Michelle Houston
@houston_ml
Senior Commissioning Editor, Literature, Film and Culture, Manchester University Press
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12-05-2011 17:45:33
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Did you enjoy the latest episode of #ThisCulturalLife with Hanif Kureishi? RuvaniRanasinha biography of the author sheds new light on how his life animates his work, and offers a vivid portrait of a major talent who has inspired a new generation of writers. Out now!
Hello to everyone at the MSA Conference this week👋 Explore our #Modernist reading list featuring new and bestselling titles in #Literature #ArtHistory #FilmStudies and #Surrealism - and enjoy 30% off select books! 📚 ⬇️ manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2024/11/0… MSA (Modernism) #ModernistStudies
Publishing today! In his new book, Douglas Field unravels his lifelong fascination with #JamesBaldwin. Tracing Baldwin's footsteps, Field offers both an intimate look at Baldwin's life and influence, and a poignant account of coming to terms with his own father's Alzheimer's.
Delighted to be launching ‘Walking in the dark’ this evening at Anthony Burgess Foundation #Manchester with author Douglas Field in conversation with David Olusoga - a celebration of this brilliant book and the iconic American writer James Baldwin.
Senior Commissioning Editor Michelle Houston shares her 2025 highlights from the #literature #theatre #film and #television list ➡️ bit.ly/3COVPmI With new series launches and releases from bestselling authors, 2025 is shaping up to be an extraordinary year 🥳
So delighted with reviews in for SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177322/ Ash/Ear Read This is on Blue Sky Open Letters Review Mind the Blog Kirkus Reviews Inside Story EPOCH History Magazine London Review of Books The Washington Post Guardian culture Los Angeles Review of Books The Spectator World History Book Chat Rod Mannix #WritingCommunity Prospect
Happy birthday Hanif Kureishi! In this first biography of the author, RuvaniRanasinha sheds new light on how his life animates his work, and offers a vivid portrait of a major talent who has inspired a new generation of writers. Out now: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526147394/ #HanifKureishi
🤖OUT NOW! Digital Ecologies draws together leading scholars to examine how digital media reshape the futures of #conservation and #environmentalism. 🖋️Ed. by Jonny Turnbull 🇺🇦, adam searle, H. Anderson-Elliott & Eva Haifa Giraud #OpenAccess: tinyurl.com/5e5hbms5 digitalecologies
SIGNED The amazing story of the home studio that helped launch some of Britain’s most beloved bands. Drawing on original interviews with Jarvis Cocker, Martyn Ware, Mark White and more. The second installment from Manchester University Press's British Pop Archive series. Signed bookplates.
ICYMI, listen to the Folger Shakespeare Library Shakespeare Unlimited podcast on Shakespeare and his contemporaries, and the influences on the “upstart crow” as he created a canon of timeless works, with author 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐲-𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬. Available here: folger.edu/podcasts/shake… #ShakespeareSunday
If #Nosferatu is making you want to know more about the history of #vampires, we'd like to introduce you to Open graves, open minds, Representations of vampires and the #Undead from the #Enlightenment to the present day, edited by Coffin Boffin and Dr Bill Hughes (William the Bloody) Available in
We're exhibiting our books at #MLA25! Visit us on the IngramAcademic stand to browse our latest #literature titles and schedule a meeting with editor Michelle Houston Not attending? Check out our #MLA2025 reading list. Whether you're into #EarlyModern literature,