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- ↑ "Tindal Street Press". West Midlands Literary Heritage. Shrewsbury: Shropshire Council. 2011. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012.
- ↑ Clare Morrall, "The small beauty of Tindal Street Press", The Guardian , 2 November 2009.
- ↑ "Tindal Street Fiction Group", Alan Beard's site.
- ↑ "Profile Books takes over Tindal Street Press publishing", Profile Books blog, 29 October 2012.
- ↑ Charlotte Williams, "Tindal Street bought by Profile", The Bookseller , 29 October 2012.
- ↑ "Birmingham book publisher Tindal Street Press sold to London rival", Birmingham Mail , 2 November 2012.
- ↑ "Sale of Tindal Street Press sees end of independent publishing in Birmingham", Business Live, 2 November 2012.
