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Commissioning Editor for Classics & Medieval Studies Liverpool University Press. Greece & Rome, Late Antiquity, Vikings, Translated Texts for Historians, reception studies, Egyptology, all things medieval….walks, landscapes, cathedrals, publisher geek.
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · Nov 23
Hello everyone, friends old and new, I’m new on here, gradually moving over from the other place.
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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

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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 ‘Work in Publishing Week 2025’ inside a red-bordered box. Below, smaller text says: ‘Hear from staff members at LUP on what they love about their jobs, and advice on how to get into publishing.’ On the bottom left is an illustration of a person with short hair holding an open purple book in front of their face. A curved red arrow points toward the next image. 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.
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Celebrating 40 years of Translated Texts for Historians with @livunipress.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
clarelitt.bsky.social
Great to see you too Michel!
leafandstream.bsky.social Michel Summer @leafandstream.bsky.social · Jul 8
After missing last year's @imc-leeds.bsky.social, I'm excited to finally see my book at the @livunipress.bsky.social stall. Great to catch up w. @clarelitt.bsky.social too! #IMC2025 #MedievalSky
July 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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livunipress.bsky.social
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
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…
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June 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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"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
June 10, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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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....
June 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Congratulations Katherine and Karolina🎉🤩
katherinesouthwood.bsky.social Katherine Southwood @katherinesouthwood.bsky.social · May 29
The hard copy arrived today!
May 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
clarelitt.bsky.social
Congratulations @hoireabhard.bsky.social ! Wonderful news.
livunipress.bsky.social Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · May 28
Many congratulations to @hoireabhard.bsky.social‬ who has won the @irishhistsoc.bsky.social‬ First Book Prize 2024 for The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion! 🎉

The first analysis of the twelfth-century Irish kingdoms, Irish kingship and impact of the English invasion.

bit.ly/3UZeSky
Promotional banner graphic. The book cover for The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion is placed on the left of the image. Next to this on the right, red text on a cream background reads 'Winner Irish Historical Studies First Book Prize 2024'. In the bottom right corner is the LUP logo. The background is taken from the book cover and is a medieval manuscript featuring text and an illustration of men fighting.
May 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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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
royalhistsoc.org Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · May 29
The shortlist for the Society's 2025 First Book Prize for early career historians is now available bit.ly/4kkm4lW

Eight titles have been selected, following an open call for submissions of books published in 2024. Two winners of the 2025 prize will be announced in July.

#Skystorians
Image of the eight titles shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society's First Book Prize for early career historians, 2025. Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547, by Laura Flannigan (Cambridge University Press) Intimate Subjects: Touch and Tangibility in Britain’s Cerebral Age, by Simeon Koole (University of Chicago Press) Female Servants in Early Modern England, by Charmian Mansell (British Academy / Oxford University Press) The Capital Market of Manila and the Pacific Trade, 1668-1838: Institutions and Trade during the First Globalization, by Juan Jose Rivas Moreno (Palgrave MacMillan) Segregated Species: Pests, Knowledge, and Boundaries in South Africa, 1910–1948, by Jules Skotnes-Brown (Johns Hopkins University Press) The Quislings. The Trials of Norwegian Wartime Collaborators, 1941–1964, by Anika Seemann (Cambridge University Press) Pistols in St Paul’s: Science, Music, and Architecture in the Twentieth Century, by Fiona Smyth (Manchester University Press) Desire and Disunity: Christian Communities and Sexual Norms in the Late Antique West, by Ulriika Vihervalli (Liverpool University Press)
May 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
clarelitt.bsky.social
Get your copy at #IMC2025 😊👍
livunipress.bsky.social Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · May 20
🎨 The Translated Texts for Historians Colouring Books is available now!

To celebrate 40 years of the iconic series, we have collected a selection of Mark Humphries' incredible line drawings that adorn the covers of TTH volumes for readers to colour in.

Discover more here ⬇️
bit.ly/TTHColouring...
May 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
clarelitt.bsky.social
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
imc-leeds.bsky.social International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social · May 15
Liverpool University Press, the UK's third oldest university press, is gracing #IMC2025 with a scintillating selection of works. 🎉 Dive into their catalogue : 📚 liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk, or follow them bsky.app/profile/livu...
www.instagram.com/livunipress

#MedievalSky #SkyStorians
Two smiling Liverpool University Press Exhibitors stood next to their stall in Parkinson Court.
May 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Saw the Fettiplaces in St Mary’s, Swinbrook; looking natty as ever
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
May 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Had a wonderful time at K’zoo last week…kudos to Maren Clegg Hyer for put up fliers for her books *everywhere*
Photo of Kalamazoo railway station building showing red brick, a welcome to Kalamazoo sign and a digital clock Photo of assorted fliers in a lift at university of western Michigan, for books and announcements for conference attendees
May 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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livunipress.bsky.social
'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...
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 ...
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May 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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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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May 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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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 ⬇️
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/topic/book-s...
Promotional graphic image. On the left, cream text on a teal background reads 'New in Paperback'. Below this, white text on a teal background which runs along the bottom of the image reads 'Liverpool Studies in Ancient History'. The LUP logo is placed in the bottom right corner. The background along the top is ancient manuscript, taken from the cover of 'The Financial Markets of Roman Egypt', which is placed at the centre of the image. This cover is to the left of the book cover for 'Talking to Tyrants in Classical Greek Thought'.
May 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Easter blossoms #HappyEaster
April 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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First Spring primroses. 🌸🌼
Yellow and green primroses flowers in a wood.
March 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Beautiful sunny Oxfordshire sunrise today
March 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Ever hopeful of a) someone to chase him and b) there could be some food in it
Brown spaniel holds furry fox toy in his mouth.
February 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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livunipress.bsky.social
🎈 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...
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…
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February 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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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!
drreznicek.bsky.social Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · Feb 17
Readers reports for one of the four edited volumes I'm overseeing are in! Hugely positive, constructive feedback. Very, very grateful to @livunipress.bsky.social for their thoughtfulness in choosing such incisive and committed readers.
February 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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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
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January 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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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
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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.
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January 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
clarelitt.bsky.social
Wonderful news Carrie and Hannah!
January 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM