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| Status | Ceased publication in 1948 |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1936 |
| Founder | Victor Gollancz |
| Defunct | 1948  |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London |
| Publication types | Books |
The Left Book Club was a publishing group that exerted a strong left-wing influence in Great Britain from 1936 to 1948.
Pioneered by Victor Gollancz, it offered a monthly book choice, for sale to members only, as well as a newsletter that acquired the status of a major political magazine. It also held an annual rally. Membership peaked at 57,000, but after the Soviet-Nazi non-aggression pact of 1939, it disowned its large Communist element, and subsequent years of paper-rationing, during and after the war, led to further decline. It ceased publishing in 1948.
The concept and series was revived in 2015,[1] following at least one earlier effort to relaunch the series in the early 2000s.
- ^ Kit Caless, "Inside the UK's Most Radical Indie Publishers, Part Four: Pluto Press", Huck Magazine, June 6, 2018.
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