Biteback Publishing

Biteback Publishing is a British publisher based in Hull, and concentrating mainly on political titles. It was incorporated, as a private limited company with share capital, in 2009.^[2] It was jointly owned by its managing director Iain Dale^[3] and by Michael Ashcroft's Political Holdings Ltd,^[4][2] until 2018 when Dale stepped down to focus on his television and radio work.^[5] Biteback Publishing has published several books by Ashcroft including Call Me Dave, his 2015 biography of David Cameron.^[6]

Other titles include Out in the Army: My Life as a Gay Soldier (2013) by James Wharton,^[7] The Left's Jewish Problem (2016) by Dave Rich, and Post-Truth: How Bullshit Conquered the World (2017) by investigative journalist James Ball.^[8]

in 2017 & 2018 the company published two books by Labour MP Austin Mitchell, Revenge of the Rich: The Neoliberal Revolution in Britain and New Zealand, (2017) and Confessions of a Political Maverick (2018).

More recently, the company has published Jesse Norman's first novel, The Winding Stair (2023), which won the 2023 Parliamentary Book Award for Nonfiction or Fiction by a Parliamentarian,^[9] Ten Years To Save The West by Liz Truss^[10] and Andrew Pierce's bestselling^[11] memoir Finding Margaret (2024), about his search for his birth mother.^[12]

In 2025 Biteback acquired the world rights for How to Launder Money: A Guide for Law Enforcement, Prosecutors, and Policymakers authored by Donald Trump-linked political fundraiser George Cottrell^[13] and international investigator Burke Files scheduled for release in February 2026.^[14]

Biteback announced they will publish the authorised biography of entrepreneur Denis Lynn, written by Jago Pearson, in 2026.^[15]

As of 2014 around 20% of the company's sales are ebooks.^[16]