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The '''''MHRA Style Guide: A Handbook for Authors, Editors, and Writers of Theses'''''—formerly the '''''MHRA Style Book'''''—is an academic [[style guide]] published by the [[Modern Humanities Research Association]]. It is most widely used in the [[arts]] and [[humanities]] in the [[United Kingdom]], where the MHRA is based. 

Initially, the Book and Guide were only available for sale in the UK and in the [[United States]]. {{As of|2015|post=,}} 50,000 copies of all editions, published between 1971 and 2013, have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the MHRA |url=https://www.mhra.org.uk/publications/MHRA-Style-Guide |website=www.mhra.org.uk |access-date=28 April 2021}}</ref>

== Availability ==
The 4th edition of the Style Guide (published in February 2024) can be downloaded free of charge,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Paver |first=Chloe |url=https://www.mhra.org.uk/publications/msg-m002 |title=MHRA Style Guide: Fourth Edition (2024) |date=2024-02-20 |publisher=Modern Humanities Research Association |isbn=978-1-83954-248-0 |language=en}}</ref> as a [[PDF]] formatted document, from the MHRA's official website.<ref name="onlineversion">{{cite web |title=The MHRA Style Guide Online |url=https://www.mhra.org.uk/news/2017/05/22/mhra-style-guide-online.html |website=www.mhra.org.uk |publisher=The Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA) |access-date=28 April 2021 |location=UK |language=en |date=22 May 2017 }}</ref> 
Since 2017, an online version is available, in full<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to the MHRA Style Guide Online |url=https://www.mhra.org.uk/style/contents.html |website=www.mhra.org.uk |access-date=28 April 2021}}</ref> and in a condensed Quick Guide format. Both online versions are also free of charge.<ref>{{cite web |title=The MHRA Style Guide Online: A Handbook for Authors and Editors • Third Edition |url=https://www.mhra.org.uk/style/quick.html |website=www.mhra.org.uk |access-date=28 April 2021}}</ref>

Print versions of the most current edition continue to be offered.<ref name="onlineversion" />

== Publication history ==

=== ''MHRA Style Book'' ===
* 1971: first edition
* 1978: second edition
* 1981: third edition
* 1991: fourth edition
* 1995: fourth edition reprinted with amendments
* 1996: fifth edition

=== ''MHRA Style Guide'' ===
* 2002: first edition
* 2008: second edition
* 2013: third edition
* 2015: third edition reprinted with minor corrections
* 2024: fourth edition

== References ==
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== External links ==
* ''[http://style.mhra.org.uk/ MHRA Style Guide]''

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[[Category:Style guides for British English]]
[[Category:Academic style guides]]