Heinemann Educational Books Limited was a company formed in 1961 as an educational subsidiary of William Heinemann Limited, and further subsiduaries were established in Australia, New Zealand, South East asia, Africa and Canada. In 1987 the British Publishing Group Octopus Publishing acquired Reed Methuen and merged the company with Heinemann New Zealand to form Octopus Publishing (NZ).
Successful series published by the company included the New Windmill Series and the Drama Library. The company became part of the Harcourt Educational division of Reed Elsevier.
