Cork University Press aims to stimulate Irish learning by reflecting distinctive and distinguished scholarship in its lists. The press was started in 1925 and is the oldest university press in Ireland. While the Press specialises in the broad field of Irish Cultural Studies, its subject range extends across the fields of music, art history, literary criticism and poetry. The focus of our list is however in the areas of Irish cultural history, archaeology and landscape studies. All of our titles are rigorously peer-reviewed and edited. Most are available in hardback and paperback formats, and if we cannot supply from existing stock, we will print on demand.

Procedure for Submission of Proposal to Cork University Press

Please submit two sample chapters with the Author Proposal Form when making a submission to Cork University Press. We will no longer accept the Author Proposal Form alone. This will help us to speed up the evaluation process. The editorial committee will look at this material and if they think the proposal is of interest they may request the full manuscript. The full manuscript will then be sent to two external readers who are knowledgeable in the field for peer review. The committee will subsequently discuss these two readers’ reports and decide if the project should proceed to contract stage. Please note that even if two positive reports are received it is entirely up to the editorial committee to decide if a contract is to be offered or not. Cork University Press is limited in the number of books it can publish in a year.

Important: We do not publish PhD theses as they stand, so please follow the link below for guidelines on how to turn a thesis into a book.

Cork University Press has well-developed marketing channels to ensure that your book receives the exposure that it deserves. We have excellent trade representation to service our bookshop customers worldwide. An integral part of this is our distributor network in Ireland, UK and North America. In addition, we also sell direct from this online bookshop. Publicity and promotion are other tools that we use to give your books exposure and we have excellent contacts within the Irish and UK media.

To assist you in preparing your publication please download these files: (Right click and select "save target as")

• Turning a thesis into a book (74Kb)
• Guide For Authors (199Kb)
• Typescript Delivery Checklist (57Kb)
• Permission Request Letter (53Kb)
• Promotional Questionaire (52Kb)
• Authors Proposal Form (Rich Text - 57Kb)

• Permissions List Template (Microsoft Excel Template)