english publishing company based in london . it specialises in illustrated books and digital content . contents 1 background 2 imprints 3 see also 4 notes 5 external links background edit pavilion traces its history as an independent publisher to 2005 when chrysalis books group was acquired as a management buy out by robin wood polly powell and david profitt from the chrysalis group . chrysalis books group took the name anova books to avoid confusion with its former holding company chrysalis group . in 2014 anova books was renamed pavilion books . it has since acquired and created several other imprints . the company s sole owner and publisher is polly powell . the managing director is david graham . directors are polly powell david graham zana hanks and vaughan grylls . imprints edit current imprints include batsford or b. t. batsford established 1843 by bradley thomas batsford . 1 it publishes books in various specialty categories such as applied arts bridge chess and horticulture . example current publications are millie marotta s colouring books and the then and now series . prominent chairman was brian batsford from 1952 until 1974 . collins & brown an imprint originally launched in 1989 to focus on non fiction publishing . national trust books a new imprint established by pavilion to target national trust members and others interested in gardening cooking and similar topics . pavilion books founded in 1981 and focused on cookery lifestyle photography art and related subjects . portico a new imprint offering works of humour and other non fiction subjects . robson books publishing works by diverse authors such as alan coren matthew parris jack rosenthal dannie abse and alan sillitoe . salamander books publishers in the uk of the then and now series of books 2 see also edit books portal list of publishers notes edit rose jonathan . batsford bradley thomas . oxford dictionary of national biography online ed . . oxford university press . doi 10.1093 ref odnb 38976 . subscription or uk public library membership required . http www.thenandnowbooks.com pavilion in the united kingdrom the books had been published by bt batsford since the 1960s whereas in the usa the publishers are thunder bay press of san diego as well as trafalgar square in chicago . external links edit official website 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 pavilion books & oldid 742191175 categories companies established in 2005book publishing companies of the united kingdomunited kingdom publishing company stubshidden categories wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the odnball 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 catal edit links this page was last modified on 2 october 2016 at 06 20 . 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