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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 5d

Spooky season is here! 👻

Check out our new reading list with 25% OFF these titles until the 3rd November - enter SPOOKY25 at checkout on our website: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/10...

Perfect for foggy evenings, reading under a blanket with the lights low. #booksky #spookyseason

Spooky season reading list 2025 - Manchester University Press

As the nights grow longer, and the air turns crisp, there’s no better time to curl up with a book that sends shivers down your spine. Whether you’re a horror aficionado, a fan of the gothic, or just l...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 2h

Join us at Topping & Co. in #Bath to discover the weird yet everyday world of British folklore.

Leading experts @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social are the ultimate guides to folklore past and present.

Tickets still available here: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/bath/... #booksky

Folklore: A Journey Through the Past and Present at Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath

'This book draws a cultural map of who we are, where we've come from and how we think and feel about our surroundings. Meticulously researched, imaginative in scope and rich in strange stories and…

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 18h

Autumn is here and it's time to celebrate the folkloric 🍂

'Folklore: A journey through the past and present' is a gripping guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore.

Find an event near you between September and November! 📍

All events can be found at the link in our bio 🔗

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 1d

Next stops on the 'Folklore' book tour - get your tickets now:
14th October- @toppingsbath.bsky.social
19th October- @otsfestival.bsky.social
30th October- East Anglian Folklore Centre
13th November- Blackwell's Edinburgh
19th November- Heffer's Cambridge
22nd November- @conwayhall.bsky.social

Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you to everyone that joined us at @rncmlive.bsky.social last night for an evening of folklore with authors @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social & @magicnotwitches.bsky.social.
Huge thanks to @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social for bookselling and thanks to @oxrdmcr.bsky.social for supporting this event. #booksky

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 1d

📚 The Divine Feminine: Women & the Rise of the Right
Join authors Lois Shearing & @emmahcasey.bsky.social for a vital talk on women’s roles in #farright movements, radicalisation & tradwife culture.

🗓 Mon 10 Nov 6.30-8pm
🎙 Chair: Dr Rachel O'Neill
✅ Register: forms.office.com/e/twwa0D0VaR

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Blackwell's Manchester @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social · 1d

What a fascinating, educational and also hilarious evening listening to @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social discuss their books FOLKLORE and CUNNING FOLK with Mel Giles! So many weird and wonderful insights into folkloric tradition and how they relate to our modern times!

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 1d

The threat of Russian aggression persists over Europe. Against the backdrop of the conflict in Ukraine, what are the implications for Russia’s bordering countries?
Don't miss this panel event at Cheltenham Lit Fest on October 14th - tickets here: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/the-s... #booksky

The Spectre of Russia | Cheltenham Festivals

The threat of Russian aggression persists over Europe. Against the backdrop of the conflict in Ukraine and a NATO commitment to increase defence spending,

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 1d

As the nights grow longer, and the air turns crisp, there’s no better time to curl up with a book that sends shivers down your spine.

Shop our new Spooky Season reading list with 25% OFF on our Blog here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/10...
#SpookySeason #Halloween #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 1d

Celebrate Black History Month by diving into powerful non-fiction that tells the real stories, of the unstoppable brilliance of Black history, culture, and resilience.

All these titles & more available to buy direct from our website, from bookshops & online. #BlackHistoryMonth #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 1d

Today!

📕Claire Blencowe launches her new book, Spirits of extraction, at @warwickuni.bsky.social.

📺Can't make it in person? Watch the livestream: bit.ly/42sHsPa

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 1d

New & upcoming titles include:

➡️Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation by @garylove.bsky.social & Christian Egander Skov

➡️ 'Survival Capitalism' and the Big Bang by Emma Barrett

➡️ The paperback of Rethinking right-wing women

Find out more: bit.ly/4h2pWqI

New Perspectives on the Right - Manchester University Press

The series publishes the best and most innovative titles on the politics of the Right, drawn from the fields of sociology, history, cultural studies and political science and stimulating debate across...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 1d

The #ConservativePartyConference wrapped up yesterday with policy announcements signalling a shift toward fiscal conservativism and stricter immigration controls.

Our New Perspectives on the Right series offers critical analyses of right-wing politics, from Thatcherism to Brexit🧵👇

Promotional image displaying the covers of three new and upcoming titles in the New Perspectives on the Right series. Books from left-right: Conservatisism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation; 'Survival Capitalism' and the Big Bang; Rethinking right-wing women.

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Lily Dunn @lilydunn.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to this …

Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 2d

Coming up next week at Cheltenham Literature Festival on 13th Oct, authors @lilydunn.bsky.social & @carosanderson.bsky.social discuss the art of memoir, drawing on their own experience, and reflect on how memoirists are reinventing the form in bold ways:

Into Being: Writing Memoir | Cheltenham Festivals

Lily Dunn and Caroline Sanderson discuss the art of memoir, drawing on their experience as both readers and writers of the genre to reflect on how memory i

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 2d

Into Being: Writing Memoir | Cheltenham Festivals

Lily Dunn and Caroline Sanderson discuss the art of memoir, drawing on their experience as both readers and writers of the genre to reflect on how memory i

www.cheltenhamfestivals.org

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 2d

Join @coldtapfilms.bsky.social in #Peckham later this month as he shares the amazing story of the home studio that helped launch some of Britain’s most beloved bands, including Pulp and The Human League.

25th October
Tickets still available here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theso...
#London

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 2d

COVER REVEAL!

'Policing the beats' is a bold new book that exposes the racist policing of Black music.

Offering the first in-depth account, Fatsis highlights the relationship between politics, culture and criminal (in)justice, inviting music lovers, scholars and activists to tune in.
#booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 2d

Delighted to share that prolific Jane Austen expert and author @devoney.bsky.social will be visiting the UK next month, for a number of events promoting her latest book, 'Wild for Austen'.

Join us in #Edinburgh, #Durham, #London or #Cambridge. Tickets & info on our Events page. #booksky #JaneAusten

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 3d

Now open access: BJRL back archive, including special issue on ‘Medical History in Manchester: Health and Healing in an Industrial City, 1750–2005’. Check it out.

Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 3d

This week, Professor Carsten Timmermann writes on Bulletin 87:1, ‘Medical History in Manchester: Health and Healing in an Industrial City, 1750–2005’.

Read the blog post: bit.ly/3KYQL39

BJRL Goes Open Access: Professor Carsten Timmermann on Manchester's Medical History - Manchester University Press

BJRL 87:1 is now Open Access on Manchesterhive.

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Cristín Leach @cristinleach.bsky.social · 3d

I reviewed this superb book about memoir for @rte.ie RTÉ Culture this week.

“Both erudite and utterly conversational in tone… @lilydunn.bsky.social argues that memoir writing can function as a form of radical transformation, for reader and writer alike.”

www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 3d

From sociologist, historian and runner Carl Morris comes 'Dirtbag dreams', the first history of mountain, ultra and trail running.

Discover the untold story of this unique sport, from its origins in the Victorian era to the present day, out in November.
#running #history #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 3d

Yes! Every issue of the Bulletin has now been flipped and is free to read on Manchesterhive🐝

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 3d

This week, Professor Carsten Timmermann writes on Bulletin 87:1, ‘Medical History in Manchester: Health and Healing in an Industrial City, 1750–2005’.

Read the blog post: bit.ly/3KYQL39

BJRL Goes Open Access: Professor Carsten Timmermann on Manchester's Medical History - Manchester University Press

BJRL 87:1 is now Open Access on Manchesterhive.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 3d

MUP and @thejohnrylands.bsky.social are thrilled to announce that Bulletin of the John Rylands Library is now fully #OpenAccess🔓

Throughout October, the Bulletin's Editorial Board are highlighting journal issues or articles of particular importance on the MUP blog.

Image of a cover from an issue of The Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. Blue banner sits across the centre of the image reading: Now Open Access.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 4d

🚨Coming March 2026🚨

As the 2025 #LabourPartyConference closes, the debates continue.

Order and rebellion by Emmanuelle Avril and Eric Shaw charts Labour's years in opposition - from Miliband to Starmer - unpacking managerial politics, internal dissent and the struggle for unity.

#UKPolitics

Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 4d

Available now from all good bookshops & online.
Signed & dedicated copies from @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social #Bristol 📚
Also available as an audiobook.
And it’s @rte.ie Culture Book Of The Week! 🏆
#memoir #amwriting #memoir #audiobook