The Bodley Head

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The Bodley Head

Parent company	Penguin Random House
Founded	1887; 137 years ago (1887)
Founders	John Lane and Elkin Mathews
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Headquarters location	London
Publication types	Books
Official website	www.penguin.co.uk/company/publishers/vintage/bodley-head.html

The Bodley Head is an English book publishing imprint of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1887 by John Lane and Elkin Mathews, The Bodley Head existed as an independent entity or as part of multiple consortia until it was acquired by Random House in 1987 alongside sister companies Jonathan Cape and Chatto & Windus. Random House used The Bodley Head as a children's book imprint until April 2008, when it was repositioned as an adult non-fiction imprint within the Vintage Books division.

The Bodley Head launched Penguin Books as an imprint in 1935, which John Lane spun off as an independent company the following year. The Bodley Head acquired several other imprints prior to the Random House acquisition, including Martin Hopkinson and Gerald Howe in 1941, Nonesuch Press in 1953, Werner Laurie in 1957, and Hollis & Carter in 1962.^[1]