Director/PDMR Shareholding

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
10 May 2007


For immediate release 10 May 2007


                           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 8 May 2007 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 Newton   Chief Executive           120,466                       2,758,488
Colin Adams    Group Finance Director     56,690                          50,000
Liz Calder     Publisher                  31,179                          27,019


The total number of Shares awarded to Executive Directors under the PSP is equal
to 0.28% 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                                                            49,249
Richard Cordeschi                                                        5,146
Minna Fry                                                               42,517
Sarah Odedina                                                           42,517
Alexandra Pringle                                                       42,517
Karen Rinaldi                                                           43,100
Kathy Rooney                                                            42,517
David Ward                                                              35,431


Awards granted under the PSP will vest on 8 May 2010, 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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