Evans Brothers Ltd (or Evans Brothers Limited) was a British publishing house that was part of the Evans Publishing Group UK. The firm first published teacher training materials and in later years broadened its catalogue, publishing children's books and books on Africa. It became insolvent in September 2012 and ceased trading.

History

In 1903, the brothers Robert and Edward Evans founded the firm Evans Brothers which initially focused on the publication of

teacher training Teacher education or teacher training refers to programs, policies, procedures, and provision designed to equip (prospective) teachers with the knowledge, attitude (psychology), attitudes, behaviors, approaches, methodologies and skills they requir ...

journals and periodicals. In the early years the firm was headquartered at the brothers' residence at 118,

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Street, London, England. Early Evans Brothers publications included some of the foremost teacher training materials of the time, such as ''The Education News of Scotland'', ''Irish School Weekly'', ''Woman Teachers World'', ''The Word Master'', ''The Music Teacher'', ''Child Education'' and ''The School Mistress''. In the first year of operations, the company grossed 150 pounds. In the 1930s, Evans Brothers London moved into book publishing, with emphasis on

children’s book Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...

s. Notable titles from the Evans stable included ''The Dam Busters'' and '' The White Rabbit'' (in their "Evans War Classics Editions" series) and a number of titles from the prolific British children's writer

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. The firm also published the book series "Cadet Editions", "Let's Find Out", "Literature in Perspective", "Evans Africa Plays" and "Modern African Writers". In the decades after World War II the company set up a presence in Africa with associated companies in Nigeria, Kenya and Sierra Leone.

Notable staff

Margaret Biggs Margaret Biggs (born 1929, Orpington, Kent) is a writer of girls' school stories. She is best known for her Melling School series of books, first published by Blackie in the 1950s. The series is set at a weekly boarding school and is unusual i ...

, writer of girls'

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, worked at Evans, as did Jacqueline Blairman; they wrote ''Triplets at Royders'' (

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, 1950?) together.

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Notable staff

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