Centre for Place Writing
@centreplacewriting.bsky.social
Creative-critical research centre, Manchester Metropolitan University. Exploring the relationship between writing & place to examine major contemporary issues.
Co-directed by Dr David Cooper & Dr Rachel Lichtenstein
https://linktr.ee/centreforplacewriting
Co-directed by Dr David Cooper & Dr Rachel Lichtenstein
https://linktr.ee/centreforplacewriting
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Some of our highlights from 2024 include:
Helen Mort's new book Ethel was pub & her appearance on Countryfile & Kendal Mtn Lit Fest.
David Cooper's co-ed Handbook of Literary Geographies was pub.
Kate Pahl led a brilliant new project working with young people, learning through trees.
#PlaceWriting
Helen Mort's new book Ethel was pub & her appearance on Countryfile & Kendal Mtn Lit Fest.
David Cooper's co-ed Handbook of Literary Geographies was pub.
Kate Pahl led a brilliant new project working with young people, learning through trees.
#PlaceWriting
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Residency for two emerging writers to explore the feminist archive at Nottingham Women's Library.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
Emerging Writer's Residency 2026 - Nottingham City of Literature
A paid residency for emerging writers. Applications are open to explore the feminist archive at the Nottingham Women's Library.
nottinghamcityofliterature.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Residency for two emerging writers to explore the feminist archive at Nottingham Women's Library.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
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'An inquiry into class representation in creative fields has recommended changes believed to be the first of their kind in Greater Manchester to increase the number of working-class people in the arts.' 1/2
Report sets out ‘blueprint for change’ to increase working-class representation in the arts
Inquiry finds class should become protected characteristic and calls for rise in number of apprenticeships
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:25 AM
'An inquiry into class representation in creative fields has recommended changes believed to be the first of their kind in Greater Manchester to increase the number of working-class people in the arts.' 1/2
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New research - #airpollution from home wood burning in the US leads to about 8600 premature deaths a year
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ambient air quality and health impacts of PM2.5 from US residential wood combustion
Air pollution from residential wood burning contributes to thousands of premature deaths annually, with unexpected urban impacts.
www.science.org
January 26, 2026 at 10:28 AM
New research - #airpollution from home wood burning in the US leads to about 8600 premature deaths a year
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Historians work across higher education - and not just in 'traditional' History departments. We welcome applications for Fellowship / Associate Fellowship from all those working historically - in the UK and internationally bit.ly/45vEmeJ
Next closing dates for applications: 9 March & 11 May, 1/2
Next closing dates for applications: 9 March & 11 May, 1/2
January 24, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Historians work across higher education - and not just in 'traditional' History departments. We welcome applications for Fellowship / Associate Fellowship from all those working historically - in the UK and internationally bit.ly/45vEmeJ
Next closing dates for applications: 9 March & 11 May, 1/2
Next closing dates for applications: 9 March & 11 May, 1/2
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Only 3 weeks until the CfP closes — come join us for our third NGG conference at UCL!
📣 CfP: New Generation Group Conference “Voice, Narrative, and (Self-)Representation”, UCL, Mon 11 May 2026.
20-min papers on how Jewish lives & stories are voiced, imagined & recorded.
300-word abstract + 100-word bio to [email protected] by 15 Feb 2026.
#JewishStudies
20-min papers on how Jewish lives & stories are voiced, imagined & recorded.
300-word abstract + 100-word bio to [email protected] by 15 Feb 2026.
#JewishStudies
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Only 3 weeks until the CfP closes — come join us for our third NGG conference at UCL!
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Event happening tonight (Mon 26 Jan 2026)!
Professor Zoë Waxman will be giving this year's David Cesarani Memorial Lecture in a talk entitled, 'Packing for an unknown destination: possession and dispossession in the Holocaust'.
Last chance to sign-up: buff.ly/tawG6Ph
Professor Zoë Waxman will be giving this year's David Cesarani Memorial Lecture in a talk entitled, 'Packing for an unknown destination: possession and dispossession in the Holocaust'.
Last chance to sign-up: buff.ly/tawG6Ph
January 26, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Event happening tonight (Mon 26 Jan 2026)!
Professor Zoë Waxman will be giving this year's David Cesarani Memorial Lecture in a talk entitled, 'Packing for an unknown destination: possession and dispossession in the Holocaust'.
Last chance to sign-up: buff.ly/tawG6Ph
Professor Zoë Waxman will be giving this year's David Cesarani Memorial Lecture in a talk entitled, 'Packing for an unknown destination: possession and dispossession in the Holocaust'.
Last chance to sign-up: buff.ly/tawG6Ph
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TOMORROW!
An event to beat the January blues! The next installment of the Small Press Takeover series is scheduled for Tuesday 27th January, featuring Susie Campbell, Nathaniel King, Tamsyn Challenger, and JD Howse🧡
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 AM
TOMORROW!
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The Free Verse Prize 2026 is now open for entries! The Prize runs alongside the Free Verse Poetry Book & Magazine Fair, run each year by The Poetry Society.
The judge this year is Nina Mingya Powles, with a closing date of 6th March.
To enter and for more details go to the link in bio
The judge this year is Nina Mingya Powles, with a closing date of 6th March.
To enter and for more details go to the link in bio
January 26, 2026 at 11:02 AM
The Free Verse Prize 2026 is now open for entries! The Prize runs alongside the Free Verse Poetry Book & Magazine Fair, run each year by The Poetry Society.
The judge this year is Nina Mingya Powles, with a closing date of 6th March.
To enter and for more details go to the link in bio
The judge this year is Nina Mingya Powles, with a closing date of 6th March.
To enter and for more details go to the link in bio
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Thanks to D Sandra Knapp for kicking our 2026 #Nature Lecture series off with such an interesting and lively talk on the Natural History of #Nightshades. If you missed it, you can catch it here now.
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
The Natural History of Nightshades - Dr Sandra Knapp
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Thanks to D Sandra Knapp for kicking our 2026 #Nature Lecture series off with such an interesting and lively talk on the Natural History of #Nightshades. If you missed it, you can catch it here now.
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
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Just a week to go to get those abstracts in. We are really looking forward to putting the programme together for our conference in Limerick - happening 29 & 30 May 2026.
We are delighted this afternoon to announced the CFP for the 36th annual WHAI conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I Limerick on 29 & 30 May 2026. Closing dates for submissions on the theme of 'Gain' is 31 Jan. 2026.
sites.google.com/view/whai202...
sites.google.com/view/whai202...
WHAI2026
Welcome to the homepage for the next Women's History Association of Ireland conference.
Our next annual conference will take place 29-30 May 2026 at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.
The conferenc...
sites.google.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Just a week to go to get those abstracts in. We are really looking forward to putting the programme together for our conference in Limerick - happening 29 & 30 May 2026.
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Thu 29 Jan | 15:15–17:00 (UK)
No Figure in the Landscape: Remorse, closure and the law
Hybrid seminar with Associate Professor Kate Rossmanith (University of Stirling).
👉 Register now: forms.gle/sypMhxqbW9T8...
No Figure in the Landscape: Remorse, closure and the law
Hybrid seminar with Associate Professor Kate Rossmanith (University of Stirling).
👉 Register now: forms.gle/sypMhxqbW9T8...
No Figure in the Landscape: Remorse, closure and the law
In this talk, hosted in association with the University of Stirling’s Philosophy Division, Associate Professor Kate Rossmanith focuses on emotion in legal settings, examining the high-stakes roles pla...
forms.gle
January 26, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Thu 29 Jan | 15:15–17:00 (UK)
No Figure in the Landscape: Remorse, closure and the law
Hybrid seminar with Associate Professor Kate Rossmanith (University of Stirling).
👉 Register now: forms.gle/sypMhxqbW9T8...
No Figure in the Landscape: Remorse, closure and the law
Hybrid seminar with Associate Professor Kate Rossmanith (University of Stirling).
👉 Register now: forms.gle/sypMhxqbW9T8...
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Anyway, as we're talking about Gorton and Denton, here's the area's very fabulous Victorian Gothic monastery
January 24, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Anyway, as we're talking about Gorton and Denton, here's the area's very fabulous Victorian Gothic monastery
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"Creativity and chronic illness" (from the Chronic Living Therapy newsletter)
chroniclivingtherapy.com/creativity-c...
Features:
- Ballet dancer, @anilvanderzee.bsky.social
- Red Tree and ME – international collaborative art project
#chronicillness #MEcfs #TheRedTreeandME
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chroniclivingtherapy.com/creativity-c...
Features:
- Ballet dancer, @anilvanderzee.bsky.social
- Red Tree and ME – international collaborative art project
#chronicillness #MEcfs #TheRedTreeandME
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January 24, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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And a great post from @chronicliving123.bsky.social I think I missed at the end of last year - an update on the BPS guidelines for psychologists working with #pwME - essential work that is being co-produced w @actionforme.bsky.social & @meassociation.org.uk
chroniclivingtherapy.com/bps-guidelin...
chroniclivingtherapy.com/bps-guidelin...
British Psychological Society MECFS Guidelines Update - Chronic Living Therapy
Brief update on work by a group of psychologists who are creating up-to-date guidelines on M.E. for the British Psychological Society.
chroniclivingtherapy.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:01 AM
And a great post from @chronicliving123.bsky.social I think I missed at the end of last year - an update on the BPS guidelines for psychologists working with #pwME - essential work that is being co-produced w @actionforme.bsky.social & @meassociation.org.uk
chroniclivingtherapy.com/bps-guidelin...
chroniclivingtherapy.com/bps-guidelin...
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Norther Writers' Awards - submission windows 2-6 still open
Includes: Fiction, Narrative Non-Fiction, YA, Children's, Writing for television, Poetry.
#WritingOpps @dcahf-met.bsky.social
newwritingnorth.com/northern-wri...
Includes: Fiction, Narrative Non-Fiction, YA, Children's, Writing for television, Poetry.
#WritingOpps @dcahf-met.bsky.social
newwritingnorth.com/northern-wri...
Enter - New Writing North
The Northern Writers’ Awards discover and support writers in the North of England, with a focus on supporting new work-in-progress.
newwritingnorth.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Norther Writers' Awards - submission windows 2-6 still open
Includes: Fiction, Narrative Non-Fiction, YA, Children's, Writing for television, Poetry.
#WritingOpps @dcahf-met.bsky.social
newwritingnorth.com/northern-wri...
Includes: Fiction, Narrative Non-Fiction, YA, Children's, Writing for television, Poetry.
#WritingOpps @dcahf-met.bsky.social
newwritingnorth.com/northern-wri...
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Norther Writers' Awards - submission windows 2-6 still open
Includes: Fiction, Narrative Non-Fiction, YA, Children's, Writing for television, Poetry.
#WritingOpps @dcahf-met.bsky.social
newwritingnorth.com/northern-wri...
Includes: Fiction, Narrative Non-Fiction, YA, Children's, Writing for television, Poetry.
#WritingOpps @dcahf-met.bsky.social
newwritingnorth.com/northern-wri...
Enter - New Writing North
The Northern Writers’ Awards discover and support writers in the North of England, with a focus on supporting new work-in-progress.
newwritingnorth.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Norther Writers' Awards - submission windows 2-6 still open
Includes: Fiction, Narrative Non-Fiction, YA, Children's, Writing for television, Poetry.
#WritingOpps @dcahf-met.bsky.social
newwritingnorth.com/northern-wri...
Includes: Fiction, Narrative Non-Fiction, YA, Children's, Writing for television, Poetry.
#WritingOpps @dcahf-met.bsky.social
newwritingnorth.com/northern-wri...
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Out in April - more details here:
The Firearm Revolution
A groundbreaking account of how firearms changed Europe and the world
press.princeton.edu
January 20, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Out in April - more details here:
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A portrait I discuss in The Firearm Revolution - one of several with links to imperial/colonial projects (here the Tudor campaigns in Ireland) that feature guns.
2/2 Captain Thomas Lee: Ready for combat in Ireland in 1594 but seems to have forgotten his nether hose & shoes, alas! Still got painted by Marcus Gheeraerts, whose day is today.
January 20, 2026 at 12:41 PM
A portrait I discuss in The Firearm Revolution - one of several with links to imperial/colonial projects (here the Tudor campaigns in Ireland) that feature guns.
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Friday as part of the Future Flares Festival @manmetuni.bsky.social
Michael Pinchbeck - work in progress - Pinchbeck & Smith
www.art.mmu.ac.uk/events/2026/....
Michael Pinchbeck - work in progress - Pinchbeck & Smith
www.art.mmu.ac.uk/events/2026/....
Exit Music (Friday 23 January 2026)
Pinchbeck and Smith. Performance, Grosvenor East Building (Dressing Room).
www.art.mmu.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Friday as part of the Future Flares Festival @manmetuni.bsky.social
Michael Pinchbeck - work in progress - Pinchbeck & Smith
www.art.mmu.ac.uk/events/2026/....
Michael Pinchbeck - work in progress - Pinchbeck & Smith
www.art.mmu.ac.uk/events/2026/....
Friday as part of the Future Flares Festival @manmetuni.bsky.social
Michael Pinchbeck - work in progress - Pinchbeck & Smith
www.art.mmu.ac.uk/events/2026/....
Michael Pinchbeck - work in progress - Pinchbeck & Smith
www.art.mmu.ac.uk/events/2026/....
Exit Music (Friday 23 January 2026)
Pinchbeck and Smith. Performance, Grosvenor East Building (Dressing Room).
www.art.mmu.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Friday as part of the Future Flares Festival @manmetuni.bsky.social
Michael Pinchbeck - work in progress - Pinchbeck & Smith
www.art.mmu.ac.uk/events/2026/....
Michael Pinchbeck - work in progress - Pinchbeck & Smith
www.art.mmu.ac.uk/events/2026/....
Testament – Bunker Talk #159 – Manchester School of Art
www.art.mmu.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 7:21 PM
From last year's summer school at @manmetuni.bsky.social Writing School - look out for events this year.
aah-magazine.co.uk/2025/the-man...
aah-magazine.co.uk/2025/the-man...
The Manchester Writing School Summer Festival 2025: “It brings the whole of the Manchester Writing School together" - aAh! Magazine
The Manchester Writing School’s annual Creative Writing Summer Festival (formerly known as the Summer School) returned for 2025, at Manchester Metropolitan University. Manchester Met is one of the fir...
aah-magazine.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 7:20 PM
From last year's summer school at @manmetuni.bsky.social Writing School - look out for events this year.
aah-magazine.co.uk/2025/the-man...
aah-magazine.co.uk/2025/the-man...
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ASLE-UKI Seminar - online - Eighteenth-Century Literature and Environment, 29th January 3:00-7:00pm GMT
Includes a talk from Jodie Matthews on Water.
Convenors: Brycchan Carey (Northumbria University) and Tess Somervell (University of Oxford)
Register at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/asle-uki-s...
Includes a talk from Jodie Matthews on Water.
Convenors: Brycchan Carey (Northumbria University) and Tess Somervell (University of Oxford)
Register at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/asle-uki-s...
January 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM
ASLE-UKI Seminar - online - Eighteenth-Century Literature and Environment, 29th January 3:00-7:00pm GMT
Includes a talk from Jodie Matthews on Water.
Convenors: Brycchan Carey (Northumbria University) and Tess Somervell (University of Oxford)
Register at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/asle-uki-s...
Includes a talk from Jodie Matthews on Water.
Convenors: Brycchan Carey (Northumbria University) and Tess Somervell (University of Oxford)
Register at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/asle-uki-s...
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Excited to be chatting all things espionage and fiction with bestselling former CIA analyst David McCloskey later this month - Waterstones Deansgate, Manchester, January 28 - focussing on his new novel THE PERSIAN - www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
An evening with David McCloskey | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
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January 19, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Excited to be chatting all things espionage and fiction with bestselling former CIA analyst David McCloskey later this month - Waterstones Deansgate, Manchester, January 28 - focussing on his new novel THE PERSIAN - www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...