DOHA: Following a seven-year partnership with Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Qatar Foundation (QF) is to launch its own publishing house called Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press). HBKU Press will publish children’s books, fiction, academic, and education books in English and Arabic.
Created in 2008, Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation (BQF) was a partnership between both entities and included a publishing house and an academic research publisher — Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP) and Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals (BQFJ). In a statement, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc said: “As indicated in our interim statement in October, contracts for Bloomsbury to provide QF with publishing services to enable knowledge transfer to QF to have a self-sufficient publishing company reach the end of their term this month. We are handing over to the strong local team we developed having completed the mission, who will continue to publish on the foundations established. QF now has tools, knowledge and experience to take the reins and run its publishing house.”
HBKU Press will continue the tradition of releasing books of excellence and originality, promoting the love of reading and writing and transferring publishing and related skills to Qatar through internships and secondments, said a statement.
BQFP published over 200 titles in fiction, non-fiction, art, academics and business for adults and young children. The partnership introduced ‘Ready, Steady, Read’, a pilot training programme with hands-on activities for developing an active and stimulating school library. HBKU Press will take on the work of BQFJ, which was responsible for launching the Middle East’s first open access, academic research platform, QScience.com.
The Peninsula
DOHA: Following a seven-year partnership with Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Qatar Foundation (QF) is to launch its own publishing house called Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press). HBKU Press will publish children’s books, fiction, academic, and education books in English and Arabic.
Created in 2008, Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation (BQF) was a partnership between both entities and included a publishing house and an academic research publisher — Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP) and Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals (BQFJ). In a statement, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc said: “As indicated in our interim statement in October, contracts for Bloomsbury to provide QF with publishing services to enable knowledge transfer to QF to have a self-sufficient publishing company reach the end of their term this month. We are handing over to the strong local team we developed having completed the mission, who will continue to publish on the foundations established. QF now has tools, knowledge and experience to take the reins and run its publishing house.”
HBKU Press will continue the tradition of releasing books of excellence and originality, promoting the love of reading and writing and transferring publishing and related skills to Qatar through internships and secondments, said a statement.
BQFP published over 200 titles in fiction, non-fiction, art, academics and business for adults and young children. The partnership introduced ‘Ready, Steady, Read’, a pilot training programme with hands-on activities for developing an active and stimulating school library. HBKU Press will take on the work of BQFJ, which was responsible for launching the Middle East’s first open access, academic research platform, QScience.com.
The Peninsula
