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Centre for Place Writing
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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
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · Jan 2
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
book cover of Ethel, with title and author in large solid white text and yellow drawings of plants woven through. Overlaid on a background of a photograph of a woman in black and white looking at the camera with short curly hair and a wooly hat. muted green background. book cover, dark brown with circles and shapes in white, below is a solid black background and white text that reads 'The Routledge Handbook of Literary Geographies' edited by Neal Alexander and David Cooper. white and green background with green text that reads 'Voices of the Future' and a hand drawn picture of a tree on the right with a large bird on the top and two people standing either side reaching out towards one another.
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 11h
Congratulations to all those shortlisted in this year's Images of Research - including PGRs @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social & @louisekenward.bsky.social and staff researchers.
@dcahf-met.bsky.social
Take a look at the images on the link below and vote for your favourite:
www.mmu.ac.uk/research/res...
Images of Research: 2025 entries
View the images in the online gallery
www.mmu.ac.uk
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Louise Kenward @louisekenward.bsky.social · 1d
Thrilled to be invited to run this course again with the wonderful @mailbykite.bsky.social for @arvonfoundation.bsky.social
Looking for support/time/space/encouragement/nurturing/nourishment for your writing? This might be the one for you.
#PlaceWriting #DisabilitySky
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Online Writing Month (daytime): Writing the Body | Embodied Place Writing | Arvon
To be able to connect with place, it is not possible to ignore the body that carries you there, that arrives and that journeys through, however that might happen. It is impossible to ignore the human ...
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 14h
Congratulations @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social !
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Lydia Unsworth @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social · 1d
I've got a press! www.nakedeyepublishing.co.uk
NAKED EYE PUBLISHING
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 1d
We're really excited about the forthcoming launch of Night Vision by Jean Sprackland! In celebration Manchester Poetry Library are running a series of events - for more, including this event next Wednesday w Andrew Hurley & Jacob Polley, link here
@dcahf-met.bsky.social
www.mmu.ac.uk/poetry-libra...
Night Vision: Andrew Michael Hurley and Jacob Polley, 15 Oct 2025
Reading, Manchester Poetry Library
www.mmu.ac.uk
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 2d
October's Rising Up in York with @helenmort.bsky.social Jazmine Linklater and Rachel Curzon

22nd Oct Bluebird Bakery
201 Acomb Road Acomb YO24 3HD
www.eventbrite.com/e/october-ri...
October Rise Up!
Join us to welcome Helen Mort, Jazmine Linklater and Rachel Curzon to the stage.
www.eventbrite.com
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 2d
You can see some of @janesamuels.bsky.social beautiful work (cover art of The Low Drift album A Gift of Unknown Things) here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzFV...
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 1d
PGR @supriyadhaliwal.bsky.social is running a poetry drop-in today at Manchester Poetry Library.
Got a project brewing, a poem in limbo, or just need to talk it through? Maybe you’re navigating the winding path of creative freelancing, or wondering what to read next?
www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Poetry Library Drop In with Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal, 07 Oct 2025 - 03 Feb 2026
Drop-in Evening, Manchester Poetry Library
www.mmu.ac.uk
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 1d
We're really excited about the forthcoming launch of Night Vision by Jean Sprackland! In celebration Manchester Poetry Library are running a series of events - for more, including this event next Wednesday w Andrew Hurley & Jacob Polley, link here
@dcahf-met.bsky.social
www.mmu.ac.uk/poetry-libra...
Night Vision: Andrew Michael Hurley and Jacob Polley, 15 Oct 2025
Reading, Manchester Poetry Library
www.mmu.ac.uk
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Rachael de Moravia @moravia.bsky.social · 2d
My feet in walking boots on Cotswold stone shingle, with granite border blocks and Welsh slate raised bed, all strewn with autumn leaves (maple, birch & beech) in vivid reds and yellows. The underside of the maples are pinkish, and there are a few green leaves blown down by the storm.
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 2d
You can see some of @janesamuels.bsky.social beautiful work (cover art of The Low Drift album A Gift of Unknown Things) here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzFV...
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 6d
Congratulations on the launch of this beautiful new outdoors magazine Dayhike.

Congratulations also to our PGR @janesamuels.bsky.social who's writing and stunning art work features in this first issue!

dayhike.co.uk/products/day...
Dayhike Magazine - Step 1
116 pages of people, places, and stories from the UK outdoors. Dayhike is a beautifully printed magazine celebrating the people, projects, and landscapes that make the UK outdoor scene so special. Eac...
dayhike.co.uk
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 2d
October's Rising Up in York with @helenmort.bsky.social Jazmine Linklater and Rachel Curzon

22nd Oct Bluebird Bakery
201 Acomb Road Acomb YO24 3HD
www.eventbrite.com/e/october-ri...
October Rise Up!
Join us to welcome Helen Mort, Jazmine Linklater and Rachel Curzon to the stage.
www.eventbrite.com
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 5d
New book from @cathfletcher.bsky.social - coming next year.
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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 5d
Read all about the history in THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, out in April 26 and now up for pre-order: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The Firearm Revolution
A groundbreaking account of how firearms changed Europe and the world
press.princeton.edu
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 5d
New book from @cathfletcher.bsky.social - coming next year.
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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 5d
Read all about the history in THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, out in April 26 and now up for pre-order: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The Firearm Revolution
A groundbreaking account of how firearms changed Europe and the world
press.princeton.edu
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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 5d
Great to see almost 130 delegates registered for the @sochistorywar.bsky.social conference in Potsdam next month. Looking forward to seeing you all there!
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 6d
Are you the legal or beneficial copyright owner of a book included in the Anthropic Copyright Settlement?
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
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Berthold Schoene @profberty.bsky.social · 5d
Blown over (!) by HELM. (Porter’s is next.) I love this Prize which rediscovers the novel afresh every year.
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Goldsmiths Prize @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social · 6d
We are delighted to announce the #GoldsmithsPrize2025 shortlist.

Congratulations to our six brilliant novelists!

Find out more about the shortlist: www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 6d
I got the idea for The Shame Archive when a friend started telling me about Epstein's potential links to intelligence services. The novel's gone down to 99p on Kindle this month. www.amazon.co.uk/Shame-Archiv...
The Shame Archive: 'Puts him firmly in the Mick Herron class' Daily Telegraph eBook : Harris, Oliver: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
The Shame Archive: 'Puts him firmly in the Mick Herron class' Daily Telegraph eBook : Harris, Oliver: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 6d
Are you the legal or beneficial copyright owner of a book included in the Anthropic Copyright Settlement?
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
ANT Homepage | ANT
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 7d
Congratulations to all the newly promoted professors & readers @manmetuni.bsky.social !

A special congratulations goes to our very own Professor Rachel Lichtenstein, Co-Director of the Centre for Place Writing.
#AcademicSky #PlaceWriting

www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profil...
Dr Rachel Lichtenstein
Dr Rachel Lichtenstein - Professor of Creative Nonfiction
www.mmu.ac.uk
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 6d
Congratulations on the launch of this beautiful new outdoors magazine Dayhike.

Congratulations also to our PGR @janesamuels.bsky.social who's writing and stunning art work features in this first issue!

dayhike.co.uk/products/day...
Dayhike Magazine - Step 1
116 pages of people, places, and stories from the UK outdoors. Dayhike is a beautifully printed magazine celebrating the people, projects, and landscapes that make the UK outdoor scene so special. Eac...
dayhike.co.uk
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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 6d
The Anthropic settlement list is up. Authors, check here to see if your books are included: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
ANT Homepage | ANT
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 7d
Congratulations to all the newly promoted professors & readers @manmetuni.bsky.social !

A special congratulations goes to our very own Professor Rachel Lichtenstein, Co-Director of the Centre for Place Writing.
#AcademicSky #PlaceWriting

www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profil...
Dr Rachel Lichtenstein
Dr Rachel Lichtenstein - Professor of Creative Nonfiction
www.mmu.ac.uk
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 7d
Thrilled to receive my copy of THE BOOK OF BOGS from @littletollerbooks.bsky.social. A celebration and (in places) a threnody for this very British and very endangered habitat and landscape.

As you'd expect from the publisher, it's a beautiful book. www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...
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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 7d
ICYMI - update on the Anthropic settlement due tomorrow, Thursday 2nd.
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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 7d
ALCS announced this week that the official list of who's entitled to compensation will be made available tomorrow: www.alcs.co.uk/news/the-lat...
The latest on the Anthropic settlement with authors
The landmark $1.5 billion settlement between AI company Anthropic and authors has received preliminary approval. Here’s what you need to know.
www.alcs.co.uk
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