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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
03.03.2026 15:40 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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. 👀
03.03.2026 11:35 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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
02.03.2026 16:13 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
📢 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 🥳
02.03.2026 12:39 — 👍 17 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
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 👏👏👏
02.03.2026 11:25 — 👍 1 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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
Join authors Dr Keith Kahn-Harris and Professor Gavin Schaffer, along with Hebrew Union College’s Karen Skinazi, at @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk Jewish Book Week to explore their new books and the textures of everyday Jewish life.
Book here: jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/events/jews-...
#booksky
‘Lacking funds rather than wit, Henry Wotton was impecunious throughout his life and, during his later ambassadorial terms in Venice, was suspected of taking bribes from city financiers and from Florentine and Spanish agents.’
Clare Jackson on James I’s ambassador.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Our Queer and Trans Histories series is seeking proposals! We welcome works spanning premodern to modern eras, global perspectives, and across genders and sexualities, it explores intersections of age, race, class, religion, disability, and more.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/queer...
Join as for the next Manchester Histories Salon, and hear two of the authors who created 'A queer scrapbook', a beautifully illustrated new compendium of LGBTIQ+ life in Britain & Ireland.
Central Library #Manchester
26th March 6pm
More info here: manchesterhistories.co.uk/events/salon... #booksky
'Mrs Dalloway: Biography of a Novel'
open.substack.com/pub/gabriell...
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'Compelling book argues convincingly that the 1997-2007 government was not a continuation of Thatcherism' -- @irishtimes.com
Read Robert McNamara's review of 'New Labour, New Britain?' by @gsoh31.bsky.social online here:
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
#LabourParty #TonyBlair #booksky
