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  • 22 Jul 2014

    Happy Birthday, fifteeneightyfour

    Our humble academic blog turns a year old today, and to celebrate, we’ve organized a little game. Join us in a fifteeneightyfour scavenger hunt and you could win Cambridge swag, books of your choice, and eternal glory. Here’s how it works: we’ll start with a question, which you can find the answer to in one […]

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  • 3 Jul 2014
    'War, the' - an entry in the Cambridge University Press Syndicate minutes announcing WWI
    Rosalind Grooms

    Cambridge University Press at War

    Dr Rosalind Grooms, Cambridge University Press Archivist, explores how the First World War impacted upon our printing, publishing and employees.

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  • 10 Jun 2014

    Don’t Forget to Take a #CantoSelfie

    Take a picture of yourself with your favorite Cambridge Canto Classic and you could win a Kindle Fire HD! There’s still time to enter our #CantoSelfie contest. Guidelines for submissions: Contestants can submit up to 3 images. Photographs can be either taken by yourself in the style of a ‘selfie’, or taken by another person. Images […]

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  • 30 May 2014

    Happy BookExpo America!

    We’re taking the day off to attend BEA 2014! Authors, publishers, and book lovers have gathered at New York’s Javits Center for the last few days and we are enjoying the festivities. If you’re in the City and love books as much as we do, swing by! And don’t worry, folks—we’ll be back on Monday with […]

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  • 23 May 2014

    Fall Into a Good Book

    So I know it's not quite fall yet, but the spring books season is ending, BookExpo America is approaching, and we have a ton of new titles to get excited about. This fall (and summer), Cambridge is your one-stop shop for classical poetry, World War I history, explorations in physics, and political biographies. Take a look at few of the books we're looking forward to...

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  • 16 May 2014

    Canto Classics Photo Contest

    Get creative with Canto and send us your photos to win a 7” Kindle Fire HD! #cantoselfie To be in with a chance of winning a Kindle Fire HD or 2 Canto Classics titles of your choice, all you need to do is send in a photo of yourself reading your favourite title from the […]

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  • 11 Apr 2014
    Academic products on digital devices - iPad, iPhone, Kindle
    Peter Phillips

    Succeeding in the Next Decade

    The following post is a full transcript of the opening address given by our Chief Executive Peter Phillips, to the 16th Fiesole Collection Development Retreat on 11th April 2014.

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  • 10 Apr 2014
    The Cambridge University Press stand at the London Book Fair
    Katie Scarff

    London Book Fair 2014 – Day Three

    Katie Scarff, Rights Sales Manager here at Cambridge University Press, reveals which books have been the most popular at the 2014 London Book Fair, and how this year's Market Focus of Korea, has brought interest from Korean publishers.

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  • 20 Mar 2015

    Goodbyeee!

    From: Cambridge Library Collection Blog
    Alas, and thrice woe (from my point of view anyway), this is my last ever blog for the Cambridge Library Collection. I now slip away into the sunset, ...
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  • 16 Mar 2015

    Spring and Port Wine

    From: Cambridge Library Collection Blog
     … is the name of a play and then a film about Bolton, in northern England. However, I’m borrowing the title because I’ve just spent a few spri...
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