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Clare Hooper
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Director of of Journals Publishing at Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social. Cat servant to 3, I like books, running, horror films and big cups of tea (all views are my own).
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University Presses and Libraries, Teaming Up to Innovate

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University Presses and Libraries, Teaming Up to Innovate
Stories from three institutions show how university presses and libraries can collaborate to advance open access scholarly communication, foster diversity, and broaden access to knowledge.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Not long left... If you have a great #Byron essay, please do share with us soon!
livunipress.bsky.social Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · Aug 11
OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS 📣 The Byron Journal Essay Prize
Deadline for submissions: 1st December 2025
Prize: £150 and publication in the journal
Find out more information and how to submit via the LUP blog: bit.ly/BJEssayPrize 🥇
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November 6, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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📣Great news regarding the Journal for Romanian Studies (published by @livunipress.bsky.social ) 🗃️

#RomanianStudies #JRS #Romania #openaccess
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Shining a light on the presses who publish via OtF 🔆

@livunipress.bsky.social offers subscription/membership access to 2 Hispanic Studies backlist series of monographs, using the subs to produce new #OA monographs, freely accessible to all!

Visit their site 👉 lup.openingthefuture.net

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Opening the Future
Welcome to Liverpool University Press's Opening the Future programme: funding BPC-free open access book publishing while also broadening your own collection through an affordable subscription to…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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aupresses.bsky.social
With higher ed funding under threat, university presses are tuning out the noise & sticking to their values, reports @publisherswkly.bsky.social. University presses remain committed to publishing works that will build a better society. Read more: https://bit.ly/43pEj33
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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Impact Metrics on Publisher Platforms: Who Shows What Where?

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Impact Metrics on Publisher Platforms: Who Shows What Where? - The Scholarly Kitchen
A review of 12 major publishers finds that they display an average of 6 journal-level impact metrics on their platforms. The Journal Impact Factor is the only metric displayed on all 12.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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@bjennings90.bsky.social absolutely nails it. (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
David Attenborough describes how, after smelling blood, the predators (the right wing media) circle their prey (the BBC), with Trump as the savannah sun.
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Sunday night film night featured House of Dynamite - I thought this was absolutely riveting. We didn't speak for the first 40 minutes!

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A House of Dynamite review – Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear endgame thriller is a terrifying, white-knuckle comeback
Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson and Tracy Letts star in this immaculately constructed nightmare procedural that ticks down the minutes from an atomic bomb’s launch to its detonation
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November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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The Exec Director of AUPresses has submitted a letter to the Chronicle of HE, calling attention to the essential function that university presses play in the curation and advancement of the scholarly record, particularly in the H&SS.

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Letter | University Presses Face a Free Rider Problem
Colleges that close their presses are taking advantage of the system, writes Peter Berkery.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Happy Wednesday!

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Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York on winning night for Democrats
Democratic socialist, 34, becomes city’s first Muslim mayor as Democrats triumph in several other key races
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November 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Oxford University Press announces agreement to acquire Karger

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Oxford University Press announces agreement to acquire Karger - Research Information
Agreement to "extend the reach and impact of Karger’s leading academic and research publishing in medicine and health sciences"
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November 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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To mark 40 years of Continuity and Change, the editors invite submissions reflecting on the past and reimagining the future of social and economic history.

Check it out on the @livunipress.bsky.social blog! ⬇️
livunipress.bsky.social Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 17d
CALL FOR PAPERS | To mark 40 years of Continuity and Change, the editors invite submissions reflecting on the past and reimagining the future of social and economic history.
Submit proposals by 20 December 2025.
Find out more on the blog 👇
@hcarvalhal.bsky.social
Celebrating 40 Years of Continuity and Change: A Call for Papers on the Future of Social and Economic History
Ahead of the 40-year anniversary of Continuity and Change, the journal’s editors share a special call for papers.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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BARS News: Independent Researcher Bursary Call for Applications

Independent researchers with an interest in any aspect of Romantic Studies (literature, architecture, art, politics, culture, history etc) are invited to apply for the Independent Researcher Bursary. 

www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6189
October 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Last night's film was 'The Wailing' - a creepy atmospheric Korean film which is truly terrifying in parts.

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The Wailing review – Korean horror flick takes fear to the brink of an abyss
Korean director Na Hong-jin delivers a supreme evocation of evil in this intense rural-horror
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October 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Go see my lovely colleagues on the @aupresses.bsky.social booth at the Charleston Conference to chat about our digital collections, archives, and open access initiatives!!
livunipress.bsky.social Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 22d
📣 Liverpool University Press is exhibiting at #CharlestonConference 2025 with the Association of University Presses! Stop by booths 85 & 86 at the Vendor Showcase to hear about our digital collections, archives, and open access initiatives.

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Red text at the top of the image reads 'Liverpool University Press is exhibiting at Charleston 2025', below this are the Liverpool University Press and Charleston logos, at the bottom of the image white text on a red banner reads 'Visit us at booths #85 & #86'
October 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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The Rose Field by Philip Pullman – nail-biting conclusion to the Northern Lights series
The Rose Field by Philip Pullman – nail-biting conclusion to the Northern Lights series
The Book of Dust trilogy is brought to a complex and fitting end as Lyra battles the Magisterium over her lost imagination
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October 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Here’s the latest call for reviewers for EXTRAPOLATION:

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October 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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New non-executive directors appointed to the @livunipress.bsky.social board!
thebookseller.com The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 23d
Liverpool University Press has appointed Helgard Krause and David Nicholson as non-executive directors to the board 👇 #BookSky
Helgard Krause and David Nicholson appointed to Liverpool University Press board
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October 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Liverpool University Press is pleased to share two new appointments to our Board of Directors: liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2025/10/22/n...
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New appointments to the Board of Liverpool University Press
Helgard Krause and David Nicholson have been appointed non-executive directors of the award-winning academic publisher, Liverpool University Press. Helgard Krause is the Chief Executive of the Book…
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October 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Please share with your networks! It’s a *very* short survey, I promise…
uolpress.bsky.social University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social · 24d
As it's #OAWeek we'd like to ask #humanities researchers a few questions on how they feel about #OpenAccess - this will help us to inform the resources we create and share. If you have a couple of minutes, please fill this out, we'd love to hear from you!

www.surveymonkey.com/r/8RV273D

#Publishing
Open Access 2025
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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📢 Our new report 'Publishing futures: Working together to deliver radical change in academic publishing' calls for urgent, coordinated action to make academic publishing more open, equitable, and sustainable.

🎥 Learn more in our short video: https://cup.org/4qemvBy
Cambridge University Press calls for radical reform and collective action
Our new report 'Publishing futures: Working together to deliver radical change in academic publishing' calls for urgent, collective action to ensure academic publishing becomes more open, equitable, and sustainable. The report found that without urgent,...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Skills White Paper: Labour commits to automatic tuition fee rises www.timeshighereducation.com/news/skills-...
Skills White Paper: Labour commits to automatic tuition fee rises
Bridget Phillipson says fees to rise with inflation for next two academic years with automatic annual increases then set to be introduced
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October 21, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Charlotte Lemanski’s IDPR article ‘Infrastructural citizenship: (de)constructing state–society relations’ explores how infrastructure shapes relations between citizens and the state — now featured in @uk.theconversation.com.
Read the feature below 👇
Full article: bit.ly/infrastructuralcitizenship
South Africans are going off the service grid: what happens when citizens replace the state?
Failing water, power, sanitation and security services in South Africa are spurring households and communities to do it themselves.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Most read in British Journal of Canadian Studies🍁
'‘The abiding condition was hunger’: assessing the long-term biological & health effects of malnutrition & hunger in Canada’s residential schools' by @ianmosby.bsky.social & Tracey Galloway @csnrec.bsky.social
Read it #OA: bit.ly/BJCS-Galloway-Mosby
October 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Our Finance team are hiring an Accounts Receivable Assistant. Find out more about the role and how to apply: liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2025/10/15/j... #PublishingJobs #LiverpoolJobs
Job Vacancy: Accounts Receivable Assistant
Liverpool University Press is hiring an Accounts Receivable Assistant. Read our below job description to find out more about the role and how to apply. A position has become available within the bu…
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October 16, 2025 at 6:41 AM