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Our 2025 Christmas Gift Guide is now live!
Shop selected titles with 40% OFF as part of our Christmas Sale promotion for a limited time only.
Whether it's sport, folklore, music or Jane Austen you're after there's a book here for everyone on your list: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/11...
Shop selected titles with 40% OFF as part of our Christmas Sale promotion for a limited time only.
Whether it's sport, folklore, music or Jane Austen you're after there's a book here for everyone on your list: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/11...
This #DisabilityHistoryMonth we're celebrating Amanda Cachia's recent book.
'Hospital aesthetics' presents a different perspective on disabled bodies, aiming to undo the social and cultural impacts hospitals have had on disabled patients.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187864/
'Hospital aesthetics' presents a different perspective on disabled bodies, aiming to undo the social and cultural impacts hospitals have had on disabled patients.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187864/
December 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This #DisabilityHistoryMonth we're celebrating Amanda Cachia's recent book.
'Hospital aesthetics' presents a different perspective on disabled bodies, aiming to undo the social and cultural impacts hospitals have had on disabled patients.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187864/
'Hospital aesthetics' presents a different perspective on disabled bodies, aiming to undo the social and cultural impacts hospitals have had on disabled patients.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187864/
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And this morning @manchesterup.bsky.social author Gavin Schaffer has stopped by our @jewishstudies.bsky.social and is shown below with his book, An Unorthodox History: British Jews since 1945. #AJS2025
December 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
And this morning @manchesterup.bsky.social author Gavin Schaffer has stopped by our @jewishstudies.bsky.social and is shown below with his book, An Unorthodox History: British Jews since 1945. #AJS2025
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This is what I'm working on next: fascism and the environment. Hoping to finish it before the world burns and/or the fascists take charge. Fingers crossed. Do ask me about it, if you're curious. www.thebookseller.com/rights/manch...
Manchester University Press signs Richard Smyth’s ‘vital’ book on fascism and the environment
Manchester University Press has acquired Richard Smyth’s Greenshirts, a new book that uncovers the "deep, often obscured entanglements between fascist ideologies and environmental thought" over the la...
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September 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This is what I'm working on next: fascism and the environment. Hoping to finish it before the world burns and/or the fascists take charge. Fingers crossed. Do ask me about it, if you're curious. www.thebookseller.com/rights/manch...
You've seen our top trade titles, now it's time to round-up our academic heavy-hitters for 2025🥁
This year our list of #BestBooksOf2025 features prize-winners on medicine, imperialism, migration, sexuality, nuclear policy and more.
Check out Instagram for the full selection of books!
This year our list of #BestBooksOf2025 features prize-winners on medicine, imperialism, migration, sexuality, nuclear policy and more.
Check out Instagram for the full selection of books!
December 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
You've seen our top trade titles, now it's time to round-up our academic heavy-hitters for 2025🥁
This year our list of #BestBooksOf2025 features prize-winners on medicine, imperialism, migration, sexuality, nuclear policy and more.
Check out Instagram for the full selection of books!
This year our list of #BestBooksOf2025 features prize-winners on medicine, imperialism, migration, sexuality, nuclear policy and more.
Check out Instagram for the full selection of books!
This #UKDisabilityHistoryMonth we're celebrating our Disability History Series, a selection of works exploring global perspectives on disability across society, culture, and time.
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December 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This #UKDisabilityHistoryMonth we're celebrating our Disability History Series, a selection of works exploring global perspectives on disability across society, culture, and time.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/disab...
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/disab...
‘A century ago, Seven Dials, just a few minutes walk from the shop, was a shabby, cosmopolitan working-class district, not quite Bloomsbury, not quite Covent Garden.’
'Songs of Seven Dials' by Matt Houlbrook for your Christmas gifting: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/collections/... #booksky
'Songs of Seven Dials' by Matt Houlbrook for your Christmas gifting: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/collections/... #booksky
Christmas 2025: History | London Review Bookshop
London Review Bookshop
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December 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
‘A century ago, Seven Dials, just a few minutes walk from the shop, was a shabby, cosmopolitan working-class district, not quite Bloomsbury, not quite Covent Garden.’
'Songs of Seven Dials' by Matt Houlbrook for your Christmas gifting: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/collections/... #booksky
'Songs of Seven Dials' by Matt Houlbrook for your Christmas gifting: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/collections/... #booksky
History buffs, your next listen awaits
Whether you’re dashing to the shops or commuting home, dive into conversations with leading historians.
Georgios Giannakopoulos (The Interpreters): newbooksnetwork.com/the-interpre...
Tim Allender (Empire Religiosity): historyofeducation.org.uk/podcast/
Whether you’re dashing to the shops or commuting home, dive into conversations with leading historians.
Georgios Giannakopoulos (The Interpreters): newbooksnetwork.com/the-interpre...
Tim Allender (Empire Religiosity): historyofeducation.org.uk/podcast/
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
History buffs, your next listen awaits
Whether you’re dashing to the shops or commuting home, dive into conversations with leading historians.
Georgios Giannakopoulos (The Interpreters): newbooksnetwork.com/the-interpre...
Tim Allender (Empire Religiosity): historyofeducation.org.uk/podcast/
Whether you’re dashing to the shops or commuting home, dive into conversations with leading historians.
Georgios Giannakopoulos (The Interpreters): newbooksnetwork.com/the-interpre...
Tim Allender (Empire Religiosity): historyofeducation.org.uk/podcast/
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I’m unreasonably excited about this
Don't miss a very special episode of Woman's Hour on Tuesday as guests including author @thezhm.bsky.social will be celebrating Jane Austen's 250th birthday! 🎂
Tune into BBC Radio 4 from 10am: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#JaneAusten #WomansHour #booksky
Tune into BBC Radio 4 from 10am: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#JaneAusten #WomansHour #booksky
BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, 16/12/2025
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I’m unreasonably excited about this
Does art have to be beautiful? What if it can be useful instead?
Join John Byrne as he presents his new book, Useful Art, an exploration of how "Useful Art" is helping artists and communities fight back. Interviewed by Bill Balaskas.
Tickets @faneproductions.bsky.social: www.fane.co.uk/john-byrne
Join John Byrne as he presents his new book, Useful Art, an exploration of how "Useful Art" is helping artists and communities fight back. Interviewed by Bill Balaskas.
Tickets @faneproductions.bsky.social: www.fane.co.uk/john-byrne
December 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Does art have to be beautiful? What if it can be useful instead?
Join John Byrne as he presents his new book, Useful Art, an exploration of how "Useful Art" is helping artists and communities fight back. Interviewed by Bill Balaskas.
Tickets @faneproductions.bsky.social: www.fane.co.uk/john-byrne
Join John Byrne as he presents his new book, Useful Art, an exploration of how "Useful Art" is helping artists and communities fight back. Interviewed by Bill Balaskas.
Tickets @faneproductions.bsky.social: www.fane.co.uk/john-byrne
In her new book 'The Trouble with Freedom', journalist and researcher @melissa-geog.bsky.social travels through a deeply polarised America to uncover what lies beneath the surface of its culture wars.
Join us at @thetroubleclub.bsky.social in January, tickets here: tinyurl.com/56h7x9cn #booksky
Join us at @thetroubleclub.bsky.social in January, tickets here: tinyurl.com/56h7x9cn #booksky
Melissa Butcher: The Trouble with Freedom
Few words carry more weight in American life, or cause more division, than freedom. The idea once unified the nation, but now it has become the battle cry of a country at war with itself.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
In her new book 'The Trouble with Freedom', journalist and researcher @melissa-geog.bsky.social travels through a deeply polarised America to uncover what lies beneath the surface of its culture wars.
Join us at @thetroubleclub.bsky.social in January, tickets here: tinyurl.com/56h7x9cn #booksky
Join us at @thetroubleclub.bsky.social in January, tickets here: tinyurl.com/56h7x9cn #booksky
Shopping for the bookworm in your life who loves a good non-fiction read?
Shop our Christmas Sale promotion on our website now, with 40% off until the 23rd December 2025.
Order by 17th December 2025 to guarantee Christmas delivery. #booksky #giftideas #nonfiction
Shop our Christmas Sale promotion on our website now, with 40% off until the 23rd December 2025.
Order by 17th December 2025 to guarantee Christmas delivery. #booksky #giftideas #nonfiction
December 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Shopping for the bookworm in your life who loves a good non-fiction read?
Shop our Christmas Sale promotion on our website now, with 40% off until the 23rd December 2025.
Order by 17th December 2025 to guarantee Christmas delivery. #booksky #giftideas #nonfiction
Shop our Christmas Sale promotion on our website now, with 40% off until the 23rd December 2025.
Order by 17th December 2025 to guarantee Christmas delivery. #booksky #giftideas #nonfiction
Thanks to the @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social team for including Studio Electrophonique by Jamie Taylor (@coldtapfilms.bsky.social) in their Books of 2025 list. #booksky
We announced our books and records of 2025 earlier this week, in no particular order, but now we're proud to reveal our #1 picks: Jesus Christ Kinski by @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social, and Liminal, by Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe. Sending thanks and love to all authors and artists on the lists!
December 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Thanks to the @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social team for including Studio Electrophonique by Jamie Taylor (@coldtapfilms.bsky.social) in their Books of 2025 list. #booksky
Don't miss a very special episode of Woman's Hour on Tuesday as guests including author @thezhm.bsky.social will be celebrating Jane Austen's 250th birthday! 🎂
Tune into BBC Radio 4 from 10am: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#JaneAusten #WomansHour #booksky
Tune into BBC Radio 4 from 10am: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#JaneAusten #WomansHour #booksky
BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, 16/12/2025
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Don't miss a very special episode of Woman's Hour on Tuesday as guests including author @thezhm.bsky.social will be celebrating Jane Austen's 250th birthday! 🎂
Tune into BBC Radio 4 from 10am: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#JaneAusten #WomansHour #booksky
Tune into BBC Radio 4 from 10am: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#JaneAusten #WomansHour #booksky
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An unexpected advent surprise - my book is available to pre-order with @manchesterup.bsky.social
For those interested in biofuels & the bioeconomy, vegetal geographies, climate politics, or relationships between energy & "human progress" more broadly!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526192127/
For those interested in biofuels & the bioeconomy, vegetal geographies, climate politics, or relationships between energy & "human progress" more broadly!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526192127/
Manchester University Press - Power plants
Power plants - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Power plants by James Palmer
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December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
An unexpected advent surprise - my book is available to pre-order with @manchesterup.bsky.social
For those interested in biofuels & the bioeconomy, vegetal geographies, climate politics, or relationships between energy & "human progress" more broadly!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526192127/
For those interested in biofuels & the bioeconomy, vegetal geographies, climate politics, or relationships between energy & "human progress" more broadly!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526192127/
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Now under contract from @manchesterup.bsky.social: PERFORMING QUEER NATIONS on #Eurovision and its narratives of queer, national, European belonging in post-Cold-War Europe bakercatherine.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/p...
The history and memory behind where we now are.
The history and memory behind where we now are.
‘Performing Queer Nations: the Eurovision Song Contest Since 1990’ is coming in 2027
In 1990, Toto Cutugno won the Eurovision Song Contest celebrating a future Europe integrated under the same sky, stars and ideals from the stage of a Zagreb that hoped for democracy. In 1997, Icela…
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December 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Now under contract from @manchesterup.bsky.social: PERFORMING QUEER NATIONS on #Eurovision and its narratives of queer, national, European belonging in post-Cold-War Europe bakercatherine.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/p...
The history and memory behind where we now are.
The history and memory behind where we now are.
Head to our Instagram to discover which reads ruled the roost in 2025: prize-listed, best-of-the-year anointed, and absolutely worth the hype. 🌟
From shortlists to “best of” lists, we've gathered this year’s most celebrated trade books into one stack. 📚
Perfect for gifting inspiration too! 🎁#booksky
From shortlists to “best of” lists, we've gathered this year’s most celebrated trade books into one stack. 📚
Perfect for gifting inspiration too! 🎁#booksky
December 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Head to our Instagram to discover which reads ruled the roost in 2025: prize-listed, best-of-the-year anointed, and absolutely worth the hype. 🌟
From shortlists to “best of” lists, we've gathered this year’s most celebrated trade books into one stack. 📚
Perfect for gifting inspiration too! 🎁#booksky
From shortlists to “best of” lists, we've gathered this year’s most celebrated trade books into one stack. 📚
Perfect for gifting inspiration too! 🎁#booksky
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Postcards from 1920s and 1930s Seven Dials 4
Before there was the Seven Dials Trust, the area became a focus for the ferocious struggles through which modern London was brought into being.
#London #SevenDials #CoventGarden #History #20s30s
Before there was the Seven Dials Trust, the area became a focus for the ferocious struggles through which modern London was brought into being.
#London #SevenDials #CoventGarden #History #20s30s
December 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Postcards from 1920s and 1930s Seven Dials 4
Before there was the Seven Dials Trust, the area became a focus for the ferocious struggles through which modern London was brought into being.
#London #SevenDials #CoventGarden #History #20s30s
Before there was the Seven Dials Trust, the area became a focus for the ferocious struggles through which modern London was brought into being.
#London #SevenDials #CoventGarden #History #20s30s
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Looking forward to this discussion with the brilliant @alicejolly.bsky.social
Join award-winning writer, Alice Jolly, and memoir expert @lilydunn.bsky.social for a discussion of memoir as a form for our times, and a necessary defence against AI.
🗓️ Wednesday 14th January
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social #Bristol
Tickets on sale now: www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e143...
#booksky
🗓️ Wednesday 14th January
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social #Bristol
Tickets on sale now: www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e143...
#booksky
Bookhaus Bristol – Author Talks, Readings & More
Discover upcoming events at Bookhaus Bristol, including author talks, book readings, and literary discussions.
www.bookhausbristol.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Looking forward to this discussion with the brilliant @alicejolly.bsky.social
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'Folklore is still part of everyday life in the cities as well as in the countryside.'
Novelist and folklore academic @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social is on Northern Voices today talking about boggarts, writing and her new book, Folklore, from @manchesterup.bsky.social
on.soundcloud.com/Zn0M7epQr9rg...
Novelist and folklore academic @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social is on Northern Voices today talking about boggarts, writing and her new book, Folklore, from @manchesterup.bsky.social
on.soundcloud.com/Zn0M7epQr9rg...
December 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
'Folklore is still part of everyday life in the cities as well as in the countryside.'
Novelist and folklore academic @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social is on Northern Voices today talking about boggarts, writing and her new book, Folklore, from @manchesterup.bsky.social
on.soundcloud.com/Zn0M7epQr9rg...
Novelist and folklore academic @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social is on Northern Voices today talking about boggarts, writing and her new book, Folklore, from @manchesterup.bsky.social
on.soundcloud.com/Zn0M7epQr9rg...
A perfect gift for any explorer, whether it's the streets of 1920s London, or the Northumbrian coast, or further afield. These brilliant books are all 40% OFF until December 23rd on our website.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A perfect gift for any explorer, whether it's the streets of 1920s London, or the Northumbrian coast, or further afield. These brilliant books are all 40% OFF until December 23rd on our website.
@jakecampbell88.bsky.social
@tricksterprince.bsky.social
@sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social
#giftideas #booksky
@jakecampbell88.bsky.social
@tricksterprince.bsky.social
@sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social
#giftideas #booksky
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Fresh off the press 📚
New edited volume ‘The Right in Latin America’ from @manchesterup.bsky.social Global Studies of the Far Right book series with fellow co-editors @willallchorn.bsky.social and Ariel Goldstein (author)
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173409/
New edited volume ‘The Right in Latin America’ from @manchesterup.bsky.social Global Studies of the Far Right book series with fellow co-editors @willallchorn.bsky.social and Ariel Goldstein (author)
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173409/
Manchester University Press - The right in Latin America
The right in Latin America - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of The right in Latin America by Ariel Goldstein
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December 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Fresh off the press 📚
New edited volume ‘The Right in Latin America’ from @manchesterup.bsky.social Global Studies of the Far Right book series with fellow co-editors @willallchorn.bsky.social and Ariel Goldstein (author)
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173409/
New edited volume ‘The Right in Latin America’ from @manchesterup.bsky.social Global Studies of the Far Right book series with fellow co-editors @willallchorn.bsky.social and Ariel Goldstein (author)
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173409/
Join award-winning writer, Alice Jolly, and memoir expert @lilydunn.bsky.social for a discussion of memoir as a form for our times, and a necessary defence against AI.
🗓️ Wednesday 14th January
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social #Bristol
Tickets on sale now: www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e143...
#booksky
🗓️ Wednesday 14th January
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social #Bristol
Tickets on sale now: www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e143...
#booksky
Bookhaus Bristol – Author Talks, Readings & More
Discover upcoming events at Bookhaus Bristol, including author talks, book readings, and literary discussions.
www.bookhausbristol.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Join award-winning writer, Alice Jolly, and memoir expert @lilydunn.bsky.social for a discussion of memoir as a form for our times, and a necessary defence against AI.
🗓️ Wednesday 14th January
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social #Bristol
Tickets on sale now: www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e143...
#booksky
🗓️ Wednesday 14th January
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social #Bristol
Tickets on sale now: www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e143...
#booksky
Christmas shopping for a Janeite?
We have a wonderful range of Jane Austen titles currently with 40% OFF on our website until December 23rd. Shop now for guaranteed Christmas delivery! #JaneAusten #giftidea #booksky
@devoney.bsky.social
@thezhm.bsky.social
We have a wonderful range of Jane Austen titles currently with 40% OFF on our website until December 23rd. Shop now for guaranteed Christmas delivery! #JaneAusten #giftidea #booksky
@devoney.bsky.social
@thezhm.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Christmas shopping for a Janeite?
We have a wonderful range of Jane Austen titles currently with 40% OFF on our website until December 23rd. Shop now for guaranteed Christmas delivery! #JaneAusten #giftidea #booksky
@devoney.bsky.social
@thezhm.bsky.social
We have a wonderful range of Jane Austen titles currently with 40% OFF on our website until December 23rd. Shop now for guaranteed Christmas delivery! #JaneAusten #giftidea #booksky
@devoney.bsky.social
@thezhm.bsky.social
The Punk Scholars Network 12th Annual Conference and Postgraduate Symposium
School of Music, University of Leeds
Don't miss keynote address by author of 'Turning Revolt into Style', Dr Russ Bestley's (13th December, 11am-12pm).
Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/punk-...
School of Music, University of Leeds
Don't miss keynote address by author of 'Turning Revolt into Style', Dr Russ Bestley's (13th December, 11am-12pm).
Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/punk-...
December 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Punk Scholars Network 12th Annual Conference and Postgraduate Symposium
School of Music, University of Leeds
Don't miss keynote address by author of 'Turning Revolt into Style', Dr Russ Bestley's (13th December, 11am-12pm).
Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/punk-...
School of Music, University of Leeds
Don't miss keynote address by author of 'Turning Revolt into Style', Dr Russ Bestley's (13th December, 11am-12pm).
Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/punk-...
Publishing today in North America! 🇺🇸
And one week ahead of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday🎂
A timely deep-dive into a series of classic novels, comparing them with both historic court records and current events to show that our arguments about consent are not a new phenomenon. #booksky #JaneAusten
And one week ahead of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday🎂
A timely deep-dive into a series of classic novels, comparing them with both historic court records and current events to show that our arguments about consent are not a new phenomenon. #booksky #JaneAusten
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Publishing today in North America! 🇺🇸
And one week ahead of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday🎂
A timely deep-dive into a series of classic novels, comparing them with both historic court records and current events to show that our arguments about consent are not a new phenomenon. #booksky #JaneAusten
And one week ahead of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday🎂
A timely deep-dive into a series of classic novels, comparing them with both historic court records and current events to show that our arguments about consent are not a new phenomenon. #booksky #JaneAusten