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What draws people to extreme physical challenge?
Listen back to author Sarah Lonsdale on climber Dorothy Pilley, and author Carl Morris on the culture and history of endurance running, on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Both their books are out now. #booksky
Square promotional graphic on a pink background for a Manchester Histories salon event titled A Queer Scrapbook. The poster features the book cover for A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland since 1945 at the centre. A quote reads “A beautifully illustrated compendium of LGBTIQ+ life.” Circular headshots of editors Matt Cook and Rebecca Jennings appear beside the book. Quote beside the headshots reads "A discussion with editors Matt Cook & Rebecca Jennings". Event details read: Thursday 26 March, 6–7:30pm, Manchester Histories Hub, Central Library, and online.
Join us for the next instalment in our Salon series: A Queer Scrapbook 🏳️🌈
📆 26th March | 6–7.30pm
📍 Manchester Histories Hub
🎟️ FREE tickets here: manchesterhistories.co.uk/events/salon...
Organised in collaboration with @manchesterup.bsky.social
Following the US-Israeli strikes on Iran and their subsequent impact on the Middle East, we recognise that there is a need for access to informed, research-driven perspectives to give context to this conflict.
Read our key OA books on manchesterhive here: tinyurl.com/igme-free
Ruth Ginio visited Senegal late last year to celebrate Conquest and resistance in West Africa: The Jeandet Affair and the illusion of colonial justice.
Pictured is Saddick Sall, great‑grandson of Ndiereby Ba alongside the current Lam Toro of Futa Toro.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187376/
BBC Sounds is launching a new eight-part podcast charting the rise of the Madchester music scene.
The Rise and Fall of Madchester launches on BBC Sounds on Mon 16 March and will also air on 6 Music on Sunday into Mon 23 March from 12am to 2am: podcastingtoday.co.uk/bbc-sounds-e...
#Manchester
A very happy day - publication day! If you’re in Dublin on 18th March do come along to the launch - 6pm @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social Dawson street.
www.hodgesfiggis.ie/events
What does Russia truly want? Global recognition as a great power, or simply more territory?
Don't miss an expert panel at this year's Bath Literature Festival, including author Andrew Monaghan.
Tickets on sale now: bathboxoffice.org.uk/whats-on/mak...
#Russia #Bath #booksky
Screenshot of the cover of Postcapitalist cities by Oli Mould
Extremely exciting news that the brilliant @olimould.bsky.social’s new book Post-capitalist Cities is OFFICIALLY OUT & ready to purchase!
I just put in my order - I recommend you do the same! 🤓🤓🤓
Upcoming Events @blackwells.bsky.social
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Learn more about the exceptional performances that shaped #AlfredHitchcock’s films, from #IvorNovello to #TippiHedren
Join co-editors Victoria Lowe and Adrian Garvey at the #BFI #ReubenLibrary as they discuss #Acting and #Performance in #Hitchcock.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/24327/
Very useful book for my masters thesis on the inter-war feminist journal Urania that Gore-Booth co-founded (declaring that 'sex is an accident') which included a trans feminine editor, Irene Clyde. 👀
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Publishing today!
A special anniversary edition of Sonja Tiernan's acclaimed biography of Irish poet, pacifist and political firebrand Eva Gore-Booth.
Currently 30% off on our website until the end of March.
#WomensHistoryMonth #biography #booksky
Tune into BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed at 3:30pm (UK time) today to hear their programme on Extreme Sports, featuring authors Carl Morris (Dirtbag dreams) and Sarah Lonsdale (Wildly different): www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#extremesports #climbing #endurancerunning #booksky
Head to our Blog (link in bio) to find Lambros’ Spotify playlist to accompany the book. 🎧
Join Lambros at a book event near you:
11th March @conwayhall.bsky.social
17th March @faneproductions.bsky.social (online)
24th March @imaginebelfast.bsky.social
15th April @housmansbookshop.bsky.social
Publishing today! 🚨
‘Policing the beats’ demonstrates how music has been used as an instrument for policing Black people, from slavery to the present day, revealing racist legal processes that make crimes out of rhymes.
Available from all good bookshops & online. #booksky
'A queer scrapbook' is a beautifully illustrated compendium of LGBTQIA+ life across Britain and Ireland.
Packed with materials, including interviews, photographs and flyers, the book explores queer life since 1945.
Publishing in March. #lgbtqia #booksky #history
"The liveliness of the tale told in Lying Abroad might inspire readers to pursue Wotton’s Venetian trail."
Clare Jackson reviews 'Lying abroad' by Carol Chillington Rutter in the latest issue of the @lrb.co.uk: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
'Lying abroad' is out now! #booksky #bookreview
Why are nuclear bunkers suddenly everywhere on TV?
David L. Pike explains the rise of the nuclear bunker as one of TV’s hottest settings in The Guardian ⬇️
After the end, #ColdWar culture and #apocalyptic imaginations in the C21st - OUT NOW IN PAPERBACK!
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Like the beauty requisite, domestic perfection is ruthlessly promoted on social media creating an ideal scenario for unfettered capitalist production & gendered inequalities of domestic labour. 30% discount on my book for Women’s History Month @manchesterup.bsky.social @uoy-sociology.bsky.social
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📢 New book alert 📢 via @manchesterup.bsky.social. New insights into #womenshistory #Irishhistory via lens of leisure. My chapter argues how Irish Countrywomen's Association created opportunities for fun & leisure for rural women. Afterword by @clairelanghamer.bsky.social. @whaireland.bsky.social 🥳
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What can we learn from New Labour’s time in power?
Join Professor Glen O’Hara, Anneliese Dodds, and Patrick Diamond as they discuss the Blair governments.
📍 Sir Kenneth Wheare Hall
🗓️ Thursday 16 April
⏰ 6:30pm
Use this link to book your ticket today- www.eventbrite.com/cc/think-hum...
This will be a fantastic discussion 👏👏👏
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Can't recommend @sonjatiernan.bsky.social 's life of Eva Gore-Booth too highly
#spéirgorm #booksky #womenshistorymonth #writingcommunity
Listen to Santiago Fouz-Hernández discuss his new book The Films of Bigas Luna on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
He explores the full filmography of Bigas Luna, from Tatuaje to DiDi Hollywood, offering an essential guide to the director’s unique cinematic legacy.
newbooksnetwork.com/the-films-of...
We're marking Women’s History Month, celebrating women's voices & stories that have shaped our world.
Our reading list highlights trailblazers whose work continues to inspire and challenge us. Shop now with 30% OFF before 31st March here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/03... #booksky
Join author Lambros Fatsis at an event to celebrate his new book, 'Policing the beats: Black music, racism and criminal injustice'.
Appearing at @conwayhall.bsky.social, @faneproductions.bsky.social, @imaginebelfast.bsky.social & @housmansbookshop.bsky.social.
More info on our Events page.
An absolute pleasure to provide a jacket quote for Lying Abroad: Henry Wotton and the Invention of Diplomacy by Carol Chillington Rutter. The book has now been published and I’ve just received a copy from @manchesterup.bsky.social My comments below:
#lyingabroad #jacobean #stuart #diplomacy
This spring we are highlighting the newest titles on MUP’s History list. These books follow people, ideas and movements across centuries, from medieval chronicles to twentieth‑century protest, political thought and the first women ordained in Sweden.
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'So, with a deep sense of disappointment, I shelved the project with the intent to publish it in English one day.'
Author Rustam Alexander writes about his experience of publishing AIDS in Soviet Russia, read his blog here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/02...
@lgbthm.bsky.social #booksky
Our new Queer and Trans Histories series is seeking proposals for works that expand the field, uncover overlooked topics, and reimagines how these histories are told.
Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/queer...
#LGBTQHistoryMonth
