Blackstaff Press 'devastated' to have Arts Council funding withdrawn

Northern Ireland publisher Blackstaff Press  said it is “devastated” to learn its Arts Council funding has been withdrawn and is “absorbing the shock” of the news. The independent press, which has been running since 1971, said it found out its funding had been slashed from £82,200 to zero for the 2015-16 year through the Arts Council Northern Ireland (ACNI) website yesterday (23rd March). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arsenal Pulp Press is an indie publisher that focuses on queer and BIPOC books. Here are 14 titles to get you started reading their backlog! Continue reading at Book Riot

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Robert Hershon, Artful Poet Who Published Poets, Dies at 84

He was a founder of Hanging Loose Press, which started as a loose-page poetry journal and became a book publisher as well. Continue reading at The New York Times

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ACMRS Press Pulls Shakespeare Into 21st Century

ACMRS Press, the publishing division of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, is publishing all 39 of Shakespeare's plays, translated into modern English to make them more accessible to contemporary audiences. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Duke University Press Employees Look to Unionize

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Reporters hype—then waste—Biden’s first press conference

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The Quarto Group Relaunches Cool Springs Press as a Leading Lifestyle Gardening Imprint

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Whole Lot of Shaking Going On: Spotlight on Seismic Press

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Demary Vows to Build Upon Soft Skull Press's Success

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University Presses Are Overwhelmingly White

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Nibbies 2021: Bookstore, Small Press Regional and Country Winners

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Panel Mania: Nubia: Real One by L. L. McKinney with art by Robyn Smith

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NEA to Give $135 Million to Arts Organizations

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Passage of American Rescue Plan Boosts IMLS, Federal Library Funding

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Springer Nature Acquires Paris’ Open Access Atlantis Press

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Comma Press and Manchester Metropolitan University unveil Publishing Conference

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Konnie Huq delivers free eco lesson as Piccadilly Press donates 8,000 books

Bonnier Books UK and Konnie Huq have teamed up with the National Literacy Trust to deliver a lockdown eco lesson on the Daily Mail website Mail+, with 8,000 copies of the author's latest book set to be donated to children in Bradford. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Tinder Press acquires 'breathtaking literary page turner' from Owen

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