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Established as the UK’s first fully open access university press in 2015, UCL Press has fast become one of the leading open access scholarly publishers in the UK. We publish a wide range of open access scholarly monographs and edited collections, student textbooks and academic journals that are available to read and download free of charge.
39.15 million open access downloads
483 books published
242countries and territories reached
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22.37 millionjournal downloads
New titles
Poetics and Politics of Islamic Imaginaries
Sertaç Sehlikoglu, Fatemeh Sadeghi, Sumrin Kalia, Erol Saglam, Alexander Pymm,
01 October 2026
How Alex Bloom Built Radical Democratic Secondary Education in Post-war London
Michael Fielding, Mark Erickson,
15 September 2026
Creating a Framework for Developing Sessional Teachers in Higher Education
Neil Sutherland, Alex Standen,
24 August 2026
Hosts, Hospitals and Hospitalities
Susana Araújo, Catarina Nunes de Almeida, Santiago Pérez Isasi,
27 July 2026
Bringing Powerful Knowledge into Classrooms
Mark Hardman, Marie Nilsberth, Mikko Puustinen,
02 July 2026
Comparative Literature and Culture
Comparative Literature and Culture explores new creative and critical perspectives on literature, art and culture. Bringing together comparative, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary research, the series spans literary and cultural theory, cultural history, material and visual cultures, reception studies, and creative-critical practice.
The series also welcomes work on Humanities-based activism and language-based research, particularly studies of the changing role of national and minority languages and cultures. These open access books showcase innovative scholarship that crosses disciplinary, cultural and linguistic boundaries.
Hosts, Hospitals and Hospitalities
Susana Araújo, Catarina Nunes de Almeida, Santiago Pérez Isasi,
27 July 2026
Creative Critical Interventions for Social Justice
Natasha Tanna, Abeyamí Ortega Domínguez, Hakan Sandal-Wilson,
04 February 2026
Anneleen Masschelein, Florian Mussgnug, Jennifer Rushworth,
25 November 2021
Comparative Perspectives on the Rise of the Brazilian Novel
Ana Cláudia Suriani da Silva, Sandra Guardini Vasconcelos,
14 May 2020
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How does open knowledge contribute to society?
October 27, 2026
What does open knowledge contribute to society? Sunbul Akhtar reflects on key discussions from OASPA 2026, from widening access to research to navigating the challenges of generative AI and scholarly communication.
The cost of knowledge – funding open access books
October 22, 2026
Lara Speicher examines the opportunities and challenges of funding open access books in a changing publishing landscape.
Temporary disruption to full book downloads
October 22, 2026
Full PDF downloads from the UCL Press website have been restored following a temporary service disruption. During the outage, book pages remained accessible and alternative download options were available via OAPEN and JSTOR.