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03/09/2024

ICYMI 🤩 📚 The Back-to-University Sale is back and better than ever. Take advantage of our 30% discount on textbooks and academic titles and start your term with the books you need to succeed.

Shop now: https://bit.ly/3SXeSjU

30/08/2024

Paul Arthur and Lydia Heard, authors of the open access book Open Scholarship in the Humanities discuss the path to open research. Read their thoughts in today’s Academic blog post 👉 https://bit.ly/3X55Mmr

28/08/2024

What does open scholarship in the humanities mean in practice? What might the benefits be, and how do we get there?

Join us online for a unique event next month, when Paul Longley Arthur and speakers connected to the British Academy will discuss these questions and more, using Paul's co-authored book Open Scholarship in the Humanities as a springboard for discussion.

Find out more and register: https://bit.ly/3Xl6xZT

23/08/2024

Today on the Academic blog we share an excerpt from What Jane Austen’s Characters Read (and Why) by Susan Allen Ford, which explores Austen's characters' lives beyond the novels https://bit.ly/3X0SWFZ

22/08/2024

Don't miss out on top tips from author, educator and publisher William Germano on how to transform your thesis into a manuscript in a masterclass designed to adapt content and style to engage a wider readership.

📅 11th Sept 2024
🕛 4pm BST / 11am EDT

Register here (only £1): https://bit.ly/46sSjcu

21/08/2024

Sneak preview: the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship submissions open 1st September in partnership with Writers & Artists.

If you are of Black African or African Caribbean heritage, based in the UK, and have an idea you would like to develop into an academic book but are unsure where to start, this Fellowship is for you.

More info 👉 https://bit.ly/3XaptL4

20/08/2024

The Back-to-University Sale is back and better than ever. Take advantage of our 30% discount on textbooks and academic titles and start your term with the books you need to succeed.

Shop now: https://bit.ly/3MdUgQI

20/08/2024

Our latest Academic New Books Catalogue October-December 2024 is here!

Browse our forthcoming books here 📚 👉 https://bit.ly/46GrHoy

15/08/2024

In our academic new books catalogue you will find titles publishing July-September 2024. 📚 📚

Browse here https://bit.ly/4bqubbU

13/08/2024

Browse new and forthcoming academic reference titles in our new catalogue, including multivolume sets and single volume introductory reference books.

Browse the new catalogue here ▶️ https://bit.ly/3V1kJ9h

09/08/2024

New on the Academic Blog: Simon Griffiths, co-author of the definitive British Politics textbook, provides an expert analysis of the UK general election results https://bit.ly/3YCR0WH

08/08/2024

In the new Academic Trade Key Titles July – December 2024 catalogue you’ll find new books on Winston Churchill, a secret history of witches, new BFI Film Classics, a historical journey through islands and much more.

Browse here 👉 https://bit.ly/3yyk8DJ

Academic Trade Key Titles July-December 2024

07/08/2024

Bloomsbury is the new home of books from ABC-CLIO/Greenwood. Explore our new introductory reference titles, including:

🔬 Women & Girls in STEM fields (p. 3)
🎷 Listen to Jazz (p. 15)
📚 American Indian Literature (p. 14)

See more ➡️https://bit.ly/4aFBoEh

02/08/2024

Today on the Academic Blog, Tia Ali, Marketing Manager at Bloomsbury Academic, introduces 5 key books that aim to decolonize research & academia, & discusses the need for further resources & initiatives to help fully dismantle entrenched power structures. https://bit.ly/46tA5HK

01/08/2024

We're hiring a UK-based Marketing Manager for our books programme and Middle East, African & Asia Studies lists. If you're confident and strategic with an OA marketing background (books or journals), we want to hear from you!

Apply by 18th Aug: bit.ly/46sRMXU

01/08/2024

Transform your thesis into a manuscript with top tips from author, educator and publisher William Germano in a masterclass designed to adapt content and style to engage a wider readership.

📅 11th Sept 2024
🕛 4-5:30pm (BST)

Register here (only £1): https://bit.ly/46sSjcu

31/07/2024

Bloomsbury Open Collections is expanding to 3 Collections/60 titles this year, following its pilot. We are now seeking participating libraries to be part of our initiative. More info can be found here https://bit.ly/3UL3wzA

26/07/2024

Today on the Academic blog Jaber Baker and Ugur Ümit Üngör reveal the importance of exposing one of the most brutal prison systems in the world in their book Syrian Gulag, and how they were able to investigate a 'silent killing machine' that is designed not to be researched https://bit.ly/3zXB86V

24/07/2024

Most readers have encountered the epic poem Beowulf in one of its many translations or adaptations, but the original poem has remained inaccessible to all but experienced scholars of Old English.

new book aims to present the poem to all https://bit.ly/4eOY8ET

19/07/2024

Today on the Academic blog Stella Cottrell, author of The Study Skills Handbook as well as several other titles in the Bloomsbury Study Skills series, shares 10 ways to incorporate study skills into your teaching

Stella Cottrell, author of The Study Skills Handbook, shares her tips on how to approach teaching study skills to university students as an academic lecturer.

18/07/2024

Browse new & forthcoming academic reference titles, including multivolume sets, such as the acclaimed Cultural Histories, single volume introductory reference books, such as Handbooks & titles in the Contemporary World Issues series.
Begin browsing here 👉 https://bit.ly/3V1kJ9h

13/07/2024

Happy 1 month anniversary to Beowulf: Poem, Poet and Hero by ! 😍 🎉 📕 https://bit.ly/3XQepDG

12/07/2024

Today on the Academic blog George Connor, the founder of Working Classicists, lays out some of the main obstacles that working class students who are interested in studying Classics face.

Read the full blog here 👉 https://bit.ly/3zEGOlV

11/07/2024

In an age of misinformation, it has never been more important to equip readers with unbiased, accessible, and trustworthy knowledge. Take a look at our new introductory reference books that help foster independent critical thinking: ➡️ https://bit.ly/4aFBoEh

08/07/2024

Following its pilot, Bloomsbury Open Collections is expanding to 3 Collections/60 titles this year. We’re seeking authors and participating libraries to be part of our initiative.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4bB7Msm incl. FAQs for authors: https://bit.ly/4bFpgnk

05/07/2024

Today on the Academic blog Bloomsbury’s Jack Solloway interviews Dr Johannes Nathan, an art dealer, academic, and Editor-in-Chief of Bloomsbury Art Markets, who gives his insight into the art market:

An interview with the Editor-in-Chief of Bloomsbury Art Markets, Dr Johannes Nathan, talking about the art market, how to navigate its complexities, and the importance of preserving art during times of international conflict.

28/06/2024

Celebrating the reissues of five of Nawal El Saadawi's classic works, we share an edited version of the British-Palestine writer and lawyer 's new foreword from Woman at Point Zero: https://bit.ly/3XHI6qo

24/06/2024

Bloomsbury Open Collections is expanding to 3 Collections/60 titles this year following its pilot. We're seeking authors to be part of our initiative.

More information can be found here 👉 https://bit.ly/4bjsEEt incl. FAQs for authors: https://bit.ly/4bjNNOQ

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Publishing Open Access with Bloomsbury

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Props to all academics working through the summer "holiday"! 🌞 What do you do to take a break from your scholarly work during the summer? Any tips would you share with your fellow academics?

"In explicitly laying out the history and costs of blackface performance, [Ayanna Thompson] fully meets her stated aim of offering an accessible book that constitutes part of an ongoing 'arc toward justice.'" - Times Higher Education https://www.bloomsbury.com/blackface

Hip Hop Architecture

"You have made architecture a symbol of exclusion, oppression, and domination..." Sekou Cooke gives a voice to the voiceless and explores how hip-hop can provoke new architectural ideas in Hip-Hop Architecture, out now: https://www.bloomsbury.com/hiphoparchitecture