Manchester University Press

29/08/2026

Author Dave Haslam presents revelatory conversations with creative icons and explains the strategies behind his most illuminating interviews in his new book Creative Journeys.

Don't miss his event at The Grayston Unity this October, tickets available now via DICE here:

The event will consist of a reading and discussion, Q&A, and a book signing afterwards. Dave Haslam presents revelatory conversations with creative icons an...

28/08/2026

Irish poet and activist Eva Gore-Booth (1870-1926) led a life defiantly at odds with her aristocratic origins, campaigning on behalf of barmaids, circus performers, flower sellers and pit-brow lasses, her partner, Esther Roper, at her side.

Sonja Tiernan’s landmark biography celebrates Gore-Booth’s life and work in the context of our current political climate and reclaims her place as a significant figure of Anglo-Irish letters and an unsung hero of LGBT+ history.

Don't miss her talk at Liverpool Irish Festival this October: https://www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/sonja-tiernan-eva-gore-booth-irish-radical-poet-rebel-and-reformer/

Sonja Tiernan talks about her biography on Eva Gore-Booth, Irish poet and activist of the late 1800s/early 1900s.

28/08/2026

📚 Proudly celebrating the stories, voices and experiences that make our communities stronger. Happy Manchester Pride from all of us at Manchester University Press. 🌈

27/08/2026

How do filmmakers document life through darkness, uncertainty and crisis?

In our latest Questions with, Eleonora Diamanti and Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier discuss Cinematic Nightscapes, their new book exploring documentary and ethnographic filmmaking in Cuba.

From visual storytelling to political upheaval and Cuba's ongoing energy crisis, the authors reflect on the role of filmmaking in documenting social change and creating space for solidarity.

Read the full Q&A on the blog: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/08/27/7-questions-with-eleonora-diamanti-and-alexandrine-boudreault-fournier/

Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier

27/08/2026

26/08/2026

Come say hello at our final social sciences conference of the season! Our Senior Commissioning Editor, Jai Seaman, is in Warsaw with the European Sociological Association until Friday.

For those who couldn't make it to Poland, we've created a digital reading list so you can browse from wherever you are.

This year’s key titles include books on documentary and ethnographic filmmaking during Cuba’s energy crisis, digital security, migration and social policy, transnational anarchism, the coloniality of sexual violence and more.

Check out the full list: www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/esa-2026-reading-list/

25/08/2026

NEW ON RED PEPPER: Red Pepper Media’s Summer Reads ☀️🥵♨️🌴

The summer’s not over til it’s over! Our co-editor David Matthews shares his pick of the best books upcoming and hot off the press - perfect for holidays, sunny day reads and even sunday scaries.

Including:
🌟 We Were Here: A History of Black People in Alternative Music by Stephanie Philips (Faber, 2026) Faber Books
🌟 The Return of the 90s: A Cultural History of the Present edited by Madeline Lane-McKinley and Sean O’Brien (Pluto Press, 2026) Pluto Press
🌟 Come What May, We’re Here to Stay: The story of South Asian resistance in Britain by Taj Ali Taj Ali (Manchester University Press, 2026) Manchester University Press
🌟 Trash! A Garbage Man’s Story by Simon Paré-Poupart (Melville House, 2026) Melville House
🌟 Taking Up The Spear: Shadrack Maphumulo’s Struggle Against Apartheid by Joe Pillay (Daraja Press, 2026) Daraja Press

David Matthews is a Red Pepper Media co-editor, a lecturer in Health & Care at Bangor University and the author of The Class Struggle and Welfare: Social Policy under Capitalism (Monthly Review Press)

🌶️ Read his full range of reading selects on the Red Pepper website now, and subscribe today to support independent media!

25/08/2026

LAST CHANCE! Do you have research to present at the intersection of art, disability and access?

Our series editors for Critical Studies in Art, Disability & Access have a call for papers at CAA 2027

Deadline: 31 August

https://caa.confex.com/caa/2027/webprogrampreliminary/Session17833.html

24/08/2026

Heading to the Pushkin House Book Prize Festival next month?

Don't miss a panel event exploring the AIDS crisis during the tumult of perestroika in Soviet Russia, with expert authors Rustam Alexander and Dan Healey.
Tickets here: https://www.pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/events/5900

Talk: Hidden Histories: AIDS, Activism, and Hope in Soviet Russia