Liverpool University Press
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| parent = University of Liverpool
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| founded = 1899
| founder = John Sampson (linguist)
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| country = United Kingdom
| headquarters = Liverpool
| distribution = Wiley (UK and most of world)
Longleaf (Americas)
Ta Tong Book Company (Taiwan)
Overleaf (India)[https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/pages/for-booksellers For Booksellers]
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| publications = Books, academic journals
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| imprints = Liverpool University Press, Modern Languages Open, Pavilion Poetry
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Liverpool University Press (LUP), founded in 1899, is the third oldest university press in England after Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. As the press of the University of Liverpool, it specialises in modern languages, literatures, history, and visual culture and currently publishes more than 160 books a year, as well as 50 academic journals.{{cite web |url=https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/pages/about}} LUP's books are distributed in North America by Longleaf.{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=25 |title=Information for Booksellers |publisher=Liverpool University Press}}
History
One of the earliest heads of LUP was Lascelles Abercrombie, the first poetry lecturer at the university.{{cn|date=March 2022}}. Across its history a number of distinguished scholars have published with the Press, including the Nobel Prize winner Ronald Ross and the literary critic Hermione Lee.
In 2004, the Press was restructured, changing from a department of the University of Liverpool to a subsidiary.
Alongside its academic publishing, LUP is known for the Pavilion Poetry imprint. Inaugural poet Mona Arshi's collection, Small Hands, won The Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection at the 2015 Forward Prizes for Poetry.{{cite web |url=http://www.forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-prizes-for-poetry/about/ |title=Upcoming Events |publisher=Forward Arts Foundation |work=Homepage |access-date=2015-11-03}} How to Wash a Heart by Bhanu Kapil won the 2020 T. S. Eliot Prize.
In 2024, the Chief Executive of Liverpool University Press, Anthony Cond, became the first President of the Association of University Presses from outside of the Americas.
Collaborations and activities
Although well known for publishing under its own imprint, Liverpool University Press also provides publishing for a number of other organisations including The British Academy, Historic England and the Voltaire Foundation.
The Press has been a strong supporter of Open Access and was the first publisher to sign up to Knowledge Unlatched, a global library consortium approach to funding open access books.{{when|date=March 2022}}{{cite web |url=http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/good-for/publishers/ |title=Good for publishers |publisher=Knowledge Unlatched}}
In 2014, LUP launched Modern Languages Open, its peer-reviewed open access online platform publishing research from across the modern languages.{{cite web |url=http://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/pages/modern-languages-open |title=Modern Languages Open |publisher=Liverpool University Press}}
Awards
Liverpool University Press has won Academic Publisher of the Year awards from both the Independent Publishers Guild {{cite web |url=http://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/pages/awards-and-nominations |title=Awards and Nominations |publisher=Liverpool University Press}} and The Bookseller.
Journals
Journals published by LUP include:
- Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (since 1923){{cn|date=March 2022}}
References
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Further reading
- Droop, J. P. The University Press of Liverpool: A Record of Progress, 1899–1946, with a Catalogue of All Publications. Liverpool University Press, 1947
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk}}
- [http://www.modernlanguagesopen.org/index.php/mlo/index Modern Languages Open]
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Category:University presses of the United Kingdom
Category:University of Liverpool
Category:Publishing companies established in 1899