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**You're invited to the book launch of The Films of Bigas Luna**

Thursday December 11th, Filmoteca de Catalunya library, Barcelona.

Author Santiago Fouz Hernández will be in conversation with Esther Gimeno Ugalde.

Find out more here 👇
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/launc...
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Our volume is finally out! Open access to boot! Personal thanks to Michal Frankl for his patience and trust ...and, of course, to our authors for powering through the long production process. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526189929/
Manchester University Press - Humanitarian mobilisation in Central and Eastern Europe
Humanitarian mobilisation in Central and Eastern Europe - Browse and buy the eBook edition of Humanitarian mobilisation in Central and Eastern Europe by Doina Anca Cretu
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November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Happy to see this out - great project with wonderful people, can’t wait to read!
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Visit @queerbritain.bsky.social to meet author @sachacoward.bsky.social, interviewed by Tanaka Mhishi, as they travel from ancient Greece to the main stage of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Saturday 6th December
Tickets here: www.outsavvy.com/event/31166/...
#London #booksky #queerhistory
Meet the Author: Sacha Coward - Queer as Folklore Tickets - London - OutSavvy
Visit Queer Britain Museum to meet author Sacha Coward, interviewed by Tanaka Mhishi, as they travel from ancient Greece to the main stage of RuPaul's Drag RaceQueer as Folklore is a Sunday Times Best...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Tomorrow: Metadata in partnership - Manchester University Press & the University Library working together.
Free webinar 19th Nov 1400 with @emmabooth.bsky.social, Kate Horton, @mellordramatic.bsky.social, Jessica Thompson & Beth Price.
nag.org.uk/event/mup/
#NAGWebinarWeek
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November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Don't miss author Jake Morris-Campbell speaking at Books on Tyne later this month about his brilliant book, Between the salt and the ash.

He spoke to @culturednortheast.bsky.social ahead of the event, read the interview here: www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/author-and... #booksky
Author and 'spirit guide' embark on coastal pilgrimage
Festival date for Jake Morris-Campbell
www.culturednortheast.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
How did deindustrialisation impact Britain's working class communities?

This Thursday, join Lisa Taylor for a discussion of her book, Threads of Labour: Tapestry of an ex-industrial community at The Leeds Library.

⏰6pm
📍The Leeds Library & Online (Zoom)

More info & free tickets👇
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Our stories, your Manchester.

Ahead of tonight's launch party for Reimagining Business Schools, we're spotlighting the MUP titles that capture the rich tapestry of Manchester's history, people and creative spirit.

Discover the books that celebrate our University and City: bit.ly/OurMancheste...
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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The hardback edition of our new edited book, ‘In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956’, is published through @manchesterup.bsky.social today!

You can get 30% discount by using the code ‘EVENT30’ right now, or tell your library!

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
Manchester University Press - In solidarity, under suspicion
In solidarity, under suspicion - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of In solidarity, under suspicion by Daniel Frost
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November 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Three days before the half-centenary of Francisco Franco's death, Duncan Wheeler, author of 'Following Franco' (2020), shares his thoughts on revenge and reconciliation .

Catch up here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Arts & Ideas - Revenge and reconciliation - BBC Sounds
In the week we mark the Armistice of World War I, Anne McElvoy and guests discuss revenge
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November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Join Tim Beasley-Murray as he explores which parts of life are serious and which are a game on a recent @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast 👇
newbooksnetwork.com/critical-games
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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A few photos from a great day time travelling to 1920s and 1930s Seven Dials with @stanfordstravel.bsky.social.

1 Contemplative in Lumber Court (now Tower Court).

2 Signing books in Stanford's.

3 Songs of Seven Dials in the wild.

4 Befuddled by modern life on Earlham Street.

#London
November 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We're looking forward to seeing some of you at @alliancembs.bsky.social tomorrow evening for the launch of Reimagining Business Schools for the 21st Century!

Don't forget, a free chapter is available until 21st November on Manchesterhive🐝

Download the free chapter: bit.ly/RBSFreeChapter
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Out now🕊️

Conflict, peace and mental health (Second edition) by @davidbolton.bsky.social draws on powerful lessons from Northern Ireland to explore how individuals and communities recover from conflict, trauma and loss.

Now with a new chapter on promoting justice & reconciliation.
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
What made Troilus and Cressida so relevant to audiences who had lived through two world wars?

Why did it speak to the 'angry young men' of the post-war era and to the countercultural movements of the 1960s?

Find out here 👇
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526103574/
@stevetpurcell.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
When I finished my travels, never in my lifetime had Scotland felt so adrift and cut off from itself, writes @dominicmhinde.bsky.social for @scotsman.com here: www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

His new book 'Drifting north' is out now! #Scotland #booksky
US-style inequality, closed libraries and potholes: What I found on two-year journey around Scotland
When I finished my travels, never in my lifetime had Scotland felt so adrift and cut off from itself, writes Dominic Hinde
www.scotsman.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Thank you to @tricksterprince.bsky.social for his amazing guided tour of 'Song of Seven Dials' (which I highly recommend).
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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If you ever get the chance to be guided around Seven Dials by @tricksterprince.bsky.social, jump at the chance! He was so generous with his time, knowledgeable about the area and a fantastic storyteller.

I can’t wait to read Songs of Seven Dials.

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181954/
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Huge thanks to Jessie from The Mancunion Books team for this write up of @lilydunn.bsky.social's memoir workshop in Manchester last month.

Read the piece here: mancunion.com/2025/11/15/a...
#amwriting #memoir #booksky
A writing workshop with Lily Dunn - The Mancunion
On a cold Autumn morning, I attended a writing workshop with author Lily Dunn, putting the advice in her book Into Being to good use
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November 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Saturday: 22 November 2025 @conwayhall.bsky.social l & online

@odavies9.bsky.social [email protected]: Legend-Tripping in the British Landscape

The nature, history, and landscapes of Legendary Britain.

9/10

forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...

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November 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
ICYMI author, researcher and runner Carl Morris was on BBC Radio Leeds earlier today chatting about his new book, Dirtbag dreams, a history of ultra, mountain and trail running.

Listen back here (about 90 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #running #ultrarunning #Leeds #booksky
BBC Radio Leeds - Gayle Lofthouse, 14/11/2025
West Yorkshire stories to make you smile, mid-morning updates and the music you love.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
ICYMI you can now watch back author, economist & former politician Vince Cable giving the opening keynote at China Week, and chatting to Kerry Brown at the @lauchinainstitute.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social about his new book 'Eclipsing the West' here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyKX...
China Week opening keynote - Eclipsing the West: China, India and the Forging of a New World
YouTube video by Global Affairs, King's College London
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November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Join author Matt Houlbrook (@tricksterprince.bsky.social) and @stanfordstravel.bsky.social CEO Vivien in London tomorrow for a walking tour of Seven Dials and learn more about this iconic neighbourhood.

Tickets still available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/songs-of-s...
#London #SevenDials #booksky
Songs of Seven Dials Walk & Talk
Meeting at Stanfords
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November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Discover the trailblazing lives of thirty trans people who will radically change everything you've been told about transgender history.

@elierlick.bsky.social's 'Before Gender' is available now from all good bookshops & online.
#TransAwarenessWeek
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Thrilled to see Eva Gore-Booth biography anniversary edition now included in the @manchesterup.bsky.social trade catalogue 2026. Due in print March 2026!
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November 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM