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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 19d

Don't miss
@jakecampbell88.bsky.social on a mini book tour in the North-East this autumn, with events at Durham Book Festival,
@crossingthetees.bsky.social, Blyth Celebrates and #Newcastle @litandphil.bsky.social.

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Jake Morris-Campbell @jakecampbell88.bsky.social · 19d

Lily Dunn's 'Into Being' is a milestone text in the art of life writing. I'm looking forward to chairing a discussion with her at @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social next month. It will be a great evening about how we raise raw personal material and make it powerfully universal.

Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 19d

Join us next month as @lilydunn.bsky.social hits the road next month to launch her new book, 'Into being', sharing the secrets of writing memoir.

Coming to a bookshop, festival or university near you, visit our Events page for more info and tickets: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Aug 15

Tickets are on sale now for Hidden Histories with @lanre-bakare.bsky.social & @jakecampbell88.bsky.social at Durham Book Festival.

Both authors highlight the unsung stories of people from across the North, painting a portrait of a diverse and rich heritage: newwritingnorth.com/event/hidden...

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Mike Stores @mstores.bsky.social · Jul 30

Just read @jakecampbell88.bsky.social 's excellent 'Between the salt and the ash'. It chronicles his pilgrimage around the passionate places among the passionate people of the North East. A place I still think of as hyem.

Cover of 'Between the salt and the ash' by Jake Morris-Campbell.

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Jake Morris-Campbell @jakecampbell88.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thanks for reading, Mike!

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Jul 9

Coming up soon, @forumbooks.bsky.social presents an evening with @jakecampbell88.bsky.social in conversation with John Challis at the bound, Whitley Bay.

17th July
Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/whi...
#Newcastle #booksky

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Jake Morris-Campbell @jakecampbell88.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thanks! These are great things to know about. The way the activity faces, as you put it, is really what interests me — i.e. moving away from this idea of the rural as a blackwater periphery. Also, doesn't have to have a professional element, but I know what you mean.

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Jake Morris-Campbell @jakecampbell88.bsky.social · Jul 3

Sharing again for afternoon crowd.

This is an urban-based study, but now I'm living in the countryside, I'm increasingly aware of the dearth of opportunities for writers away from metropolitan areas.

Does anyone know of any work in this area: to promote networks of writers in rural communities?

Jake Morris-Campbell @jakecampbell88.bsky.social · Jul 3

Article I co-wrote with James Annesley has been published by Creative Industries journal. In it, we discuss the North-East's literary ecology (how contemporary writing happens & is supported, basically) through the prism of New Writing North, England's largest regional writing development agency.

New writing North: writing development, the cultural industries and the North East’s literary ecology

This paper looks at England’s regional writing development agencies (RWDAs) and considers the ways they make contemporary writing happen. Focussing on New Writing North, it starts by describing the...

www.tandfonline.com

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Jake Morris-Campbell @jakecampbell88.bsky.social · Jul 3

Article I co-wrote with James Annesley has been published by Creative Industries journal. In it, we discuss the North-East's literary ecology (how contemporary writing happens & is supported, basically) through the prism of New Writing North, England's largest regional writing development agency.

New writing North: writing development, the cultural industries and the North East’s literary ecology

This paper looks at England’s regional writing development agencies (RWDAs) and considers the ways they make contemporary writing happen. Focussing on New Writing North, it starts by describing the...

www.tandfonline.com

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · May 27

Thanks to Andy Potts and @northeastbylines.co.uk for this excellent review of the late William Martin’s Marratide: Selected Poems (edited by Peter Armstrong & @jakecampbell88.bsky.social).

North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · May 23

Marratide: a timely retrospective of a Wearside bard
Review of the new anthology collection by Sunderlands, poet William Martin

northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/poet...

Marratide: a timely retrospective of a Wearside bard

Review of the new anthology collection by Sunderlands, poet William Martin

northeastbylines.co.uk

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · Jun 26

'A must-buy for lovers of the extraordinary poetry of William Martin [...] These verses are exquisitely spare yet depthlessly rich in their vision and musicality.' – Jane Pikett, The Northumbrian, on Marratide: Selected Poems (edited by Peter Armstrong & @jakecampbell88.bsky.social).

The photograph is of the books page of the June/July issue of The Northumbrian magazine pictured beside a copy of the late William Martin’s book Marratide: New & Selected Poems. The cover picture is from The Book of Kells, c. 800 AD.

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · May 20

Editors Peter Armstrong & @jakecampbell88.bsky.social will be launching Marratide: Selected Poems and remembering William Martin at the @litandphil.bsky.social in Newcastle tomorrow evening, 21 May, 7.30pm, and at St Chad's College Chapel in Durham on 27 May, 7pm - both with poet #GillianAllnutt.

Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · May 20

another new arrival!!! details in Alt

William Martin (1925-2010) Marratide: Selected Poems
Edited by Peter Armstrong & Jake Mooris-Campbell
Includes QR code linking with recordings of poems read and sung by William Martin

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Jake Morris-Campbell @jakecampbell88.bsky.social · May 12

Ahh that's lush, thank you. Really appreciate you taking the time to come out and to get a copy of my book. I hope you enjoy it!

Jake Morris-Campbell @jakecampbell88.bsky.social · May 9

Wild Writing: Shores of Memory, Tides of Truth.

Next Monday I'm reading from my new @manchesterup.bsky.social book at @wowfest.bsky.social with two incredible Merseyside authors: Tony Wailey and @wildtwin.bsky.social

Celebrate 25 years of radical writing in Liverpool (with a Northumbrian twist!)

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Jake Morris-Campbell @jakecampbell88.bsky.social · May 7

Oh, that is a powerful piece.

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

Don't miss @jakecampbell88.bsky.social, Tony Wailey and @wildtwin.bsky.social at the upcoming @wowfest.bsky.social in #Liverpool in May!
Dive into the raw, untamed heart of storytelling as the panel explore memoir, fiction, and the spaces in between.
Tickets:

Wild Writing: Shores of Memory, Tides of Truth - Writing on the Wall

Dive into the raw, untamed heart of storytelling with 'Wild Writing,' a festival exploration of memoir, fiction, and the spaces in between

writingonthewall.org.uk

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

We're thrilled to have FIVE authors at @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social!
2nd June- @jakecampbell88.bsky.social & Jean Strouse (online)
5th June- Mikael Klintman (online)
7th June- @emmahcasey.bsky.social (in-person)
9th June- @aldersonday.bsky.social (in-person)
yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calendar/

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Jake Morris-Campbell @jakecampbell88.bsky.social · Apr 29

Btw, I meant that I'd also read the Guardian article on Conduit Books. I expect you're getting a lot of nonsense pushback. Keep gannin'!

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Jake Morris-Campbell @jakecampbell88.bsky.social · Apr 29

Read both pieces with interest & – dare I admit this? – approval. I agree: we need publishing to be a broad church. As a father to a small boy, I want to think of him being able to read great male (and female)-authored books. So, more power to you, Jude. This feels to me like a timely initiative.

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Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social · Apr 29

Looking forward to Wild Writing and celebrating 25 years of Radical Writing with Writing on the Wall

Quaker Meeting House: 22 School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BT
May 12, 2025, 7:00 pm
@jakecampbell88.bsky.social @wowfest.bsky.social

writingonthewall.org.uk/myevents/wil...

Wild Writing: Shores of Memory, Tides of Truth - Writing on the Wall

Dive into the raw, untamed heart of storytelling with 'Wild Writing,' a festival exploration of memoir, fiction, and the spaces in between

writingonthewall.org.uk

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Jake Morris-Campbell @jakecampbell88.bsky.social · Apr 24

Marvelous Merseyside launch for Salt & Ash tonight at Dead Ink Books, Smithdoon. Here I am with my wonderful friend and colleague, fellow poet @helentookey.bsky.social who led such a rich discussion. Big love to the friends, students & co-workers who made it out in support: true marras! Gan canny x

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · Apr 23

Join #HolyPlaces author @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social and #BetweenTheSaltAndTheAsh author @jakecampbell88.bsky.social for a evening of pilgrimage and place at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social. More info below!

📅 Thurs 1st May
🕡 6:30–8:30pm
📍 Blackwell's Manchester
🎟️ Via 🔗

Jake Morris-Campbell & Kathryn Hurlock in conversation with Peter Scott

Join us on a journey through pilgrimage and place, with Jake Morris-Campbell & Kathryn Hurlock in conversation with Professor Peter Scott

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Apr 22

This week at @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social don't miss @jakecampbell88.bsky.social in conversation with Helen Tookey about his acclaimed new book, Between the salt and the ash.

Tickets and info at the link below 👇 #Liverpool #booksky

Dead Ink Bookshop @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social · Apr 9

HELLO let's have a look at what's coming up for the next few weeks at the bookshop! For all these events, you can find more info / tickets via the link in our bio or head straight for deadinkbookshop.com!

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Jake Morris-Campbell @jakecampbell88.bsky.social · Apr 18

Looking forward to it!

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Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social · Apr 18

Event!
Wild Writing at Writing on the Wall. Mon May 12 at Quaker Meeting House with Tony Wailey and Jake Morris-Campbell. @wowfest.bsky.social @littletollerbooks.bsky.social @jakecampbell88.bsky.social

writingonthewall.org.uk/myevents/wil...

Wild Writing: Shores of Memory, Tides of Truth - Writing on the Wall

Dive into the raw, untamed heart of storytelling with 'Wild Writing,' a festival exploration of memoir, fiction, and the spaces in between

writingonthewall.org.uk

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