About
I’m Editor and Outreach Co-Ordinator at
Open Book Publishers, a leading independent not-for-profit Open Access book publisher, founded and run by academics.
I work with
ScholarLed, a consortium of five academic-led, not-for-profit OA book presses of which Open Book Publishers is a founder member, and I do outreach work for the
COPIM (Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs) project, which is building open, community-governed infrastructure to develop and strengthen Open Access book publishing.
I’m also completing a PhD on theatrical adaptations of nineteenth-century novels and poetry.
Cover photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash.
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Great post from Tom Morley at Lancaster University Library about applying for an OLH Open Access Award grant last year & using the money 'to facilitate a research culture in which #OAbooks publishing is part of normal, everyday practice.' Contains some really practical, achievable steps for shifting publication culture among academics. (Also provides fresh evidence that the 'OA books don't come in paper form' myth refuses to die… Keep showing off the paper copies!) https://www.openlibhums.org/news/861/ (2025-10-23 ↗)
For #OAWeek, the Open Access Books Network and University of London Press bring you a resource focused on how to include material that you *don't* own in your open access book. Based on the expertise shared at the ‘From Permission to Publication: Managing Third Party Materials in Open Access Books’ webinar, we bring you 'Frequently Asked Questions on Third-Party Materials in Open Access Books': https://openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/10/22/frequently-asked-questions-on-third-party-materials-in-open-access-books/ (2025-10-23 ↗)
I've written a blog post for #OAWeek on the implications of using different types of open licence for #OpenAccess books. When a more restrictive open licence is applied to a book (e.g. CC BY-NC-ND), who gets to make decisions about usage that falls outside the open licence? This was an interesting post to write. I've heard anecdotally that this is an issue of increasing concern, especially to libraries whose budgets are often funding OA fees that are frequently justified on the basis that publishers expect low or no income from OA book publishing — so I hope it's an interesting read also. https://blogs.openbookpublishers.com/who-owns-open-knowledge/ (2025-10-22 ↗)
OA WEEK: Next week (20-26 October) is #OAWeek! At the OABN, in collaboration with @copim, we've gathered as many online events as we can find that relate to OA books or open infrastructures & shared the details in this post: 👉 https://openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/10/15/international-open-access-week-2025-events/ If we’ve missed anything, let us know at info@oabookstnetwork.org. Happy OA Week! (2025-10-15 ↗)
RECORDING: the recording of the Open Access Books Network's recent webinar, 'Publishing Open Access Books: Insights from ERC-Funded Authors', organised with the kind support of the ERC Executive Agency, is now available to view and share: 📺 https://youtu.be/vVf9GspOs8g #OAbooks #OpenAccess @operaseu (2025-10-03 ↗)
