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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 · 02/12/2025
Winter mists in Oxfordshire today
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
We are offering up to 50% off print and ebooks in our Winter Sale!* Use discount code 27WINTER at checkout on our website before Thursday 18th December 2025. Browse our latest releases: bit.ly/AW25LUP *Selected partner titles excluded from the sale.
Winter sale promotional image with blue snowy background and a tree in the right corner. Text reads 'Up to 50% off in our Winter Sale' with four book covers below - Game Changer, Collecting Stories, Classical Civilisation and Ancient History in British Secondary Education, and Rosa the Alligator. LUP logo in white to the left.
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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 @publishersassoc.bsky.social
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.
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Mark Humphries @profmarkhumphries.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Celebrating 40 years of Translated Texts for Historians with @livunipress.bsky.social
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
A fantastic occasion!
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Great to see you too Michel!
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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
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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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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
"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
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New Perspectives on the Medieval ‘Agricultural Revolution’ | Home
Crop, Stock and Furrow
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Mark Humphries @profmarkhumphries.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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....
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Congratulations Katherine and Karolina🎉🤩
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Congratulations @hoireabhard.bsky.social ! Wonderful news.
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Get your copy at #IMC2025 😊👍
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Haha very good!
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
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, UKThree tiered funerary monument showing reclining figures in Tudor era armour, commemorating members of the Fettiplace family, in St Mary’s church, Swinbrook, UK
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
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 clockPhoto of assorted fliers in a lift at university of western Michigan, for books and announcements for conference attendees
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
'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...
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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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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🏛️ 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....
Promotional banner graphic. Across the bottom, white text on a dark blue background reads 'Two courtroom speeches expose bitter and protracted rivalry over property within elite ancient Athenian families. Next to this on the right is the cover for Greek Orators IX. The background along the top is a photo of an ancient stone. In the bottom right corner the LUP logo.
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
🏛️ 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'.
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Easter blossoms #HappyEaster
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
First Spring primroses. 🌸🌼
Yellow and green primroses flowers in a wood.
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Beautiful sunny Oxfordshire sunrise today
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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.
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
🎈 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...
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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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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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!
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
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 @livuninews.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social
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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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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Wonderful news Carrie and Hannah!
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Winter beauty.
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Silent watchers in the mist at Coed y Bwnydd (or so it felt). We walked round the Iron Age hill fort twice, but not a third time.
Trees in the mist on an Iron Age hillfort in Wales, Coed y BwnyddRamparts and trees in the mist at Coed y Bwnydd, an Iron Age hillfort in Wales
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
One of TV’s great villains….Abner Brown
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
A Christmas family tradition; Christmas has properly started now 😊
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
In dulci jubilo…..carols at Christ Church
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Moose is keen to join in the Christmas puzzling
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Congratulations Mateusz and all the team, it’s very exciting to see this announced; looking forward to the first issue in 2026!
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
We are very excited about our new Open Access late antiquity journal, working with an amazing editorial team! Details including on submissions below ⬇️
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
In 2024, we offered ten societies a bursary towards conference attendance for an #EarlyCareerResearcher as part of our 125th anniversary celebrations. Now the year is coming to an end, read our summary blog post to learn more about each recipient's experience: bit.ly/125ECRs #LUP125
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Available now! Jennifer Gerrish's Julius Caesar: The Gallic War Books I-II provides explanatory notes on points of historical, literary and linguistic interest. Discover more here 👇 www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Recently published: Theodore of Sykeon from Michael Whitby! Preserving unique information on early 7th-century history, the picture of village life in the eastern Roman empire offered by this text is unparalleled. Discover more here ⬇️ www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
In the top left corner, the LUP bird logo in white, on a red background. White text on a red background in the middle of the image reads 'The first translation of this 7th-century text concerning Theodore, the famous ascetic and miracle-worker, which illuminates imperial politics.' Below, red text on a white background reads 'Translated Texts for Historians'. On the right of the image, is the book cover for Theodore of Sykeon by Michael Whitby.
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre still as Julian Green described it in 1940: ‘that inner peace seemed to me to hold a real feeling of Romanesque France’
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Omigod me too
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
A wet Sunday stroll in Paris from the Basin de Villette down the Canal Saint Martin
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
We're thrilled that Stonehenge: Sighting the Sun by Amanda Chadburn and Clive Ruggles has been shortlisted for Current Archaeology's Book of the Year 2025! You can vote for your winning book here, so if you've enjoyed this title please take the time to vote for it: archaeology.co.uk/awards/book-...
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Book of the Year 2025 – Nominees - Current Archaeology
Below are some of the publications we feel most deserve to be recognised for their contribution to the field – the nominees for the Book of the Year award. Voting closes on 10 February and all the win...
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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
That time of year again at the @ics.bsky.social! 🎄 🏺 📕📗 🗃️ #Ancientbluesky #Classics
A Christmas tree built from red and green Loeb books stacked on top of each other sitting on a table. Windows in the background with small catalogue filing draws either side.
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Lovely photo Eve!
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Liverpool University Press are offering up to 50% off print and ebooks in our Winter Sale!* Use code 27WINTER at checkout on our website before Sunday 15th December 2024. Browse our latest releases: bit.ly/aw-24 *Selected partner titles excluded from the sale.
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Thanks Angela - yes it is!
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Thanks Karen!
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Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Second, here’s my dog Moose. He is very sweet. And crazy.
Small brown spaniel in big bucket of leaves.Small wet brown spaniel on a log.Woman with brown spaniel on her lap.Brown spaniel on a lead looks out of a boat.
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