Founded in 2001 and launched as the University of Chester Press in 2011, the aim is to disseminate excellent original research, professional practice and creative work associated with the University, and then to prioritise publications with a significant relationship to the history, life and culture of Cheshire and the wider region.
Managed by an Editorial Board and supported by a critical peer review process, the University of Chester Press seeks to ensure that the University’s core value of excellence in learning, teaching, research and innovation is evident throughout its list of books. The Press aims to provide authors with a cost-effective means of publishing their work, together with a personal approach. Prospective authors and editors are welcome to read the Advice for potential authors and editors for more information on the approval process and then to contact the Managing Editor. If you would like to proceed, please note that we ask all prospective authors and editors to read the Proposal form guidelines and then complete the form with as much detail as possible. This, together with a sample chapter, will form the first part in the approval process.
Our forthcoming titles include: Anthony Annakin-Smith, The Neston Collieries, 1759–1855: An Industrial Revolution in Rural Cheshire (second edition), Sheena Evans, From Bloomsbury to Belsen: Janet Vaughan – Medical Pioneer and Simon E. Poole and Harry Parkin (Editors), Cheshire Prize for Literature anthology for the 2022 competition.
Our latest titles are: Looking at the Landscape: Glimpses into the History of Cheshire and Beyond; George Cuitt (1779–1854) – 'England's Piranesi': His Life and Work and a Catalogue Raisonné of His Etchings; It Means the World to Us: Writing from the Cheshire Prize for Literature 2021; Biodiversity in the North West: The Rusts and Smuts of Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and the Isle of Man; and Becoming Urban Cyclists: From Socialization to Skills.
Recent publications include: Unlocked: Writing from the Cheshire Prize for Literature 2020; The Widening Circle of Us: A Theological Memoir; Talking Bodies III: Transformations, Movements and Expression; The Fungi of North East Wales: A Mycota for Vice-Counties 50 (Denbighshire) and 51 (Flintshire); Biodiversity in the North West: The Slime Moulds of Lancashire and Cumbria; and Biodiversity in the North West: The Mildews of Cheshire, Lancashire and Cumbria; Reflective Practice Groups for Clergy: Offering Pastoral Supervision, Well-Being Support and Spiritual Formation in Community; Trauma-Informed Mindfulness: A Practitioner's Guide for One-to-One Work and From the Welsh Border to the World: Travels in Minority Languages. See our complete list of available publications.
Print titles can be ordered online (other means of ordering are also available). If any local customers would like to collect books from Chester, please contact Sarah Griffiths. Ebooks are available through Google Play and library collections such as EBSCO, Ebook Central and Gardners.
Contact
Dr Sarah Griffiths, University of Chester Press, Parkgate Road, Chester CH1 4BJ, UK
E: sarah.griffiths@chester.ac.uk T: 01244 513305
