books, News

University of Michigan Press partners with Liverpool University Press for UK and European distribution

The University of Michigan Press has selected Liverpool University Press as its exclusive distribution partner for the UK and Europe, and non-exclusive partner for the rest of the world outside of the Americas. The move coincides with the launch of Liverpool Distribution Services, a new boutique sales, marketing and distribution service offered by LUP that aims to provide a genuine sense of transatlantic university press partnership.

News, Poetry

Pavilion Poetry opens submissions until 1st August 2024

In celebration of our 10th anniversary, Pavilion Poetry's submissions are now open! Pavilion Poetry seeks to publish the very best in contemporary poetry. Always international in its reach, Pavilion Poetry is poetry that takes a risk. Whether by new or established and award-winning writers, this is poetry sure to challenge and delight. Are you interested … Continue reading

News

Anthony Cond Takes Office as AUPresses President

Anthony Cond, director of Liverpool University Press, has stepped into the presidency of the Association of University Presses. He succeeds 2023-2024 President Jane Bunker, director of the Cornell University Press. Cond is the Association’s first non-North American President (see a complete list of past Presidents). “Anthony’s nomination and election reflect the global vitality of the Association, with 22 of … Continue reading

Enlightenment

The Eighteenth-Century Studies Collection: A major step in the digital enlightenment

Besterman’s vision for Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century In a report written on January 20, 1950 to his newly formed “International Advisory Committee,” Theodore Besterman noted that his “search for Voltaire correspondence had brought to light other manuscript material;” he envisioned publishing “many by-products” with the hope that his efforts on the correspondence … Continue reading

News, open access

Trailblazers: An exciting new OA initiative in partnership with Lancaster University, University of Liverpool, and University of Salford 

LUP is delighted to announce Trailblazers: a new Open Access initiative for ECRs at Lancaster University, University of Liverpool, University of Salford, which uniquely combines OA publication with author boot camps, equipping ECRs with publishing and library skills to support their academic careers.