Centre for Place Writing
@centreplacewriting.bsky.social
Creative-critical research centre, Manchester Metropolitan University. Exploring the relationship between writing & place to examine major contemporary issues Co-directed by Dr David Cooper & Prof Rachel Lichtenstein https://linktr.ee/centreforplacewriting
New poetry from @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social's upcoming Red Ceilings Press pamphlet (Houses of Prominent Men) available to read in the Anthropocene Poetry Journal. www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/3-poems...
3 poems by Lydia Unsworth
______________Lydia Unsworth is a poet based in Greater Manchester. She is the author of This Now Extends to My Daughter (Blue Diode), Stay Awhile and YIELD (Knives Forks and Spoons Press), Arthropod ...
anthropocenepoetry.org
Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal has new work published in the summer edition of @stingingfly.bsky.social stingingfly.org/product/summ... @supriyadhaliwal.bsky.social
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In August Rachel Lichtenstein will be in conversation with Aviva Dautch about her recent project unearthing the work of Yiddish poet A.N. Stencl in “Vanished Streets: Unseen Photographs of Jewish London” – www.yiddishbookcenter.org/events/upcom...
Talk | “Vanished Streets: Unseen Photographs of Jewish London” with Aviva Dautch and Rachel Lichtenstein | Yiddish Book Center
Join us on Zoom | Sunday, August 2, 2 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. GBT
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Coming next month - @helenmort.bsky.social has new work included in Kerri Andrews’ forthcoming edited anthology, Women Walking, due out on 6th August with Batsford Press. Available for preorder: www.batsfordbooks.com/book/women-w...
Women, Walking - Batsford Books
Join bestselling author Kerri Andrews and ten other women as they each narrate walks that will challenge, inspire and fascinate you. Following on from Kerri Andrews’ bestselling book Wanderers, whic...
batsfordbooks.com
Coming next month - @helenmort.bsky.social has new work included in Kerri Andrews’ forthcoming edited anthology, Women Walking, due out on 6th August with Batsford Press. Available for preorder: www.batsfordbooks.com/book/women-w...
Women, Walking - Batsford Books
Join bestselling author Kerri Andrews and ten other women as they each narrate walks that will challenge, inspire and fascinate you. Following on from Kerri Andrews’ bestselling book Wanderers, whic...
batsfordbooks.com
In August Rachel Lichtenstein will be in conversation with Aviva Dautch about her recent project unearthing the work of Yiddish poet A.N. Stencl in “Vanished Streets: Unseen Photographs of Jewish London” – www.yiddishbookcenter.org/events/upcom...
Talk | “Vanished Streets: Unseen Photographs of Jewish London” with Aviva Dautch and Rachel Lichtenstein | Yiddish Book Center
Join us on Zoom | Sunday, August 2, 2 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. GBT
yiddishbookcenter.org
Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal has new work published in the summer edition of @stingingfly.bsky.social stingingfly.org/product/summ... @supriyadhaliwal.bsky.social
stingingfly.org
New poetry from @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social's upcoming Red Ceilings Press pamphlet (Houses of Prominent Men) available to read in the Anthropocene Poetry Journal. www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/3-poems...
3 poems by Lydia Unsworth
______________Lydia Unsworth is a poet based in Greater Manchester. She is the author of This Now Extends to My Daughter (Blue Diode), Stay Awhile and YIELD (Knives Forks and Spoons Press), Arthropod ...
anthropocenepoetry.org
And while I’m here (and my own uni is not in this market), here’s a course I’m teaching this autumn:
How to Be a Renaissance Prince: The Borgias, Medici, and Farnese
Join Professor Catherine Fletcher to put together the theory of Machiavelli’s book The Prince and the practice of three Renaissance dynasties: the Borgias, Medici and Farnese. The Prince offered its s...
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Lovely to have a shout-out for The Firearm Revolution in David’s latest email - if you fancy some Renaissance crime fiction check out his excellent Cesare Aldo series
SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop.com · last wk.Revealed in this week's free newsletter: How emails from readers pointing out past mistakes can be hugely helpful... dvbishop.substack.com/p/historical...
Writing query - can you help? With an overarching theme of chronic illness/disability in nature/place writing I'm looking at national prizes e.g. Wainwright as examples of bias/representation in the pub industry for my PhD. What has been said/written on diversity? #NatureWriting
Last week @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social walked from Manchester to London as part of her PhD research in #poetry #walking #research
Lydia Unsworth@lydiaunsworth.bsky.social · 2w agoMade it!
Graduation day 🗞️ Rochdale Canal for photos, because the inland waterways ran through every aspect of my research 💙 @centreplacewriting.bsky.social
Um, I've walked to London from Manchester. In Watford now. Will arrive at the Charles I equestrian statue about 3pm tomorrow.
Over the past year, we have been working to restore, digitise and catalogue the massive archive of cassette tapes in the Burgess Foundation’s collections. Find out what they tell us about Anthony Burgess's life and work. anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/listening-...
Listening to Anthony Burgess
On the Burgess Foundation's audio cassette collection
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The book is out and available, in full open access with @degruyterbrill.bsky.social 🚨 Thank you to the @c2dh.uni.lu for the open access. 11 chapters about the public fabric of history in Europe. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... @ncph.bsky.social @ifphexplorers.bsky.social
Coming up in September, Helen Mort will be appearing at BBC's Contains Strong Language poetry gala. @helenmort.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/events/ep3fb...
Contains Strong Language 2026 - CSL Poetry Gala: Part II
The second episode of two very special events features our Contains Strong Language poets on the same bill for the first time. This, the second of two much-loved Poetry Galas, features Jackie Kay, Pau...
bbc.co.uk
The deadline for submitting to Images of Research is nearing. Send your pictures in by 5pm 31st July. www.mmu.ac.uk/research/res...
Images of Research
Our research communication competition - using photography to showcase the work of doctoral students and research staff.
mmu.ac.uk
It is tempting to see Manchesterism as the story of Burnham. But that misses the bigger picture.
‘Manchesterism’ is bigger than Andy Burnham
It is tempting to see Manchesterism as the story of Burnham. But that misses the bigger picture.
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The deadline for submitting to Images of Research is nearing. Send your pictures in by 5pm 31st July. www.mmu.ac.uk/research/res...
Images of Research
Our research communication competition - using photography to showcase the work of doctoral students and research staff.
mmu.ac.uk
Coming up in September, Helen Mort will be appearing at BBC's Contains Strong Language poetry gala. @helenmort.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/events/ep3fb...
Contains Strong Language 2026 - CSL Poetry Gala: Part II
The second episode of two very special events features our Contains Strong Language poets on the same bill for the first time. This, the second of two much-loved Poetry Galas, features Jackie Kay, Pau...
bbc.co.uk
Good incidental insight into why Manchester(ism) does so well in this chart
Dr Dave Hitchcock@davehitchcock.bsky.social · 2w agoDefinitely a great sign of health in that nice university sector you've got there, england.
Great to see this out - includes an essay from me on centuries of public history-making on the Roman roads. And the cover photo comes from a @bsrome.bsky.social field trip!
Thomas Cauvin@thomascauvin.bsky.social · 2w agoThe book is out and available, in full open access with @degruyterbrill.bsky.social 🚨 Thank you to the @c2dh.uni.lu for the open access. 11 chapters about the public fabric of history in Europe. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... @ncph.bsky.social @ifphexplorers.bsky.social
See this little hollow? Its brilliant. There's a wasps nest in the ground just to the left (you'll have to believe me, they were quite annoyed). Its in a badger run, so one evening, a badger spotted the entrance, had a little dig, got stung to hell, and buggered off. All written in a little hole.
Back at work today and am very pleased to see my discussion about the Firearm Revolution out on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast:
Catherine Fletcher, "The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires" (Princeton UP, 2026) - New Books Network
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