HarperCollins UK launches New Adult imprint Wildlit
Publisher Lindsey Heaven and publishing director Sarah Levinson will run Wildlit, with first titles expected June 2027.
HarperCollins UK has announced a new New Adult imprint, Wildlit, according to Locus Online. The imprint will publish what the company calls "unabashedly bold, commercial and page-turning fiction," with romance as "the thread that ties" its titles together.
Publisher Lindsey Heaven and publishing director Sarah Levinson will run Wildlit, Locus Online reported, with first titles expected in June 2027. The announcement follows HarperCollins UK's launch of the MoonFire imprint in July.
In a statement carried by the outlet, HarperCollins UK said establishing Wildlit had been "a long-held dream" and pointed to "an exceptional roster of authors already in place and an ambitious acquisition program underway."
A new imprint means a new acquiring team with a specific mandate, and that's worth knowing even if the first books are nearly two years out. Wildlit says it wants "unabashedly bold, commercial and page-turning fiction" with romance as the connective thread, and it already has, in its own words, "an exceptional roster of authors already in place." If you write New Adult, the people to know now are Heaven and Levinson, not a submissions inbox that doesn't exist yet.
From the Coral Wire edition of Sat, Oct 31 2026 · Coral Index 55/100 (Mixed signals)