About Us

Gatehouse Books® from Gatehouse Media Limited
Gatehouse Media publishes and distributes books and resources for use in post-14 and adult basic education - Skills for Life - Literacy and ESOL. We publish the Gatehouse Books imprint. We are also the sole distributor for Brown & Brown Publishing and a number of other specialist literacy and ESOL publishers.

Gatehouse adult beginner readers
We promote writing by adult learners by publishing and distributing their work in the form of high quality adult beginner readers. Our collection of adult beginner readers, many of which have been written by adults who are themselves developing their literacy skills, is known as Gatehouse Books. Gatehouse Books are a source of inspiration to all who read them. The underlying principle of a Gatehouse Book is that the writer is involved in all aspects of the publication. This ensures that the finished book 'belongs' to the writer. Adults who are learning to read are inspired to read about someone like themselves and this can make their engagement with reading a richer and more memorable experience. With their authentic, everyday adult themes and content, Gatehouse Books are also useful for stimulating discussion and often inspire readers to recall similar experiences of their own, which they may then write or have scribed for them to produce their own initial texts.

Our inclusive approach
We encourage the involvement of tutors and their students in a number or ways: participation in selecting and evaluating publications; trialling resources; contributing ideas; submitting work for consideration for publication.    

Our growing multi-media portfolio also includes
Interactive CDRom readers
Tutor resource books and CDRoms
Student worksheets
Talking stories on audio-cassette and CDRom 

Please contact us with your comments or to discuss your requirements.

About Brown & Brown
Brown and Brown began publishing in 1987, to provide material for adults wishing to improve their basic skills in reading, spelling, writing and maths. Their publications are now widely used in many areas of education and are very popular in schools.

All of the material is written and designed by the publishers, Margaret and Hugh Brown, who aim to produce relevant, clearly printed books at the lowest possible cost. Many of the publications are in the form of workbooks and worksheets which could be used independently by students, with guidance when needed. Brown and Brown publications are distributed solely by Gatehouse Media Limited. To download an order form for Brown and Brown publications, please click here.

Brown & Brown publications are used in the following areas of education: 

• Adult Basic Education / Basic Skills / Key Skills / Skills for Life
• Further Education (Learning Support;  Special Needs;  A.B.E.)
• Schools (English;  Maths;  Special Needs;  Learning Support)
• Pupil Referral Units
• English for speakers of other languages (ESOL)
• Adult and Youth Basic Skills Training
• Open Learning and Family Learning
• H.M. Prisons and Young Offenders Institutes
• Dyslexia
• Speech Therapy
• Dysphasia Support (work with stroke patients)
• Head Injury patient rehabilitation
• Work with adults and children with learning difficulties
• Teacher Training