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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 13h

Join @tajali1.bsky.social at events across the UK as he discusses 'Come what may, we're here to stay', his new history of South Asian resistance in Britain. Find an event near you: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/?utm_...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 21h

"You can't fight in silos - you have to organise together." @tajali1.bsky.social reflects on the lessons of Britain's anti-racist movements, from community organising and political education to solidarity across different struggles. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152617758...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

How were empires challenged? This week, we're bringing together books that reveal the stories and struggles of different activist figures and groups✊ Explore the full list on the blog and stay tuned to hear more from our authors and across the week: bit.ly/4AMcX62

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's Bookshop Day 2026! Today we encourage you to #ChooseBookshops and support your local bookshop by dropping in, buying a book, or shouting them out on social media. @booksaremybag.bsky.social #BookshopDay

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Before there was William. Before there was Charles. There was Prince Alfred. In our latest Q&A, Cindy McCreery explores Britain's first global royal tour and what it reveals about monarchy, empire and imperial power in the nineteenth century. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/10...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Prof. @sonjatiernan.bsky.social's landmark biography celebrates Irish poet and activist Eva Gore-Booth’s life, as a significant figure of Anglo-Irish letters and an unsung hero of LGBT+ history. Join us at @livirishfest.bsky.social on 19th Oct: www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/sonja... #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Earlier this year, Studies in Imperialism published its 200th volume. We're revisiting this conversation with the series editors on four decades of scholarship, the evolution of the field, and why the study of empire still matters today. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/05...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It's time to look ahead to what's publishing in Spring & Summer 2027! We're delighted to share with you the new trade catalogue, featuring the books we're publishing March-August 2027 - browse it here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/catalogues/ #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

How did imperial networks shape work, family and belonging in China? Andrew Hillier's latest guest blog for Visualising China explores the lives of William and Nancy Stark Toller and offers a fascinating glimpse into the everyday realities of empire. Read more: visualisingchina.net/blog/2026/09...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Now published, The James Baldwin Review Vol 12, Issue 1 This new, fully open access issue brings together essays, interviews, reviews and emerging scholarship examining #JamesBaldwin's writing, influence and global legacy. Read here www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal... #BaldwinStudies

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What is #IrishStudies, and why does it matter? In our latest author interview, Graham Price discusses Beginning Irish Studies, exploring the development of the discipline, its key debates, and where the field may be heading next 👇️ manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/09...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The third volume in the acclaimed Island Book of Records series chronicles 1971–72, two years that saw the label secure a position at the forefront of contemporary music around the world. Get your copy of this stunning LP-sized volume now from all online retailers now. #booksky #music #vinyl

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

How were empires made? Not only through armies and conquest, but through railways and infrastructure. In our latest author Q&A, Yangwen discusses railway imperialism, modernisation, and why the history of railways remains relevant today: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/10...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Coming up later this month at @otsfestival.bsky.social, musician and author @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social will be chatting to @danieldylanwray.bsky.social about his memoir, Punk rock ruined my life. Join us: offtheshelf.org.uk/events/punk-... #Sheffield #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Next Tuesday📆 Join Eva Willems for the launch of Contesting transitional justice in Peru at Ghent University. Eva will discuss how survivors of wartime violence pursue justice to confront the past and challenge ongoing structural injustices that affect their citizenship. Register: bit.ly/47g85Zq

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

On this day in 1936, East Londoners stopped Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts at Cable Street. This legacy would inspire generations of anti-racist activists in East London. @tajali1.bsky.social manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177582/

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thursday 15 October, 7-8.30pm Warburg Institute, London Celebrate the launch of Elaine Tierney's 'Celebrating the city', which takes readers behind the scenes of urban festivities in early modern London and Paris. Free, reserve a space: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/book-...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

How were empires made? This week's selection of titles explores the economic, political and technological systems that underpinned imperial power, alongside the cultural, social and intellectual frameworks that helped legitimise and sustain it. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/10...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

'Walking with the enemy' grew out of a 2020 symposium and a desire to rethink conversations about subversive mimicry, art and the so-called post-truth era. Read the full Q&A here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/08...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We’re delighted to announce that Maluseu Doris Tulifau's Brown Girls Don’t Cry is the winner of the inaugural Manchester University Press Prize for Outstanding Contribution to the Public Understanding of Sociology, awarded in partnership with @thesociologicalreview.org

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How much of what we think we know about eighteenth-century women comes from the historical record, and how much comes from popular culture? Virtue reconsider'd offers a fresh perspective on married women's lives. Publishing 6 October: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187468/

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy #NationalPoetryDay! We're celebrating by announcing the acquisition of What’s The Point of Poetry? by Katy Shaw. Publishing Spring 2028! Exploring everything from #Ovid to Covid, this ambitious new book asks: what is #poetry for in the C21st? Find out more here, bit.ly/4rH7F7U

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How does empire continue to shape the modern world? This autumn we're exploring race, empire and resistance through books on history, activism, education, memory and lived experience. Follow along for author Q&As, videos, events and more throughout October.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There's just 5 days left to access the introduction to 'Borderline bodies' for free and explore new perspectives on identity, representation and belonging in visual culture since 1800. www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"I always experienced new materialism and decolonial theory as two parties digging a tunnel towards the same aim, but coming from very different directions." Angela Last speaks about Tainted tools on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: bit.ly/3To6KfW%F0%9...

Yellow background. A black phone with over-ear headphone plugged in sits in the centre of the image. On the screen, the book cover for Tained tools can be seen as an episode of the New Books Network podcast with Angela Last plays.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@davehaslam.bsky.social's latest book features intimate and unguarded interviews with trailblazers and misfits from the worlds of music, literature, film and art. From politics and performance, to fame and addiction, interviewees speak with honesty about their creative journeys. Out in October.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As debates around misinformation and "fake news" continue, artists are finding new ways to provoke critical thinking and expose systems of power. 'Walking with the enemy' is now available to purchase in hardback: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526169488/

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We're delighted to announce the next book in our popular British Pop Archive series, 'A certain romance: Arctic Monkeys and the New Yorkshire Wave ' by Omar Soliman. Signed copies are available to pre-order from @roughtrade1976.bsky.social here: www.roughtrade.com/product/a-ce... #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This Friday, join Michelle Pace at the University of Catania as she launches her book, Un-welcome to Denmark: The paradigm shift and refugee integration. The launch will take place as part of the DIPLOWIDEMed Research-to-Policy Lab Crash Course Programme. Find out more: bit.ly/47ftFgF

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

'New Labour, New Britain? How the Blair governments reshaped the country' is a bold and balanced re-appraisal of New Labour in power by Prof. @gsoh31.bsky.social (Oxford Brookes). Out now and just £20 in hardback, available from all good bookshops & online. #LabourConference #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

'Pubs for the people' is a fascinating trip into the world of the English pub, tracing its past and exploring how it represents the hope of a more equal, sociable and comfortably multiracial England. Publishing this October, pre-order today from all good bookshops & online. #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Join us at @hatchards.bsky.social as @davehaslam.bsky.social discusses his new book ‘Creative Journeys,’ in convo with @lukebainbridge.bsky.social. 'Creative Journeys' is a collection of interviews with fascinating figures in music, literature, film and art: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-j...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What if art isn't simply rebellious or conformist? 'Walking with the enemy' editor Tom Williams discusses the artistic practices that fall between these categories, and what they can tell us about the twentieth century. Read the full Q&A: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/08...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

'What the dresses know' is an exciting new history of modernism that re-examines the movement through some of its most brilliant female artists. Join writer and AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker Sophie Oliver, coming to a bookshop or library near you: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/ #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We are deeply saddened by the death of Professor John M. MacKenzie, Founding Editor of our Studies in Imperialism series. Colleagues share memories of his influence, kindness and lasting impact on the field of imperial history: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/09...

Man with glasses and white eyebrows looking thoughtfully to the right in a close-up portrait, wearing a light blue shirt and dark jacket, seated indoors against floral wallpaper and a patterned armchair.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Looking for an accessible introduction to #Literary #AnimalStudies? This book has been specially written for undergraduate teaching, combining key concepts, theory and literary analysis in one engaging textbook. Order your inspection copy here, manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/inspection-r...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tom Williams, one of the editors of 'Walking with the enemy', introduces the concept of subversive mimicry: a tactic used by artists and activists who adopt the language, imagery and assumptions of the systems they seek to challenge. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526169488/

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Who gets to define the boundaries of the human body? Free to read until 5 November, the introduction to Borderline bodies in art and visual culture explores the bodies, images and objects that challenge fixed ideas of identity, place and belonging. www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Spotted in Waterstones Manchester Arndale, signed copies of Folklore in paperback on the BOGOF table! Perfect for your TBR as we move into Autumn and spooky season 🎃 pick up your copy today! @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social #folklore #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This Thursday! Join Dr Barbora Cernusáková at The University of Manchester for the launch of her new book, Surplus lives under racial capitalism, organised by the Political Economy Centre. 4-6pm Humanities Bridgeford Street Building find out more & register: bit.ly/3SR6O7N

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A huge congratulations to Joel Morley, whose book Joining up in the Second World War has been shortlisted for the Society for Army Historical Research's SAHR Chapple Prize. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526157232/

Joel Morley’s book "Joining Up in the Second World War" is announced as shortlisted for the Sahr Chapple Prize, shown as the book cover centered on a blue confetti background with the word SHORTLISTED across the top.

Endorsement from The Society for Army Historical Research: "An impressive study of how the cultural legacy of the Great War shaped the attitudes of wartime soldiers in the Second World War." Large white text set against a solid blue background.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Some of our politics titles at this year's EPOP conference in Liverpool earlier this week. Contemporary histories of Labour from Blair to Starmer, a case for a new written constitution and Richard Rose's brand new book on Britain's factured party system. Thanks to Uni of Liverpool/The PSA!

Photograph of a table and chairs. A small blue MUP-branded banner sits on the table, alongside some small stacks of books.

A close-up photograph of a stack of copies of The British party system, a book by Richard Rose.

A closer photograph of three of the titles on the table: New Labour, new Britain, The English Constitution and What went wrong with Britain?

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

How does focusing on plants change the way we think about work, value, and extraction in the green economy? In this week's Questions with, James Palmer discusses his book Power plants, bioenergy debates, ecological Marxism and the tyranny of sustainability. Read the full Q&A: bit.ly/4xYhJLZ

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

British South Asians have a long tradition of radical political activism. @tajali1.bsky.social tells the inspirational story of how they organised against racism in the past and how they continue to fight in the present. Join us at @lighthousebks.bsky.social: lighthousebookshop.com/events/come-...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We're delighted to share that 'Hospital aesthetics: Disability, medicine, activism' by Amanda Cachia has been shortlisted for the 2026 Charles C. Eldredge Prize! 🎉 Congratulations, Amanda! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187864/

Shortlisted announcement: Amanda Cachia's book Hospital Aesthetics: Disability, Medicine, Activism. Displayed against a confetti-covered blue background, shortlisted for the 2026 Charles C. Eldredge Prize.

Endorsement from the Smithsonian American Art Museum: "A game-changer!" praising Cachia's impressive treatment of an important topic and her demonstration of how to expand the mission of disability studies.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Did you know #C19th Manchester was once a Shakespearean powerhouse? In our new author blog, discover how an unexpected library find uncovered a forgotten story of innovation, performance & civic ambition, manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/09... #Shakespeare and #Manchester, out this month!

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Books you should definitely (maybe) have on your reading list if you've spent all day refreshing for the Oasis announcement. These Mancunian stories should keep you occupied until a certain pair of local brothers hit the road in May 2027.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NEW IN PAPERBACK! 'Family Romance' tells the story of artist John Singer Sargent and his relationship with the Wertheimer family, structured around the twelve portraits he painted of them 1898-1908. Available now from all good bookshops and online. #booksky #arthistory #biography

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What does punk look like, and who shaped its visual identity? Our author Russ Bestley joined Richard Smith's Destroy! The Influence of Punk podcast to discuss punk design and activism with Jonathan Barnbrook and Andrew Krivine. Listen now: www.patreon.com/destroypunkp... 🎧

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