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You can email the editorial team at unexplained@chambers.co.uk, or write to us at the following address:

The Editor
Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained

Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd
7 Hopetoun Crescent
Edinburgh
EH7 4AY

Frequently Asked Questions

If you have a question that isn’t answered here, please email us at unexplained@chambers.co.uk.

When will Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained be published?

Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained will be published on 26 October 2007.

How can I purchase a copy of Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained?

Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained is priced at £35. It can be ordered from the catalogue on the Chambers website at 25% discount. It’s also available in bookshops and from other online booksellers. The ISBN is 978 0550 10215 7. If you have any difficulty in locating a copy, please email our sales and marketing team at unexplained@chambers.co.uk.

Can you tell me more about the specialist contributors to Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained?

You can learn more about the backgrounds and areas of expertise of the specialist contributors to Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained on the Editor and contributor profiles page of this site.

I need to get in touch with Bob Rickard, Una McGovern or another specialist contributor to Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained.

Unfortunately we can’t give out email addresses or other contact details for contributors, but if you email the editorial team on unexplained@chambers.co.uk, we’ll do our best to help.

Can you tell me more about the image featured on the cover of Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained?

The cover image is by Eugène Grasset (1841–1917) and is entitled Trois Femmes et Trois Loups (‘Three Women and Three Wolves’). It dates from c.1900. The original is in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.

How did you decide which subjects to include in Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained?

For more information on the background to Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained, please read the Q&A on this site with the book’s editor, Una McGovern.

I’m interested in licensing or rights opportunities for Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained. Who should I contact?

Please email unexplained@chambers.co.uk and we will pass your enquiry on to our Rights Manager.

I’m writing a book about unexplained phenomena. Will you publish it?

Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd welcomes all proposals for new books, although there is no guarantee that any proposal will be suitable for publication. Please email your CV, an outline of the book and some sample material to unexplained@chambers.co.uk. Please note that we are a dictionary and reference publisher, and do not publish fiction, poetry, scripts or drama.