Purdue Books Initiative continues monthly publishing webinars for authors

The Purdue University Books Initiative continues its monthly webinar series featuring global publishing houses. Faculty and staff are invited to attend the Multilingual Matters/Channel View Publications webinar at 11 a.m. Wednesday (Oct. 29).

Multilingual Matters/Channel View Publications is an independent academic publisher based in Bristol, England, publishing the latest research in the fields of applied linguistics, language education and tourism studies. Across both their Multilingual Matters and Channel View Publications lists, they strive to publish the very best textbooks and research monographs and are proud of their long history of publishing innovative and influential research. 

Rosie McEwan, commissioning editor at Multilingual Matters, will present the webinar. She manages several book series, including “Bilingual Education and Bilingualism”; “Communication Disorders Across Languages”; “Researching Multilingually”; and “Translation, Interpreting and Social Justice in a Globalised World.”

All webinars are accessible through this Microsoft Teams link.

  • Meeting ID: 295 653 213 151
  • Passcode: pQ3wv7cc

The link is also available on the Purdue Books Initiative website. Event recordings are posted on the site.

Future publishing events are scheduled as follows:

  • Cambridge University Press — Nov. 5
  • Editorial Isla Negra — November (date TBD)
  • Bloomsbury Publishing — TBD
  • American Chemical Society Publications — TBD

The webinar series is designed to help new and prospective authors connect with publishing houses and bring their projects from concept to ISBN in record time.

For information about the initiative, authors can visit the Purdue Books Initiative website or contact Cristina Farmus, vice president for special projects.

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