Director/PDMR Shareholding

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
27 October 2006



                   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (the 'Company')


Bloomsbury Publishing Plc was advised on 26 October 2006 that Ms Elisabeth
Calder, a director, exercised 139,389 options to subscribe for ordinary shares
in the company at 220.25p per share on 26 October 2006. Ms Calder has then sold
139,389 ordinary shares at 309.25p per share, also on 26 October 2006.


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