London Review of Books
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| London Review of Books | |
|---|---|
 LRB Vol. 28, No. 16 (August 17 2006) |
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| Editor | Mary-Kay Wilmers |
| Categories | literature |
| Frequency | 24 per year |
| Circulation | 43469 |
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Publisher |
Nicholas Spice |
| First Issue | 1979 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.lrb.co.uk |
| ISSN | 0260-9592 |
The London Review of Books (or LRB) is a fortnightly British literary magazine.
The London Review was founded in 1979 by former editors of The Times Literary Supplement, during the year-long lock-out at The Times. For its first six months, it appeared as an insert in the New York Review of Books. In May 1980, the London Review became an independent publication with a distinctly radical editorial orientation.[1]
The London Review's first editor was Karl Miller; the current editor is Mary-Kay Wilmers. The average circulation per issue for the period from January 2005 to December 2005 was 43,469,[2]
The magazine is also known for its infamous personals column, which is full of strange and eclectic lonely hearts from the intellectual world. These have been collected in book form as They Call Me Naughty Lola - The London Review of Books personal ads: a reader, edited by David Rose (Profile Books, 2006).
[edit] Contributors
Notable contributors have included:
[edit] Notes
- ^ "The LRB has maintained a consistently radical stance on politics and social affairs", Alan Bennett, July 1996, in the Foreword to Jane Hindle (editor) London Review of Books: An Anthology, Verso, 1996. ISBN 1859848605
- ^ Media info on LRB website [1]
