Helena Heald

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A table with Edinburgh University Press branding, with many different books displayed on it.

All set up at the 2025 Leventis Conference! 👋Stop by for book chat and some great discounts on @edinburghup.bsky.social books. Lovely to be at a conference hosted by our pals at @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social 😊

Looking forward to this! I'll be there with some lovely @edinburghup.bsky.social books to show off on Friday and Saturday, do come say hi during the breaks 😁

👀 psst! 

Our #StAndrewsDaySale is coming soon!

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Honour in Aristotle's Ethics Honour in Aristotle's Ethics

Our upcoming Honour in Aristotle’s Ethics is a re-evaluation of Aristotelian honour, linking ancient ethics, psychology and political theory - and it's free to read in Open Access!

#OpenAccessWeek 📚

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Rediscovering Greek Institutions Rediscovering Greek Institutions

Join us in celebrating #OpenAccessWeek with new titles in Classical Studies 🏛️

Coming soon we’ve got Rediscovering Greek Institutions, a timely, interdisciplinary look at ancient Greek politics that engages with political science.

Keep an eye out for its release next month: 

+ 2 new Open Access books coming very soon (watch this space 👀). I would love to grow our Open Access publishing, so please drop me an email (in bio) or a message if you're looking at options for your next book. 👋

A messy desk with 7 books on it. The top row is Diverse Slaveries: Slaving Strategies and Experiences of Slavery in Classical Athens by Jason Douglas Porter, Theocritus and Things: Material Agency in the Idylls by Lilah Grace Canevaro and Greek Captives and Mediterranean Slavery, 1260–1460 by Alasdair C. Grant, and the bottom row is Junian Latinity in the Roman Empire Volume 1: History, Law, Literature edited by Pedro López Barja, Carla Masi Doria & Ulrike Roth, Slavery and Honour in the Ancient Greek World edited by David Lewis, Mirko Canevaro & Douglas Cairns, The Lost History of Sextus Aurelius Victor by Justin Stover & George Woudhuysen, and Identities and Ideologies in the Medieval East Roman World edited by Yannis Stouraitis.

Quick shout out to some fantastic recent @edinburghup.bsky.social Ancient History & Classical Studies books that are free to read for life, not just for #OpenAccessWeek 🤓

All of these and more are free to read here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/browse/books...

Bonus detail about this cover: the first draft had Darius cropped slightly differently with the horse in front of him taking up waaaay too much space with a very prominent bum 🤭

Kingship and Empire under the Achaemenids, Alexander the Great and the Early Seleucids Kingship and Empire under the Achaemenids, Alexander the Great and the Early Seleucids

More info (tell your friendly local librarian): edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-kingshi...

Cover of a hardback book: Kingship and Empire under the Achaemenids, Alexander the Great and the Seleucids by Stephen Harrison. The cover shows the title and an ancient mosaic of a chariot scene, and the book is on a desk.

New book from Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia! What impact did Achaemenid models of kingship have on Alexander the Great and his successors? Stephen Harrison explores different ideologies of empire in the ancient Near-East. Out now from @edinburghup.bsky.social

👋Hello hello, we have a very exciting new series looking for book proposals! Full details in the link below.

Journal of Roman Studies review:

"[This] is an admirably accessible volume... Many of these chapters will be top recommendations on my undergraduate and postgraduate reading lists. Overall, the volume is an impressive piece of work that makes a valuable and fresh contribution to the field."

Publishing trainee - Edinburgh | Opportunities @ Creative Access Closing date for applications: Sunday 24th August at 11.59pm Salary: National Living Wage Duration: 6 months Working hours: Mon-Fri, 35 hours (flexible sta

We are delighted to be working with @creativeaccess.bsky.social to recruit for our publishing trainee. If you want to join our team, we’d love to hear from you!

For more information, check out the following:
edin.ac/3ILW2Kt

Workshop: How to Edit Your Own Book Turn your current work-in-progress into a manuscript that scholarly publishers will actually want. Join Laura Portwood-Stacer to learn a time-tested method for developing publishable scholarly books, ...

If you are like the many academic book writers I know who were never taught a systematic way to revise a manuscript (and can therefore feel the writing process dragging on longer than you want it to), my next free workshop on August 6th is for you

courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/edit...

Myth and History in Ancient Persia Myth and History in Ancient Persia

🦁more info (including all the details you could share with your library), here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-myth-an...

Photo of a hardback book, Myth and History in Ancient Persia by Reza Shaghaghi Zarghamee. The cover shows a carved figure holding a lion.

But wait, there's more! New on the @edinburghup.bsky.social bookshelf: Myth and History in Ancient Persia by Reza Shaghaghi Zarghamee, "another radiant entry in Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia"

🔗Check out the free ebook on the @edinburghup.bsky.social website: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-slavery...

A photo of a hardback book, Slavery and Honour in the Ancient Greek World, edited by David Lewis, Mirko Canevaro and Douglas Cairns. The cover includes an ancient vase painting of a shackled humanoid figure.

Happy Friday! May I interest you in a free book? SLAVERY AND HONOUR IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD is out now in Open Access! This edited collection from David Lewis, Mirko Canevaro and Douglas Cairns explores the complexities of honour and dishonour in ancient Greek slavery.

It me 🤩 delighted to be on the Rising Star list alongside some amazing book folk!

A photo of a baby seagull waiting at a counter in a restaurant.

(bonus seagull queueing politely for dinner)

Heading back after a fab time in St Andrews for the #CA2025. Conferences are one of the best bits of my job, and they're even better when they're in a sunny seaside town 🌊

An empty Edinburgh University Press table

The books are hidden away and sleeping while the ceilidh is on but I'll be BACK tomorrow morning for more books and more book chat ✨ #CA2025

Drop by for book chat! Or slightly out of date St Andrews recommendations...

A photo of the Edinburgh University Press book stall, Helena Heald stands behind it.

Hello #CA2025 👋

Wildly excited to be hopping over to Fife for the #CA2025 this weekend 🌞

Also great to catch up with Late Roman Italy editor Jeroen Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social. The collection is available now in paperback!

Lovely quick #IMC2025 trip! Thanks to everyone who stopped by for a chat 🤩 Next stop 🔜 #CA2025

I have nightmares of this wolf sometimes 😂

A book stall full of Edinburgh University Press books.

Hello Leeds! Drop by for some book chat at the @edinburghup.bsky.social stand👋 #IMC2025