verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message sceptre imprint parent company hodder & stoughton founded 1986 country of origin united kingdom headquarters location london england nonfiction topics various fiction genres literary fiction official website sceptre books sceptre is an imprint of hodder & stoughton a british publishing house which is a division of hachette uk . founded in 1986 as the literary imprint of hodder & stoughton sceptre s remit is to publish original fiction and non fiction that aims not just to entertain and absorb but also to stretch the mind to be thought provoking stimulating surprising and enlightening . 1 notable publications edit david mitchell cloud atlas 2004 winner of the british book awards literary fiction award richard & judy book of the year award shortlisted for the 2004 booker prize nebula award and arthur c. clarke award . adapted into a film 2012 of the same name starring tom hanks and halle berry . the thousand autumns of jacob de zoet 2010 winner of the 2011 commonwealth writers prize regional prize long listed for the booker prize shortlisted for the 2011 walter scott prize . thomas keneally schindler s ark 1982 winner of the man booker prize adapted into the film schindler s list directed by steven spielberg the widow and her hero 2007 shortlisted for the miles franklin award and for the prime minister s literary award the daughters of mars 2012 andrew miller ingenious pain 1997 oxygen 2001 shortlisted for the booker prize and for the whitbread novel award pure 2011 winner of the costa prize chris cleave the other hand 2008 shortlisted for the 2008 costa book award gold 2012 jenn ashworth siri hustvedt ned beauman boxer beetle 2010 shortlisted for the guardian first book award 2010 external links edit sceptre hodder & stoughton cited sources edit imprints . about us . hodder & stoughton . retrieved 13 september 2012 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sceptre imprint & oldid 612105747 categories book publishing companies of the united kingdompublishing companies established in 19861986 establishments in the united kingdomhidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2012all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 june 2014 at 17 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view