to Macmillan Distribution [3]
In 2023 Legend Press announced a partnership with South African publisher Blackbird Books, with the aim of helping bring more African literary voices to a UK audience.