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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 1h
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 · 2h
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 · 4h
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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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 4h
Pubs for the People has arrived Described by @leninology.bsky.social as "one of the sharpest and strangest books ever written about English nationalism" What more can anyone want? Order: www.waterstones.com/book/pubs-fo...
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 4h
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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Darren S. Layne @funkyplaid.bsky.social · 19h
Our new JST #JacobiteStudies Virtual Workshop Series launches Tue, 13 Oct at 5pm UKT with a discussion about academic publishing with @dparrish0.bsky.social (JST) and @siobhanmup.bsky.social (MUP). Make sure to bring your questions, tips, and anecdotes! Full programme: jdb1745.net/events/jstwo...
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 6h
Now available on BBC Radio 4, Shaun Keaveny chooses comedian Caroline Aherne for an episode of Great Lives. Listen to the episode here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... @arghkid.bsky.social's latest book, Caroline Aherne: Rebel in Disguise, is out now and available from all good bookshops #booksky
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BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Shaun Keaveny picks Caroline Aherne
Shaun Keaveny chooses the comedian Caroline Aherne.
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 23h
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 · 23h
In this short video, William Welstead introduces Beginning Literary Animal Studies, an accessible textbook for those studying human-animal relationships through #fiction #poetry #ethics and #CriticalTheory Publishing later this month! Watch now www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl1B... #AnimalStudies
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Beginning Literary Animal Studies by William Welstead
What role do animals play in literature, culture and the humanities? In this video, author William Welstead introduces Beginning Literary Animal Studies, an accessible guide to the rapidly growing…
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 23h
Ahead of the publication of his new book, Creative Journeys, next week, @outsideleft.bsky.social's Martin Devenney talks to Hacienda DJ, writer, cultural historian and man of many talents @davehaslam.bsky.social, read it here: outsideleft.com/main.php?sto... #booksky
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Dave Haslam: The Outsideleft Sunday Interview — Martin Devenney talks to Hacienda DJ, writer, cultural historian and man of many talents about his new book 'Creative Journeys'
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Can Andy Burnham Be Trusted? | NPS #48 ft. Taj Ali
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
On the Northstar Politics Show, author and journalist @tajali1.bsky.social discusses his new book, 'Come what may, we're here to stay' and outline the UK’s forgotten South Asian History of political activism and organising. Listen on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/2sZt... #booksky
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Learning South Asian’s Forgotten History w/ Taj Ali | Echo Chamber
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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
⚽ 📖 Football and climate change: the unsustainability of the beautiful game - Out in March 2027 with @manchesterup.bsky.social If anyone is interested in hosting one of us for a seminar/presentation in 2027, get in touch.
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"This fascinating, warm, and generous book about creating a memoir feels as though the author has given a gift to the reader whether or not they are a writer." @lovereadinguk.bsky.social review @lilydunn.bsky.social's 'Into being': www.lovereading.co.uk/book/9781526... Out now in paperback! #booksky
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Into Being by Lily Dunn
Into Being - The acclaimed author of Sins of My Father shares the secrets of writing a new, transformative kind of memoir.
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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
Dark blue background, white MUP logo in top right corner. White text at top left of image reads: Eva Willems Book Launch, Tuesday 13th October, Ghent University. Beneath the text a photograph of Eva sits next to the cover for her book, Contesting transitional justice in Peru.
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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
Join us at @hatchards.bsky.social as author Sophie Oliver discusses her new book ‘What the Dresses Know: A Women's History of Modernism Told Through Clothes,’ in conversation with fellow academic and broadcaster Shahidha Bari. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-the-d... #London #booksky
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What the Dresses Know – Sophie Oliver at Hatchards, Piccadilly
Sophie Oliver discusses her book ‘What the Dresses Know,’ in conversation with Shahidha Bari.
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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
For TSR, Maluseu and the other winners from this year’s awards sat down to discuss their work and the importance of public sociology. Read the full piece: thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/sep...
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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
Promotional image for the winner of a book prize. Purple gradient background. Text at top of image reads: "Winner" surrounded by a small The Sociological Review Public Sociology Awards 2026 logo and a small white MUP logo. Book cover for 'Brown Girls Don't Cry' in centre of image. Text beneath book cover reads: "Outstanding Contribution to the Public Understanding of Sociology".
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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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huseyinkishi.bsky.social @huseyinkishi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you’re interested in how we address the issues that Sharon Graham of Unite has raised on #r4today. You should read @manchesterup.bsky.social’s When Nothing Works From cost of living to foundational liveability:
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When nothing works
"When nothing works" published on 27 Jun 2023 by Manchester University Press.
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James Baldwin Review @jbrjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
James Baldwin Review is proud to announce the publication of Volume 12 (2026). This exciting issue features the 2025 James Baldwin Lecture by the esteemed Hortense Spillers. www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal... @manchesterup.bsky.social
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Discover more #poetry books in our #NationalPoetryDay2026 reading list, bit.ly/4z75gG4
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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
A look at two original accounts of English eating and drinking habits, why we eat and drink the way we do now with three fantastic authors. Join us at @trackbrewingco.bsky.social taproom in #Manchester for this discussion, FREE tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pubs-for-t... @versobooks.bsky.social
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Pubs for the people: Sivamohan Valluvan and Amit Singh with Lewis Bassett
A look at two original accounts of English eating and drinking habits, why we eat and drink the way we do now with three fantastic authors.
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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
After British South Asians endured the riots of summer 2024, @tajali1.bsky.social tells the inspirational story of how the community organised against racism in the past and how it continues to fight in the present. FREE tickets: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/come-... @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social
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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
Join authors @lilydunn.bsky.social and Blake Morrison at @gowerst-books.bsky.social where they'll be discussing their latest books on the power and importance of memoir writing. A must-attend event for any writer or reader of memoir. Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/the-p... #London #booksky
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The Power of Memoir: Lily Dunn & Blake Morrison in conversation with Richard Beard | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about The Power of Memoir: Lily Dunn & Blake Morrison in conversation with Richard Beard…
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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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Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What a lovely event that was! Thank you #wigtownbookfestival for organising such a wonderful show, @leerandall.bsky.social for including me and @charlenebusalli.bsky.social for being such a brilliant chair. I had such a lovely time talking about my wild, wild women. @manchesterup.bsky.social
Sarah and Charlene smiling and laughing after their Wildly Different event at Wigtown Book Festival
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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
Journalist and historian @tajali1.bsky.social will be at @redhillsdurham.bsky.social to discuss his new book, 'Come What May, We’re Here to Stay', on the fight against racism, exploitation & injustice that helped shape modern Britain. 11th Oct FREE tickets: tickets.redhillsdurham.org/event/taj-al...
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Christine Slobogin @slobogin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A labor of love and laughter!! Our book _Sick Jokes_ is finally out with @manchesterup.bsky.social ! Working on this with @katiesnow.bsky.social and @lauracowley.bsky.social has been a blast, and our contributors are BRILLIANT! Have your libraries order it!!
Me (a white woman with shortish dark blonde hair in a black and white horizontal striped dress) smiling while standing in front of a green plant holding two copies of the book _Sick Jokes: Visual Histories of Humour, Health and the Body_Close up of the cover of _Sick Jokes: Visual Histories of Humour, Health and the Body_. The cover includes the title in orange and "Edited by Christine Slobogin, Katie Snow and Laura Cowley" in yellow. The cover image is a black-and-white photograph of a white man with glasses and an oxygen tube and hospital gown pulled up to reveal both a Karposi's sarcoma and a happy face tattoo.Photo of two pages at the beginning of the book.

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A note on the cover image
When deciding which image from this volume to put on the cover, we knew that we wanted something that captured one of the book's central themes: the use of humour as a means of reclaiming power from the medical systems or diagnoses that so often leave us feeling powerless. Marc Geller's photograph of Tom Shearer does exactly that, with Tom's personality - embodied in his smiley face tattoo and steady gaze - posing a pointed challenge to medical and cultural assumptions about what it means to be, or to joke about being, 'sick'. The context in which this portrait (one of many, discussed in Jo Michael Rees's Chapter 6, in this volume) was taken also suggests the importance of laughing in the faces of death and danger, of creating community and of sharing experience - other prominent themes throughout Sick Jokes.
We are very aware of the ethical quandaries of sharing patient photographs, especially on a book cover, publicly viewable on shelves and on screens. While we cannot get consent from Shearer for this specific use of his photograph, we have received permission from Geller. The portrait was taken by Geller on assignment for the American LGBT magazine The Advocate in 1991, to accompany an interview about Shearer and Beowulf Thorne's radically funny wine Diseased Pariah News. Geller stated in an email to us that he felt Tom's bravery in creating such a zine comes through in the way he faced the camera. While we cannot know how Shearer or Thorne imagined these portraits might circulate after their deaths, the photographs belong to a project and artistic friendship that was itself public-facing.  
We hope that this photograph draws people into this volume while also showing Shearer as he wanted to be perceived. We hope that we have done him - and other patients, artists and jokers - justice.
Christine Slobogin, Katie Snow and Laura Cowley Dedications
For Cindy Slobogin, who taught me to love art - Christine Slobogin
For Rory Ivor Snow, who can find the funny in anything - Katie Snow
licence, thanks to the supertial commercial us, dischindle
For Sue Cowley, who was a good patient but a far better teacher -
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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
Orange background, white MUP logo in top right corner. Text at top left of image reads: Michelle Pace Book Launch, Friday 2nd October, The University of Catania. Beneath the text, a photograph of Michelle Pace sits next to the cover of her book, Un-welcome to Denmark.
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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 · 26/09/2026
Dave Haslam will be talking to Stephen McRobbie, frontman of legendary indie group the Pastels, record label boss, and co-founder of record store @monorailmusic.bsky.social #Glasgow #booksky
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Join legendary DJ, music writer and broadcaster @davehaslam.bsky.social at @waterstones.bsky.social Argyle St to discuss his new book 'Creative Journeys', a fascinating and inspiring collection of interviews with world renowned artists and creators. Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/creat...
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Creative Journeys - Dave Haslam's conversations with famous creators | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Creative Journeys - Dave Haslam's conversations with famous creators today.
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What's next for China's economy? Join us at this FREE event as part of @oxrdmcr.bsky.social's Cultural Welcome, with eminent authors Vince Cable & Rebecca Fannin, in partnership with Manchester Confucius. 1st October Tickets: oxfordroadcorridor.com/events/whats... #Manchester #China #booksky
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What’s Next for China’s Economy? Presented by Manchester University Press and Confucius Institute
Ahead of the festival, Sir Vince Cable and Rebecca Fannin discuss the future of China’s economy, exploring implications for commerce, law and climate change.
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Join author and academic Sophie Oliver at House of Books and Friends in #Manchester for a Lunchtime Lecture on 10th November. Sophie will be discussing her new book, 'What the Dresses Know: A women’s history of modernism told through clothes.' Tickets: houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/luncht...
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LUNCHTIME LECTURE - Sophie Oliver 'What the Dresses Know' | House of Books & Friends
House of Books and Friends is excited to introduce the next guest for their ‘Lunchtime Lecture’ series: Sophie Oliver, author of What the Dresses Know: A women’s history of modernism told through […]
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mark Perryman’s annual selection of books to make sense of the 2026 Labour Party Conference, featuring @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @ewangibbs.bsky.social, @tajali1.bsky.social, Richard Rose & more - check it out on @bellacaledonia.bsky.social here: bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/09/24/t... #booksky
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Ten Books to Make Sense of the 2026 Labour Party Conference
Mark Perryman’s annual selection this year ranges from Eric Hobsbawm to Rocking against Racism. Emile Chabal The Age of Hobsbawm: The Life of a Revolutionary Historian In the October 1983 edi…
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Shalimar Books @shalimarbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As racism rears its ugly head again, this book asks: are we doomed to repeat the past or will we learn from our mistakes and build a better world. 📚📚✊🏾 'Come What May, We're Here to Stay: The Story of South Asian Resistance in Britain' by Taj Ali. @tajali1.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
'An inspirational guide in understanding the deep roots of South Asian activism in Britain.' Counterfire review @tajali1.bsky.social's 'Come what may, we're here to stay': www.counterfire.org/article/come... Out now and available from all good bookshops. #booksky
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Come What May, We’re Here to Stay – book review
Taj Ali’s inspiring history of South Asian struggles against racism across the twentieth century emphasises the importance of class and broad alliances, finds Zahid Rahman There are often two misju...
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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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