Director/PDMR Shareholding

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
19 July 2006



19 July 2006

                   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ('the Company')

     Dealing by a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (a 'PDMR')

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc announces that Jill Coleman, a PDMR, sold 15,000
ordinary shares in the Company at 313p per share on 18 July 2006.


Further Enquiries

Bloomsbury Publishing plc

Richard Cordeschi

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