Director/PDMR Shareholding

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
31 October 2006


For immediate release                                           31 October 2006


                           Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
                        ('Bloomsbury' or 'the Company')


   Notification of Interests of Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial
                 Responsibility ('PDMR') and connected persons


Bloomsbury announces the following changes to the interests of Directors and
PDMRs in the Company's ordinary shares of 1.25p each ('Shares').


On 26 October 2006 the Company made the following awards of Shares ('Awards')
under the Bloomsbury Performance Share Plan 2005 ('PSP'):


Executive Directors

Name       Role                PSP Award   Beneficial interest in shares (number
                                 (number)  excluding Awards)
Nigel      Chief                  59,818              2,758,488
Newton     Executive

Colin      Group Finance          25,336                 50,000
Adams      Director

Liz        Publisher              13,935                 27,019
Calder


The total number of Shares awarded to Executive Directors under the PSP is equal
to 0.13 % of the issued share capital of the Company.


The Executive Directors have a total beneficial interest (excluding PSP Awards)
in 3.86% of the issued share capital of the Company.


PDMRs

Name                                    PSP Award (number)
Jill Coleman                                                            22,011
Richard Cordeschi                                                        3,315
Minna Fry                                                               19,002
Sarah Odedina                                                           19,002
Alexandra Pringle                                                       19,002
Karen Rinaldi                                                           20,386
Kathy Rooney                                                            19,002
David Ward                                                              15,835



Awards granted under the PSP will vest on 26 October 2009, but only to the
extent that certain performance criteria based on earnings per share growth and
total shareholder return are satisfied by the Company over a three year
performance period.  No consideration is payable for the grant of the Awards and
the receipt of Shares is conditional upon meeting the performance criteria.  It
is intended that the Company's employee benefit trust will acquire shares
(either by way of subscription for new shares, market purchase or from treasury)
necessary to fulfil any obligation arising from the vesting of the Awards.


The notification of these Awards is intended to satisfy the Company's
obligations under Section 324 of the Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule
3.1.4.






Richard Cordeschi

Group Company Secretary






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