Essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of our most vital resource, 'Murky water' exposes the many problems with the UK's unsustainable water system, and offers real solutions for fixing them. Publishing next month. #booksky

'Hinde is a charming travel companion. An enticing blend of memoir, sociology and reportage.' -- @calflyn.bsky.social In his new book, author @dominicmhinde.bsky.social travels across Scotland to discover whether the lessons of the past can help us build a more sustainable future. #booksky

On this evening's episode of BBC Radio 4's Free Thinking, Senior Lecturer in Folklore and History and author @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social discusses folk customs and traditions. Tonight from 9pm, listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #Folklore #booksky

Author, journalist and researcher @dominicmhinde.bsky.social will be appearing at FACLAN 2025 at @anlanntair.bsky.social to discuss his new book, 'Drifting north' on November 1st at 2pm. Tickets: lanntair.com/events/event... #booksky #Scotland #Stornoway

Come and join us at the @waterstones.bsky.social #Glasgow Café Scientifique for a talk & discussion about Scotland’s relationship with climate change with author @dominicmhinde.bsky.social. All welcome! FREE tickets - register here: www.waterstones.com/events/clima... #booksky

Come join us at Track Brewing Co in #Manchester as we celebrate the launch of Dirtbag Dreams with author Carl Morris. Fascinating stories, insightful discussions, and of course, great beer. You can also join us for a pre-event run! Tickets on sale now: tinyurl.com/z7huw27v #booksky #running

FINAL DAY TODAY! #booksky

A profound exploration of the connection between poetry and suicide, pre-order 'The poetry of suicide' by @jtwelsch.bsky.social with 25% OFF on the Waterstones website or app before the end of today (Friday)! Enter discount code OCTOBER25 at checkout: www.waterstones.com/book/the-poe... #booksky

A bold and balanced re-appraisal of Tony Blair's years in power, pre-order 'New Labour, New Britain?' by historian @gsoh31.bsky.social with 25% OFF on the Waterstones website and app until Friday. Enter discount code OCTOBER25 at checkout: www.waterstones.com/book/new-lab... #booksky

Student discount night next week! Tuesday 21st October, 7-9pm - 20% off everything plus a free beer or soft drink and a Housmans tote bag 🤝

What a brilliant event at the beautiful @toppingsbath.bsky.social. A full house, including a former student, lovely staff & the very talented @skullsandsheets.bsky.social. Look at all those copies of #Folklore lined up 😍 (hand cramp from signing my name too many times is a wonderful problem to have)

#Folklore This podcast is essential listening. @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social discuss their social splendid new book Folklore: A Journey through the Past and Present with that @icysedgwick.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...

While in Bath I popped into @mrbsemporium.bsky.social to sign #Folklore (which is keeping excellent company with @karlbell.bsky.social) - and to add my name to the author luggage tags hanging from their ceiling with their respective pens - a piece of folklore in itself!

Don't miss author, journalist & researcher @dominicmhinde.bsky.social in conversation with Dan Richards about his new book, 'Drifting north' at @portybooks.bsky.social #Edinburgh on the 4th Nov. In-person & livestream tickets available here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/domin... #booksky

***This week only*** You can buy my book on New Labour and the Blair years for only fifteen quid at Waterstones! Fifteen quid: what a bargain... www.waterstones.com/book/new-lab...

Looking forward to reading this. Seven Dials is one of the most freighted zones in London, up there with Bloomsbury. Slums, astrology, early gay haunt, Simeon Solomon, a psychic war-zone. There was a terrible heart-rending street murder there when we lived nearby in Soho.

This is my first glimpse of Songs of Seven Dials in the wild. I love the idea of the Dials as 'one of the most freighted zones in London ... a psychic war-zone'. There's a phrase I wish I'd written... Thank you @skionar.bsky.social. I really hope you enjoy the book. #20s30s #LondonHistory

In the latest issue of the @lrb.co.uk, David Trotter on 𝘔𝘳𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘺, including a few words about @markhussey.bsky.social's 'Mrs Dalloway: Biography of a novel' which is out now. #booksky

Waterstones customers! Pre-order upcoming books with 25% off until tomorrow (17th Oct) - just enter code OCTOBER25 at checkout. A huge selection of titles available, including a number of 2026 MUP titles. Shop now on the Waterstones website and app: www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct... #WPreorder

An illuminating account of how Americans have been divided by the very value that unites them, pre-order 'The trouble with freedom' by @melissa-geog.bsky.social with 25% OFF on Waterstones' online until Friday. Enter discount code OCTOBER25 at checkout: www.waterstones.com/book/the-tro... #booksky

As reviewed in October issue. www.thecrackmagazine.com/view-editori...

In this new episode of Fabulous Folklore Presents, @icysedgwick.bsky.social chats to two folklore heavyweights - @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social - about their brand new book, 'Folklore', which is out now. Watch the episode on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuX8... #booksky

Ahead of the publication of his book 'Songs of Seven Dials' next week, historian @tricksterprince.bsky.social spoke to @thetimes.com about this remarkable neighbourhood + the 1927 libel trial that became the battle to define modern London. Read it here (£): www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar... #booksky

This month on Fabulous Folklore Presents, I'm chatting to @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social about their new book Folklore: A Journey through the Past and Present. There's even a mention of ice cream van folklore! youtu.be/xuX87Hcp53U?...

The excellent review in The Conversation is not by me; it's by @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social, an expert on Sally Wainwright's work. Check out the book on Wainwright she published with Kristyn Gorton: bsky.app/profile/manc...

A thoughtful exploration of the work of this unique comedian and writer, pre-order 'Caroline Aherne' by @arghkid.bsky.social with 25% OFF on the Waterstones website and app until Friday 17th October. Enter discount code OCTOBER25 at checkout: www.waterstones.com/book/carolin... #booksky

I guess the countdown to publication day has well and truly begun ...

'An essential insight into the voices that are often silenced by a city's ego, and a timely spotlight on a political agenda that is ever-present today.' - @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social The untold story of a remarkable neighbourhood and the battle to define modern London. #booksky #London

The 'Into being' book tour continues, with events in Penzance and Bristol (@gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social) this week, and @ink84books.bsky.social London next. Further events in Durham, Liverpool, London and Oxford to come, head to our Events page for more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/

Music As Life: Politics, Power, Creation 7pm Thurs 6th Dave Randall @djpaulette.bsky.social & Adèle Oliver unpack music as politics, as a tool for survival, solidarity and community building-joyful, galvanising, subversive, a record of love, loss & resilience. lighthousebookshop.com/events/music...

I am so looking forward to this session @lighthousebks.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social #welcometotheclub #booktalk

It’s Tuesday and there’s another post on the blog to celebrate the Bulletin of @thejohnrylands.bsky.social going fully #OpenAccess🔓 This week, Dr Janette Martin writes on Bulletin 74:2, The Manchester Guardian archives as a search-engine of the pre-digital age. Read the blog post: bit.ly/46PfNdJ

I'll be speaking about the book @greenhouseuis.net on 20 October (online), @bookhaus.bsky.social on 29 October (in person, ticketed), at @uio.no in November, and @uofglasgow.bsky.social in December 🎤📚💡

It sure is! Thanks to everyone who helped me make this book. I'm reminiscing today about field trips to Orkney, Shetland & the Outer Hebrides, islands which swept me up in their windy history, and offered new perspectives on 'national' narratives & global challenges. (And plotting ways to return!)

It's Electric Wind publication day!💨 Join @dudleymarianna.bsky.social for the launch of her new book, online and at @bookhaus.bsky.social. Details on the MUP Events page🎟️👇 A cutting-edge history of wind power in Britain from the industrial revolution to the present. Electric Wind is out now💡

We're delighted that former politician, economist and author Vince Cable will be speaking at TEDx in Durham on Sunday 2nd November. His new book, 'Eclipsing the West', is out now. Tickets & information here: tedxdurham.co.uk #Durham

You can now pre-order my book on New Labour for a mere fifteen quid! That's got to be a bargain... Details below. 👇

25% OFF 2026 New Titles on the @waterstones.bsky.social website & app for a limited time only! Pre-order from thousands of titles using discount code OCTOBER25 at checkout. Valid 14-17th October & online only, a great opportunity to grow your TBR pile for next year! Titles listed below. #booksky

My book on poetry & suicide isn't out until April with @manchesterup.bsky.social, but you can pre-order it 25% off from @waterstones.bsky.social this week only. The idea of it as a real book is still scary, so I'm reassured by the thought of it in friends' hands. www.waterstones.com/book/the-poe...

Sir Vince Cable has followed China & India for decades. In 'Eclipsing the West' he draws on new data and a lifetime of experience to ask what the rise of the Asian superstates means for the future. Appearing at The SE London BookFest 2025 on the 8th Nov: www.tickettailor.com/events/theso... #booksky

Happy #BookshopDay! I popped down to @bookhaus.bsky.social where I’ll be discussing Britain’s energy past & future with @dominicmhinde.bsky.social on 29 Oct (tix available!) - just 1 of loads of talks they do. My book is out Tuesday @manchesterup.bsky.social - ask your local bookshop to order it ☺️

What do #MeToo and Jane Austen have in common? More than you might think. Join @thezhm.bsky.social on her upcoming book tour, reading between the lines of the regency novel to uncover a quiet feminist movement that still resonates today. Tickets: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/ #booksky

Watched #RiotWomen yet? Once again, Sally Wainwright proves why she’s one of TV’s finest #screenwriters/producers Find out how Wainwright's reshaping representations of women on screen in a new article by Kristyn Gorton and @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/10...

The Haunted Landscape 2025: Ghosts, Magic and Lore 22 November 2025 10 am - 5 pm @conwayhall.bsky.social and online A legendary trip through the Haunted Landscape with our day of expert talks on British ghost, magic, and folklore. #TheHauntedLandscape www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/eve... 1/10

The Haunted Landscape 2025: Ghosts, Magic and Lore 22 November 2025 10 am - 5 pm @conwayhall.bsky.social and online @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social : Legend-Tripping in the British Landscape www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/eve... 9/10 @manchesterup.bsky.social

🚀 Book Launch: Women's Troubles On Nov 12th, @clairepierson.bsky.social will be joined by Professor Liz Evans at @liverpooluni.bsky.social to discuss feminist and gender politics, Northern Ireland, and Claire's new book Women's Troubles. Tickets are FREE 🎟️ Visit the MUP events page for info👇

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In her new book 'Courting Disaster', @thezhm.bsky.social reveals how Jane Austen, Frances Burney and their contemporaries used their stories to share their ideas about sexual consent. Because every novel about marriage is a novel about consent. Publishing next month, pre-order now! #booksky

From a history of goth to Egyptian mummies, and the science behind that eerie feeling that we aren’t alone, shop our Spooky Season reading list w 25% OFF books by @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social & @odavies9.bsky.social, @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social & more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/10...

If you missed out on 'Studio Electrophonique' events earlier this year, then happily @coldtapfilms.bsky.social is on the road again this month, with events at @otsfestival.bsky.social #Sheffield, TOWN Festival #Halifax and London. Tickets & info here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/ #booksky