We asked longstanding MUP author and UK politics expert Jim Chandler for his insight on tomorrow's local elections, as we share our reading list of key titles on local democracy.
Read his comment here:
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2024/05/0…

#localelections #generalelection #localGov

Out now in paperback!

'Perceptive and revealing history of the past half-century of the department that underwrites every British political decision.' -- Will Dunn, The New Statesman

The inside history of the Treasury, in the words of the chancellors, advisors & civil servants.

We can't wait to attend Gothic Futures in July 👇👇👇👇👇

Now in paperback,

Love's Cure, or The Martial Maid, By #JohnFletcher and #PhilipMassinger , edited by José A. Pérez Díez
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526178800/…

Fully modernised text with a full commentary. Includes ground-breaking research and discusses the plays dating, authorship and reception

The month of May is Local and Community History Month across the UK.

We’ve compiled a brand new reading list of books which celebrate local and community history from around the UK, including lots from our own city of #Manchester : manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2024/05/0… #localhistory #community

Imagine working at an #indiebookshop with bags of character and history in the heart of the #LakeDistrict
📚 #Bookseller #booklover Wanted!
😍 30-45hrs a week, flexible (ish)
spread the news so we find the dream team 🙏
#amblesidejobs #dreamjob

Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board theconversation.com/labour-can-aff… via The Conversation

Thanks Prof. James Hou at National Chung Hsing University for the kind invitation- it was my pleasure to be able to share covert colonialism with the audience in Taiwan! And thanks Tsunghan Wu for reading the entire manuscript and providing his valuable views as a discussant!

Congratulations to John Bowers KC on the launch of your new book ‘Downward Spiral’! 📚 (1/4)

Johanna Thomas-Corr FWIW a few non-fiction titles I'm particularly looking forward to:
The Monastic World by Andrew Jotischky
Spycraft by Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman
The Medieval Scriptorium by Sara Charles
Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers by Darren Freebury-Jones

‘An excellent case for fixing the 'sense of decay' affecting parliament with detailed and robust reforms’

Miranda Green's review of John Bowers' new book, Downward spiral, for the Financial Times . Read the review here (£): ft.com/content/c55494…

Downward spiral is out now!
#politics

Out in paperback next month!

Disrupting White Mindfulness by Cathy-Mae Karelse is a thought-provoking critique of the prevailing narratives that shape the mindfulness industry, namely whiteness, post-racialism and neoliberalism:
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526176264/
#mindfulness #racism

Out now in paperback,

Bestsellers and masterpieces, edited by Heather Blurton and Dwight F. Reynolds 👇
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526178770/…

'will undoubtedly enhance scholarship and undergraduate curricula.' Arthuriana

#MedievalBestsellers #LiteraryHistory #Manuscripts #Masterpiece

No plans this Friday evening?

Join us at the British Library as Touching Bass and Calm Roots present ‘Rest & Restore’ with DJ sets and conversation with jamzsupernova & PAULETTE on her acclaimed new book Welcome to the club.

Info & tickets: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/touchin… #London

Paperback now available,

Riddles at work in the early #medieval tradition, edited by Megan Cavell and Jennifer Neville 👇
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526178763/…

Provides an up-to-date microcosm of research on the #earlymedieval #riddle tradition.

#Englishliterature #medieval twitter #riddle s

The publishers listened to YOU, and frankly, it looks bloody delightful; Mancunians will be out in paperback in July.

YOU VOTED, WE LISTENED 🗳️🧡

Thank you to everyone who voted on Scotty's posts, we're now delighted to reveal the cover for the paperback edition of 'Mancunians: Where do we start, where do I begin?'

Publishing in July, available to pre-order now from bookshops & online.

Not only is Mayor Jamie Driscoll campaigning in the upcoming local elections, he is also a member of the Common Sense Policy Group who have authored the forthcoming book 'Act now', publishing in July, which offers a roadmap to a brighter future.

More about the book: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526180766/

MUP is happy to announce our attendance at this year's #AAHM conference!

Not going to be at AAHM? You can explore our conference reading list below. #HistoryofMedicine

You can get 30% off our reading list using the code AAHM30 for 30% at checkout.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2024/04/1…

✏️Co-authored book chapter of the Centre's
Director Emre İşeri (Emre Iseri) and advisory board members Aylin Güney, and Gökay Özerim (@gokayozerim), ''Teaching Europe and the Middle East at Universities in #Turkey '' has been published by Manchester University Press
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526160577/