Isobel Birks
Isobel Birks
Isobel Birks is a Commissioning Editor at Liverpool University Press, providing maternity cover across the Modern Languages and Postcolonial Studies list. Before joining LUP, she was Senior Assistant Editor at Edinburgh University Press, where she managed a wide-ranging portfolio across Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Ancient History & Classical Studies, and Scottish Studies. She contributed to strategic list development, metadata and workflow improvements, and mentoring early-career colleagues. She co-founded and ran EUP’s first DEI-focused internship programme, chaired a panel at Redux 2024 and co-led the implementation of a new title management system. Isobel is passionate about mission-driven publishing, championing underrepresented voices and supporting authors through every stage of the process. She holds an MSc in Publishing from Edinburgh Napier University and an MA (Hons) in English Literature and History from the University of Glasgow.
