Professor Alison Baverstock

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Alison Baverstock
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About

I co-founded MA Publishing at Kingston in 2005-6 and have been heavily involved in the international development of Publishing Studies throughout the period. I believe strongly that a professional discipline, offering both academic thinking and professional practice at the highest level, equips our graduates for a career in publishing, as well as allied fields. Understanding both the 'how' and 'why' leaves them well placed to solve problems we do not yet even anticipate.

Prior to working in higher education, I was a publisher. I have researched and written broadly about the industry and contemporary culture. My books are widely translated and used world-wide within industry, academia - and general society. 

A lot of my research related to my commitment to widening awareness of the ongoing benefits that come from involvement in reading and books. I have been significantly involved with initiatives to encourage participation. These include founding the award-winning Well Worth Reading within public libraries (1985 onwards, now part of The Reading Agency), Reading Force (www.readingforce.org.uk) within Forces families and at Kingston our pre-arrival and internationally recognised shared-reading scheme - The Kingston UniversityBig Read (which won a THE Award for Widening Participation in 2017).

My industry-related research has explored the discipline of Publishing Studies, self-publishing, marketing in publishing, what shapes an author and how shared-reading can serve to make transition between educational stages easier (now working within schools as well as HE). 

I have also published four books (with Gill Hines) on parenting, including the bestselling Whatever! A down to earth guide to parenting teenagers (Piatkus), and introducing young people to art - a personal passion. A first generation student myself, I am committed to widening participation, inclusion and civic engagement.

I live in Kingston. I'm always keen to convince others that it's a great place to live, as well as work.

Media enquiries

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Academic responsibilities

Professor of Publishing, Director of the Kingston UniversityBig Read, founder of Reading Force

Qualifications

  • PhD
  • MA
  • PFHEA
  • National Teaching Fellow (2018)
  • Winner of the Pandora Award, for a significant contribution to the publishing industry (2007)
  • Recipient of a PM's Pillar of Light Award (2019)
  • Lifetime contribution to military wellbeing from 'Soldiering On' (2022)
  • Winner, with Claire Jackson, of the Universities Alliance, Best Innovation Award (2022)

Teaching and learning

Postgraduate courses taught

Research

I am currently supervising PhDs within publishing history, literacy, bibliotherapy and marketing in publishing and have supervised several candidates for PhD by Publication to completion. Please get in touch if you have a proposal for consideration as a PhD, or a body of work you think might be presented for PhD by Publication.

Research student supervision

Publications

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Number of items: 77.

Article

, and Cowie, Andrew (2022) Logos, 33(1), pp. 36-45. ISSN (print) 0957-9656

, Boorman, Elaine, Morgan-Armstrong, Corin, Jenkins, Leanne and Morgan, Helen (2021) Logos, 32(3), pp. 7-27. ISSN (print) 0957-9656

(2021) Education 3-13, ISSN (print) 0300-4279 (Epub Ahead of Print)

, , Shelar, Tanuja, , Karodia, Nazira, Butler, Rebecca, Smith, Sara, Sopromadze, Natia, Crowley, Sara, Clark, Alison, Hutchinson, Maya, Holderness, Rebecca, Carney, Clare, Castle, Jeanette and Jefferies, Richard (2020) Logos, 31(3), pp. 34-65. ISSN (print) 0957-9656

(2020) Learned Publishing, 33(4), pp. 449-452. ISSN (print) 0953-1513

and (2019) Logos, 30(2), pp. 7-11. ISSN (print) 0957-9656

and (2019) Publishing Research Quarterly, 35(3), pp. 327-351. ISSN (print) 1053-8801

, , Morris, Julie and Fenwick, Catherine (2019) Education 3-13, 47(8), pp. 933-956. ISSN (print) 0300-4279

, , Webster-Henderson, Brian, , Cairncross, Sandra, Ennis, Laura, , Gray, Avril and McLuckie, Connie (2018) Logos, 29(4), pp. 37-52. ISSN (print) 0957-9656

and (2018) Journalism Education, 6(3), pp. 72-84. ISSN (online) 2050-3903

and Somerville, Clare (2018) Logos, 29(1), pp. 38-55. ISSN (print) 0957-9656

, , , Sheehan, Kimberley, Butler, Charlotte, Williams, Allison, Dalba, Angelika, Brixey, Dan, Conor, Adam, Higgins, Ciara and Waddington, Elle (2017) Logos, 28(3), pp. 41-57. ISSN (print) 0957-9656

and (2017) Logos, 28(1), pp. 29-44. ISSN (print) 0957-9656

(2016) The Bookseller : Futurebook,

(2016) Times Higher Education,

(2016) Learned Publishing, 29(1), pp. 65-68. ISSN (print) 0953-1513

[Reviewer] (2016) SHARP News, 25(1), p. 29. ISSN (print) 1073-1725

(2016) Logos, 27(4), pp. 36-56. ISSN (print) 0957-9656

, Steinitz, Jackie, [Collaborator], [Collaborator], Peel, Naomi [Collaborator], [Collaborator] and Waddington, Elle [Collaborator] (2016) Logos, 27(2), pp. 48-61. ISSN (print) 0957-9656

, and (2015) Learned Publishing, 28(2), pp. 123-131. ISSN (print) 0953-1513

, and (2015) Learned Publishing, 28(1), pp. 43-53. ISSN (print) 0953-1513

(2015) Logos, 26(1), pp. 27-39. ISSN (print) 0957-9656

and Steinitz, Jackie (2014) Learned Publishing, 27(4), pp. 291-300. ISSN (print) 0953-1513

and Steinitz, Jackie (2014) Learned Publishing, 27(3), pp. 207-221. ISSN (print) 0953-1513

and Steinitz, Jackie (2013) Learned Publishing, 26(4), pp. 272-282. ISSN (print) 0953-1513

and Steinitz, Jackie (2013) Learned Publishing, 26(3), pp. 211-223. ISSN (print) 0953-1513

and (2013) Children in War: The International Journal of Evacuee and War Child Studies, 1(10), pp. 77-88. ISSN (print) 1745-7211

(2012) Logos, 23(1), pp. 30-37. ISSN (print) 0957-9656

and (2011) International Journal of the Book, 8(4), pp. 93-102. ISSN (print) 1447-9516

(2010) Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 42(1), pp. 31-44. ISSN (print) 1198-9742

(2010) Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 41(3), pp. 354-363. ISSN (print) 1198-9742

(2008) Myslexia, 38, pp. 8-12. ISSN (print) 1473-9399

[Interviewee] and Davies, Hannah (2008) The Bookseller, 5323, p. 52. ISSN (print) 0006-7539

(2007) The Sunday Times, p. 9. ISSN (print) 0956-1382

(2007) International Journal of the Book, 4(3), pp. 87-92. ISSN (print) 1447-9516

(2004) The Times Newspaper, 68151, p. 6. ISSN (print) 0140-0460

(2004) The Times Newspaper, 67971, p. 16. ISSN (print) 0140-0460

(2003) The Bookseller, 5076, p. 10. ISSN (print) 0006-7539

(2002) The Bookseller, 5049, pp. 26-27. ISSN (print) 0006-7539

(2002) The Bookseller, 5023, p. 16. ISSN (print) 0006-7539

Book

Roeder, Annette , Baverstock, Alison and Cunningham, Matt, eds. (2021) Munich, Germany : Prestel. 160p. ISBN 9783791374802

Baverstock, Alison , Bradford, Richard and Gonzalez, Madelena, eds. (2020) London, U.K. : Routledge. 346p. ISBN 9780367443153

Hines, Gill and (2014) London, U.K. : Piatkus Books. 272p. ISBN 9780349404462

(2014) London, U.K. : The Guardian. 64p. (60-Minute Masterclasses)

(2011) Munich, Germany : Prestel. 48p. (The 13 series) ISBN 9783791370620

(2011) London, U.K. : Bloomsbury. 377p. ISBN 9781408139820

(2010) London, U.K. : A & C Black. 280p. ISBN 9781408109342

Hines, Gill and (2009) London, U.K. : Piatkus. 304p. ISBN 9780749940461

, Carey, Steve and Bowen, Susannah (2008) London, U.K. : A&C Black. 280p. ISBN 0713685034

(2008) 4th ed. London, U.K. : Kogan Page. 384p. ISBN 0749450207

(2006) London, U.K. : A&C Black. 241p. ISBN 9780713679328

and Hines, Gill (2005) London, U.K. : Piatkus Books. 192p. ISBN 0749925949

(2003) Munich, Germany : Prestel. (Adventures in art) ISBN 3791329286

(2002) Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press. 96p. (One step ahead) ISBN 0198603843

(2001) London, U.K. : A&C Black. 150p. ISBN 0713659653

(1995) London, U.K. : Piatkus. 224p. ISBN 9780749915223

(1993) London, U.K. : Kogan Page. 171p. ISBN 0749409002

and McKearney, Miranda (1990) Winchester, U.K. : Well Worth Reading. ISBN 9781870651868

Book Section

(2019) In: Jeffries, Janis and Kember, Sarah, (eds.) Whose book is it anyway? A view from elsewhere on publishing, copyright and creativity. [Cambridge, U.K.] : Open Book Publishers. pp. 105-128. ISBN 9781783746491

(2012) In: Owen, Alysoun, (ed.) Writers' & artists' yearbook 2013. London, U.K. : Bloomsbury. pp. 306-309. ISBN 9781408157497

(2012) In: Owen, Alysoun, (ed.) Writers' & artists' yearbook 2013. London, U.K. : Bloomsbury. pp. 425-428. ISBN 9781408157497

(2012) In: Owen, Alysoun, (ed.) Writers' & artists' yearbook 2013. London, U.K. : Bloomsbury. pp. 279-282. ISBN 9781408157497

(2007) In: Earnshaw, Steven, (ed.) The handbook of creative writing. Edinburgh, U.K. : Edinburgh University Press. pp. 369-375. ISBN 9780748621354

(2004) In: Scottish Publishers Association, (ed.) Thirtieth anniversary of the Scottish Publishers Association: a celebration. Edinburgh, U.K. : Scottish Publishers Association. pp. 86-87. ISBN 0953148262

Conference or Workshop Item

(2018) In: Simply Better : Researching Assessment Practices 鈥� Improving Student Outcomes; 13 Sep 2018, Southampton, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, , Bannerhan, Leslie, Knight, Dewey and Dennis, Melissa (2018) In: 37th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience; 10-13 February 2018, San Antonio, TX, USA. (Unpublished)

, , Webster-Henderson, Brian and Rivera, Errol (2017) In: HEA Annual Conference 2017 - Generation TEF : Teaching in the spotlight; 04 - 06 Jul 2017, Manchester, U.K.. (Unpublished)

and (2017) In: Promoting and Improving Student Wellbeing in Higher Education; 18 May 2017, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, Ennis, Laura, and Moulton, Joanne (2017) In: The London Book Fair; 14-16 Mar 2017, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2012) In: Educational Research Forum; 15 Jun 2012, Kingston upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2010) In: Annual Kingston Publishing Conference; 03 - 04 Sep 2010, Kingston upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2010) In: Annual Kingston Publishing Conference; 03 - 04 Sep 2010, Kingston upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)

[Speaker] (2010) In: Kingston Reader's Festival; 26 Apr 2010, Kingston upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Hines, Gill [Speaker] and [Speaker] (2010) In: Kingston Reader's Festival; 23 Apr 2010, Kingston upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)

[Speaker] (2009) In: Kingston Reader's Festival; 23 Apr - 22 May 2009, Kingston upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2006) In: Fourth international conference on the book; 20-22 Oct 2006, Boston, U.S.. (Unpublished)

Thesis

(2012) (PhD thesis), Oxford Brookes University, .

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