If you were to pick up any biography of an author of literary fiction today, you would expect to find that author’s works referenced in some way – and normally that expectation would be fulfilled.... READ MORE
Tuesday, 29 Mar 2022
If I believed in fate, I would say that I was destined to write this book, since it reflects obsessions I’ve had for most of my adult life and probably earlier: poetic forms, what those forms tell... READ MORE
Tuesday, 29 Mar 2022
Homoeroticism and the political imagination in Irish writing In Revolutionary Bodies, I track a history of imaginary queer or gay men in modern Irish literature and argue that diverse political ideas... READ MORE
Monday, 28 Mar 2022
My book Britain Alone is a history of Britain since the global financial crisis. It starts with the following observation, which I build on from recent post-colonial scholarship. With the confirmation... READ MORE
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022
‘What sets this book apart from other scholarly endeavors on theories of the gift in medieval literature is its focus on genre and the ways in which the form of the text and the text’s... READ MORE
Monday, 31 Jan 2022
The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) is pleased to invite submissions to a new prize competition; its 2022 Book Development Prize Competition. Two prizes of ÂŁ2000 each will be... READ MORE
Friday, 14 Jan 2022
The UK and Ireland’s major university presses are pleased to announce the launch of a new framework for collaboration. EvenUP demonstrates the commitment of UK and Irish university presses to... READ MORE
Tuesday, 11 Jan 2022
Seven titles published by Manchester University Press have been recognised as Outstanding Academic Titles at the 2021 CHOICE Awards. The CHOICE Awards are designed to recognise outstanding works for... READ MORE
Thursday, 9 Dec 2021
To celebrate the release of two new Shakespearean books, we’ve pulled together a reading list of some of our newest and bestselling titles on the great bard himself. Reading list *Discount valid... READ MORE
Wednesday, 24 Nov 2021
“Keep UP!”, the 2021 University Press Week theme, marks the tenth anniversary and celebrates how university presses have evolved over the past decade. It’s MUP’s turn on the UP Week... READ MORE
Monday, 8 Nov 2021