group founder sir terence conran and paul hamlyn official website www.octopusbooks.co.uk conran conran octopus is a division of octopus publishing group a cross platform illustrated book publisher . including architecture design and gardening . 1 it was founded in 1984 by sir terence conran and paul hamlyn and publishes about eight titles a year . conran s own book the essential garden book co authored with dan pearson was one of those published by the company . 2 see also edit list of largest uk book publishers references edit publications from conran octopus . www.ribabookshops.com . retrieved 9 january 2014 . the essential garden book the comprehensive source book of garden design amazon.co.uk terence conran dan pearson books . amazon.co.uk . retrieved 9 january 2014 . external links edit conran octopus website v t e lagard re sca lagard re publishing hachette livre armand colin calmann l vy dalloz fayard gautier languereau grasset hachette hatier larousse librairie g n rale fran aise 80 % jc latt s pika stock hatier edelsa hachette usa black dog & leventhal center street faithwords grand central hyperion little brown mulholland books orbit yen 49 % hachette uk hachette children s orchard books1 franklin watts1 wayland headline hodder & stoughton coronet hodder faith mulholland quercus sceptre two roads yellow kite hodder education chambers galore park gibson philip allan updates teach yourself john murray little brown constable & robinson orbit virago sphere octopus cassell illustrated conran octopus gaia godsfield hamlyn mitchell beazley philip s spruce orion books weidenfeld & nicolson gollancz lagard re active hachette filipacchi elle france dimanche ici paris le journal du dimanche le journal de mickey 50 % paris match pariscope photo picsou premi re psychologies t l 7 jours groupe marie claire 42 % ditions philippe amaury 25 % tv & radio delta radio canal j europe 1 evropa 2 gulli 66 % jacaranda 94.2 20 % mcm mcm group mezzo 60 % radio zet part owner tiji vibe fm virgin radio france virgin 17 lagard re services curtis circulation hds retail ls travel retail asia pacific virgin megastores france virgin books and music lagard re unlimited agencies sportfive world sport group 70 % events bnp paribas showdown citi open copa del sol hero indian open nordea masters ice wars singapore open superstars swedish open venues commerzbank arena groupama arena volksparkstadion 1 lagard re sca owns these brands in the united kingdom only . these brands are owned by scholastic corporation in the united states . this article about a publishing company in the united kingdom is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title conran octopus & oldid 708341823 categories book publishing companies of the united kingdombritish designconran familylagard re mediaunited kingdom publishing company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 5 march 2016 at 01 21 . 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