Liverpool University Press (LUP), founded in 1899, is the third oldest

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. As the press of the

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, it specialises in

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and currently publishes more than 150 books a year, as well as 34

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s. LUP's books are distributed in North America by

History

One of the earliest heads of the press was

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, the first poetry lecturer at the university. In 2013, LUP acquired the rights to the University of Exeter Press' publications on archaeology, medieval studies, history, classics and ancient history, landscape studies. In 2014, the company announced the launch of ''Modern Languages Open'', its

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online platform publishing research from across the modern languages. In 2015, the press launched Pavilion Poetry, a new imprint publishing collections of contemporary poetry.

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was one of the first poets to be published, and her book, ''Small Hands'', won The Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection at the 2015

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Collaborations and activities

The press has ongoing collaborations with

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Bluecoat Chambers Built in 1716–17 as a charity school, Bluecoat Chambers in School Lane is the oldest surviving building in central Liverpool, England. Following the Liverpool Blue Coat School's move to another site in 1906, the building was rented from 1907 ...

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, and

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. It is one of thirteen publishers to participate in the

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pilot, a global library consortium approach to funding

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Awards

The press was shortlisted for the

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in 2012, 2013 and 2014, and in 2015 won the IPG Award for Academic and Professional Publisher of the Year. In the same year, the press won the Bookseller Industry Award for Independent Academic, Educational and Professional Publisher of the Year.

Journals

Journals published by LUP include: *'' Bulletin of Hispanic Studies'' (since 1923) *''

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'' (since 2019; prior to that published by the

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since 1958) *''

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'' (TPR) (since 1910), which is edited from the Universities of Liverpool,

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in the United States, and supported by an international Editorial Board

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