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Spineless Wonders Explore the riches held in Senate House Library’s collections of pamphlets and other unbound and ephemeral publications. This free exhibition is open from 18 June - 15 November.

We loved seeing the Spineless Wonders exhibition at @senatehouselib.bsky.social this week!

Details available here, plus take a look at some of the exhibits:

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We've been making some updates to our website and you can now see which of our books have a Manifold version, meaning they can be read online, and which have an accessible version (an EPUB which meets WCAG Level 2.2 AA).

Search away!

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Join us for the launch of Democratising History: Modern British History Inside and Out on 26th Sept.

The book is publishing in August, will be #OpenAccess and is published in association with @ihr.bsky.social.

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Launch details 👇

Open Position: Community Engagement Lead (full time) at Open Book Collective Looking for a colleague interested in helping the Open Book Collective advocate for and deliver a more sustainable and equitable future for Open Access book publishing

🚨 OBC is hiring! We are looking to appoint a Community Engagement Lead to support our outreach work. The role would suit someone passionate about delivering a fairer, sustainable future for #OAbooks. Deadline August 17th. Please spread the word! openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/open-pos...

👇Thank you @copim.bsky.social - this is a really great resource to help #OpenAccess presses to improve the #Accessibility of their publishing.

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The 1922 General Election Reconsidered - University of London Press The General Election of 15 November 1922 was a pivotal election in British political history. As parties adjusted to peacetime conditions and an electoral system changed forever by the enfranchisement...

New cover reveal! For the first book in our brand new History & Policy Shorts series...

'The 1922 General Election Reconsidered: High Politics and the Birth of the Modern British Election' by G.H. Bennett.

Published #OpenAccess in association with @ihr.bsky.social.

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Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship - University of London Press Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...

📖 Very excited about the publication of this book, out in November...

Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, edited by @mjdonnay.bsky.social and @amsichani.bsky.social:

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#OpenAccess @dh-researchhub.bsky.social #DigitalHumanities

The Thriplow Charitable Trust has established a bursary for the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies by distance-learning.

Apply by 1st August for the October 2025 intake.

Learn more about the bursary here: www.london.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

#RefugeeProtection #ForcedMigration

Who Owns Our Knowledge? 👁️‍🗨️

And how can communities reassert control over the knowledge they produce in the present moment?

📅 Get ready for this year's #OAWeek - October 20 - 26.

📖 Register for the OIPA newsletter for future info on OIPA community events: oipauk.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

We have a training hub which includes links to recorded webinars on a range of topics such as an overview of books and journals publishing, open access, turning the PhD into a book and how to market your academic book:

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Interested in knowing where we stand on peer review and publication ethics, including AI use? It's all on our website:

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Embedding accessibility in our publishing - University of London Press At the University of London Press, our mission is to open up humanities research. This commitment to openness is more than a publishing model – it’s a guiding principle that shapes our approach. Ensur...

Well done to our member @uolpress.bsky.social who have received a 100% ASPIRE gold-rated score for the quality of their accessibility statement, demonstrating their efforts to actively embed accessibility into all aspects of their publishing work!

Read more here: uolpress.co.uk/2025/06/embe...

Thank you! Digital Cultural Heritage is a new #OpenAccess series, a forum for exploring the past, present and future of digital cultural heritage, both digitised and born-digital.

More info here:
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The OLH Open Access Award 2025: call for applications The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is proud to continue its work towards its open access mission across the globe with the OLH Open Access Award 2025, a fund dedicated …

⏳There's still time to apply for @openlibhums.bsky.social Open Access Award 2025!

💰Get up to £500 to help support events, projects or activities on #OpenAcess.

📆 Applications deadline is Mon 30th June.

For more info 👉 www.openlibhums.org/news/781/

The Victoria History of Herefordshire: Cradley explores the rich local history of this rural parish — from medieval roots to modern life. A must-read for local historians and heritage enthusiasts:

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#LocalHistory #Herefordshire @vchlondon.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social

What a brilliant resource!

For World Refugee Day, we'd like to highlight this recent #OpenAccess title in the #CriticalHumanRightsStudies series, published with @hrc-sas.bsky.social & @icws-sas.bsky.social: #Refugee Reception in Southern Africa by @nicholasmaple.bsky.social.

Available here:
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Not long left to apply for @openlibhums.bsky.social Open Access Award 2025 ⏳

Get up to £500 to help support events, projects or activities on #OpenAcess

Deadline for applications is Mon 30 June 📆

More info 👉 www.openlibhums.org/news/781/

A quote from Huw Alexander from ASPIRE about the University of London's rating, alongside the UOLP and ASPIRE logos

Some exciting news from us about #Accessibility – we’ve received a 100% ASPIRE gold-rated score for the quality of our accessibility statement.

We are also proud to be an ally of the PAAG Charter for Accessible Publishing.

What we’ve been working on:
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#OpenAccess

Thanks, Adam!

And one from History, Reviews of New Books:

'Fox’s book is engaging & readable & offers both a clear introduction to the practical & ritual elements of C18th childbirth as well as an intricate analysis of the social significance of birth practices.’ —Nora Doyle, Western Carolina University, USA

Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England - University of London Press This fascinating new book radically rewrites all that we know about eighteenth-century childbirth by placing women’s voices at the centre of the story. From quickening through to confinement, giving c...

We're so pleased to share this from @choicereviews.bsky.social on @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social's #OpenAccess book:

‘Backed by impeccable research, including analysis of troves of archived letters… Summing Up: *** Highly recommended.’ —S. W. Moss, independent scholar

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And one from History, Reviews of New Books:

'Fox’s book is engaging & readable & offers both a clear introduction to the practical & ritual elements of C18th childbirth as well as an intricate analysis of the social significance of birth practices.’ —Nora Doyle, Western Carolina University, USA

Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England - University of London Press This fascinating new book radically rewrites all that we know about eighteenth-century childbirth by placing women’s voices at the centre of the story. From quickening through to confinement, giving c...

We're so pleased to share this from @choicereviews.bsky.social on @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social's #OpenAccess book:

‘Backed by impeccable research, including analysis of troves of archived letters… Summing Up: *** Highly recommended.’ —S. W. Moss, independent scholar

uolpress.co.uk/book/giving-...

The Poets Laureate of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1668–1813 - University of London Press The office of the poet laureate of Britain was a highly prominent, relevant and respectable institution throughout the long eighteenth century. First instituted for John Dryden in 1668, the laureatesh...

‘an overdue corrective…Shipp’s book should be praised for its deft handling of diverse historical & literary sources, from financial accounts to panegyric forms, & for its style, especially its humour.’ — History: Journal of the Historical Association
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@ihr.bsky.social

This free training event is taking place tomorrow! You can still register if you'd like an overview of the whole process of academic book publishing.

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#Authors #Publishing #AcademicSky #Researchers

Overview of Books Publishing This workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of the process of getting your academic book published.

Our next free training session, which anyone can register to join, is an overview of books publishing. It provides a comprehensive overview of the process of getting your academic book published.

📅 Weds 18th June, 2-3:30pm, online

Register for your place here:

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The Margins of Late Medieval London, 1430-1540 - University of London Press The Margins of Late Medieval London is a powerful study of medieval London’s urban fringe. Seeking to unpack the complexity of urban life in the medieval age, this volume offers a detailed and novel a...

'The Margins of Late Medieval London is a significant intervention ... The cultural approaches taken ... will undoubtedly be of great interest to those working on other contexts.' - Justin Colson, Continuity and Change

@ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org #OpenAccess

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We're pleased to be included on the new European Diamond Capacity Hub Registry, thanks @eudch.bsky.social!

You can find us here:
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#OpenAccess #AcademicSky #Publishing

For more about our new book on #Cradley, Herefordshire, see our friends @uolpress.bsky.social. #LocalHistory #Skystorians

This book will inform work towards the first #BigRedBook on #Herefordshire since 1908 which will focus on #Ledbury. [Cont.]