Blackstaff Press
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| Parent company | Colourpoint Books |
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| Status | active |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | Newtownards |
| Distribution | Gill (Ireland)[1] Dufur Editions (USA)[2] |
| Publication types | Books and ebooks |
| Nonfiction topics | Books of Irish interest |
| Official website | blackstaffpress |
The Blackstaff Press is a publishing company in Newtownards, Northern Ireland. Founded in 1971,[3] it publishes printed books on a range of subjects (mainly, but not exclusively, of Irish interest)[4] and, since 2011, has also published e-books.[3] It receives financial support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.[5]
The Blackstaff Press was acquired by the Baird Group in 1995;[6] it was sold to Colourpoint Books in 2017.[7]
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- ^ a b Grattan, Gary (30 November 2011). "Blackstaff Press enter digital age with eBook list". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "The Blackstaff Press". NIPR, The National Collection of Northern Ireland Publications. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "About Blackstaff Press". Blackstaff Press. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Our history". Baird Group. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "Publisher Blackstaff Press taken over by Colourpoint". Belfast Telegraph. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2018.