Who we are

Brilliant Publications was established in 1993 and is committed to publishing books that make teaching and learning enjoyable and rewarding for both teachers and pupils. It is a partnership between Priscilla Hannaford and Richard Dorrance. Both partners were teachers and have always been involved in the educational sector. We are based in the small village of Edlesborough, on the Bedfordshire/ Buckinghamshire border in England.

What makes our books different?

We focus on producing high quality, well-designed materials that make teaching and learning enjoyable and rewarding for both teachers and pupils.

We are committed to producing materials that allow children aged 0–14 to learn and develop skills.

We believe that children learn best in the following ways:

By playing and actively joining in
When they are challenged
When they perceive the activity as relevant, fun and enjoyable
When they are rewarded with success
Through practice and reinforcement

We produce materials to support all of these.

We want to make teachers’ lives more enjoyable and more rewarding, and strive to make the books as useful and easy-to-use as possible.

Our authors

We have books by over 50 authors on our list. All our authors are or recently were teachers. Therefore they know the challenges of working in a busy classroom and can write activities that pupils will not only learn from, but enjoy. You may find out more about many of our authors by clicking on their names on the book pages.

If you are interested in writing for Brilliant Publications, please click here for our Manuscript Guidelines.

Part of the community

Brilliant Publications regularly enters a float in the St Mary’s Edlesborough/Eaton Bray Carnival.

We hold coffee mornings to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Relief.

Priscilla Hannaford has run the Flora London Marathon twice to raise money for Ability UK (2005) and the Book Trade Benevolent Society (2006). She ran the Robin Hood Half Marathon in 2004 to raise money for the Retts Association UK.

Membership of professional associations

We belong to the Independent Publishers Guild and the Publishers Association. In March 2006 Priscilla Hannaford was elected to the Board of the Independent Publishers Guild.