Blackstaff Press

The Blackstaff Press is a publishing company in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. Founded in 1971,[3] it publishes printed books on a range of subjects (mainly, but not exclusively, of Irish interest) and, since 2011, has also published e-books.[3] It receives financial support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.[4]

Blackstaff Press
Parent companyColourpoint Creative Limited
Statusactive
Founded1971
Country of originNorthern Ireland
Headquarters locationNewtownards
DistributionGill (Ireland)[1]
Dufur Editions (USA)[2]
Publication typesBooks and ebooks
Nonfiction topicsBooks of Irish interest
Official websiteblackstaffpress.com

The Blackstaff Press was acquired by the Baird Group in 1995;[5] it was sold to Colourpoint Creative Limited in 2017.[6][7]

References

  1. "Our Clients". Gill Distribution. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  2. "Publishers". Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  3. Grattan, Gary (30 November 2011). "Blackstaff Press enter digital age with eBook list". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  4. "About Blackstaff Press". Blackstaff Press. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. "Our history". Baird Group. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  6. "Publisher Blackstaff Press taken over by Colourpoint". Belfast Telegraph. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  7. Onwuemezi, Natasha (4 May 2017). "Northern Irish press Blackstaff sold to Colourpoint Creative". The Bookseller. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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