How would you like someone who has read your book to sum it up in one sentence? ‘This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the social, material and literary forms of devotional identities during... READ MORE
By Jen Mellor Hi there! I’m Jen Mellor, a Production Editor at Manchester University Press, and for this year’s University Press Week... READ MORE
By Dean Blackburn In late March, we all retreated into our homes to seek refuge from a virus that has reshaped our everyday lives. We also confronted some uncomfortable truths. Suddenly, we... READ MORE
Why Manchester? Paul Dobraszczyk: Greater Manchester is the flagship urban region in the UK’s evolving policy of decentralising government. This is partly a consequence of Greater Manchester’s... READ MORE
‘What are the best tattoos on page or screen?’ With our shared interest in detective narratives it was never going to be a quick answer to that question. Moving from Cape Fear, Memento to A... READ MORE
By Lucy Burns, Assistant Editor, MUP Knowing that I am exactly the sort of person who is well-represented in publishing, my perspective on university press week is as a researcher and writer; I... READ MORE
Join us this week in celebrating University Press Week 2020! Every day this week we will posting and sharing content centred on different voices in academic publishing – take a look at our... READ MORE
By Ismee Tames, 25 Oct 2020 People in the Netherlands who work on topics of war and mass violence often ask me about ‘the War’ (de Oorlog), by which they mean the Second World War, or more... READ MORE
The 2016 campaign slogan “Make America Great Again” declared that all was not right with current America. And for most people that was a correct assessment after 1980. According to economists... READ MORE
By Ming-Yuen S. Ma Dear Reader, Like many of you, when the COVID-19 pandemic started spreading globally, all of my travel plans grounded to a halt. I have not left Los Angeles since... READ MORE