Winter mists in Oxfordshire today

Winter sale promotional image with blue snowy background and a tree in the right corner. Text reads 'Up to 50% off in our Winter Sale' with four book covers below - Game Changer, Collecting Stories, Classical Civilisation and Ancient History in British Secondary Education, and Rosa the Alligator. LUP logo in white to the left.

We are offering up to 50% off print and ebooks in our Winter Sale!*
Use discount code 27WINTER at checkout on our website before Thursday 18th December 2025.

Browse our latest releases: bit.ly/AW25LUP

*Selected partner titles excluded from the sale.

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Post for Liverpool University Press promoting ‘Work in Publishing Week 2025.’ The top features the Liverpool University Press logo. Large text reads ‘What does your job entail? What does a typical day look like?’ inside a red-bordered box. Below, smaller text says: “As a Senior Production Editor, I oversee the production process of academic books from the point the manuscripts are handed over by the Commissioning Editor to final publication. This means coordinating typesetters, proof-readers, indexers, authors, and printers; managing schedules to keep everything on track; and ensuring the work stays within budget. Costings and supplier quotes are a key part of the job. Sarah, Senior Production Editor' On the bottom right is an illustration of a person sat on a calendar working on a laptop.

Post for Liverpool University Press promoting ‘Work in Publishing Week 2025.’ The top features the Liverpool University Press logo. Large text reads ‘What is your favourite part of the job?’ inside a red-bordered box. Below, smaller text says: '“Working with early career scholars to publish their first book – nothing beats being able to provide joyful moments of acceptance and then publication – and to then see their careers progress thanks to having their work published. Also the satisfaction of being involved in a book’s conception, development, and eventual release into the world.” Clare, Senior Commissioning Editor'. Below this, more text: '“I love all of the journals that we work with so getting to engage with the research that they publish is definitely my favourite part of my job. I also work with wonderful colleagues, and we all share the same goal with equal passion, so my working environment is really great.” Natasha, Journals Marketing Manager'. On the bottom right is an illustration of a person working on a laptop.

Post for Liverpool University Press promoting ‘Work in Publishing Week 2025.’ The top features the Liverpool University Press logo. Large text reads ‘What advice or tips would you give for anyone interested in joining the publishing world?’ inside a red-bordered box. Below, smaller text says: '“Keep abreast of the key issues facing the sector you are interested in – the best interviews I have seen (and I’ve seen a lot) included specific examples of connecting LUP to issues such as AI, Open Access mandates, accessibility, library budgets, shrinking of the market etc. It shows enthusiasm and diligence, both of which are needed to work at LUP.” Jennie, Director of Sales and Marketing'. On the bottom left is an illustration of a person reading a book.

Happy #WorkInPublishing Week! If you're interested in joining the world of publishing, staff members at LUP share what they love about their jobs and advice on getting into the industry 📚

Read more here ⬇️
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/pages/careers

@publishersassoc.bsky.social

Celebrating 40 years of Translated Texts for Historians with @livunipress.bsky.social

A fantastic occasion!

Great to see you too Michel!

Job vacancy: Commissioning Editor / Senior Commissioning Editor (Maternity cover) Liverpool University Press is hiring a Commissioning Editor or Senior Commissioning Editor (dependent on experience) for a one-year maternity leave cover starting from 1st August 2025. The successf…

We're hiring a Commissioning Editor / Senior Commissioning Editor (dependent on experience) for a one-year maternity cover. The full job description and details about applying are at the link below. Applications close on Monday 30th June.
bit.ly/JobVacSCE #PublishingJobs #JobsInPublishing

"This is an extremely valuable contribution to the study of early medieval agriculture and an important landmark for the FeedSax project."
New Perspectives on the Medieval ‘Agricultural Revolution’ is available #OpenAccess on the LUP website: bit.ly/4e1FlXa @clarelitt.bsky.social #MedievalSky

Thanks to the amazing team @livunipress.bsky.social for putting this together in honour of the 40th anniversary of Translated Texts for Historians. More details at www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

Congratulations Katherine and Karolina🎉🤩

Congratulations @hoireabhard.bsky.social ! Wonderful news.

Many congratulations to Ulriika Vihervalli, whose book Desire and Disunity has been shortlisted for the RHS 2025 First Book Prize!

Find out more and read this #OpenAccess book here:
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

#SkyStorians #MedievalSky #AcademicSky

Get your copy at #IMC2025 😊👍

Haha very good!

Seems like no time since all the Kalamazoo fun, and now Leeds is
coming up! 😊 We will be there and we’ll be celebrating Translated Texts for Historians 40th birthday! #IMC2025

Three tiered funerary monument in marble showing reclining figures in Stuart era armour, commemorating members of the Fettiplace family, St Mary’s Church, Swinbrook, UK

Three tiered funerary monument showing reclining figures in Tudor era armour, commemorating members of the Fettiplace family, in St Mary’s church, Swinbrook, UK

Saw the Fettiplaces in St Mary’s, Swinbrook; looking natty as ever

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Photo of assorted fliers in a lift at university of western Michigan, for books and announcements for conference attendees

Had a wonderful time at K’zoo last week…kudos to Maren Clegg Hyer for put up fliers for her books *everywhere*

THE MEDIEVAL IRISH KINGS AND THE ENGLISH INVASION - History Ireland SEÁN Ó HOIREABHÁRD Liverpool University Press £125 ISBN 9781835538449 REVIEWED BY Simon Egan Simon Egan is a lecturer in Medieval Irish History at Queen’s University Belfast. It is no exaggeration to ...

'A hugely impressive piece of scholarship'

Read Simon Egan's review of The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion by @hoireabhard.bsky.social in @historyireland.bsky.social now!

historyireland.com/the-medieval...

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🏛️ Available now | Greek Orators IX edited with an introduction, translation and commentary by Brenda Griffith-Williams is the newest volume in the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series.

Discover more here ⬇️
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

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🏛️ New in paperback | The Financial Markets of Roman Egypt and Talking to Tyrants in Classical Greek Thought, volumes in our Liverpool Studies in Ancient History series, are now available in paperback!
#AncientSky

Discover more here ⬇️
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Easter blossoms #HappyEaster

Yellow and green primroses flowers in a wood.

First Spring primroses. 🌸🌼

Beautiful sunny Oxfordshire sunrise today

Brown spaniel holds furry fox toy in his mouth.

Ever hopeful of a) someone to chase him and b) there could be some food in it

Translated Texts for Historians at 40: 1985-2025 Translated Texts for Historians (TTH), the acclaimed series of translations of a wide range of texts in many ancient languages from Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages (300-800 CE), is celebra…

🎈 This year, Translated Texts for Historians turns 40! Now numbering 86 volumes and counting, we are proud to publish this long-standing series. Read more about TTH here ⬇️
liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2025/02/10/t...

We greatly appreciate the important work of our readers in reviewing authors' proposals and in turn supporting LUP's mission of disseminating high quality scholarly research. And also our editors, series editors, commissioning editors, editorial boards... The list goes on!

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Needles from the Nile: Obelisks and the Past as Property by Chris Elliott is now available in paperback. This book is the first detailed study of the political background to the acquisition of the London Needle. bit.ly/42fRvb4

The British Academy selects Liverpool University Press as new publishing partner The British Academy has chosen Liverpool University Press (LUP) as the new partner for its prestigious and long-running academic publishing programme.

The @britishacademy.bsky.social has chosen Liverpool University Press as the new partner for its prestigious and long-running academic publishing programme. The partnership begins on the 1 July 2025.
Read the full announcement: bit.ly/BANewsLUP
@livuninews.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social

Wonderful news Carrie and Hannah!

Winter beauty.