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Centre for Place Writing
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Creative-critical research centre, Manchester Metropolitan University. Exploring the relationship between writing & place to examine major contemporary issues.
Co-directed by Dr David Cooper & Dr Rachel Lichtenstein
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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · Jan 2
Some of our highlights from 2024 include:

Helen Mort's new book Ethel was pub & her appearance on Countryfile & Kendal Mtn Lit Fest.
David Cooper's co-ed Handbook of Literary Geographies was pub.
Kate Pahl led a brilliant new project working with young people, learning through trees.

#PlaceWriting
book cover of Ethel, with title and author in large solid white text and yellow drawings of plants woven through. Overlaid on a background of a photograph of a woman in black and white looking at the camera with short curly hair and a wooly hat. muted green background. book cover, dark brown with circles and shapes in white, below is a solid black background and white text that reads 'The Routledge Handbook of Literary Geographies' edited by Neal Alexander and David Cooper. white and green background with green text that reads 'Voices of the Future' and a hand drawn picture of a tree on the right with a large bird on the top and two people standing either side reaching out towards one another.
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This week from Stockrm.
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LGBT+ History Month: Delve into the Isherwood Archives Drop-in - Stockroom
Join us for an open archive session offering a rare opportunity to explore the Isherwood Family archives up close.
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February 9, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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Forthcoming event in March with Helen Mort - Charli Howard (Flesh) in conversation at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social
#BookSky @helenmort.bsky.social
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FLESH: Charli Howard in conversation with Helen Mort
Join us for a discussion on the female body, objectification and reclamation on Wednesday 11th March!
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February 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Later this month, Lydia Unsworth will be reading poetry alongside Tom Jenks and David Gaffney at Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester - February 26th 6.30 to 8.30pm. @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social
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Future Events | Saul Hay Gallery | Manchester
News of our future events will appear here. Join our mailing list to be first to hear exhibition news.
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February 6, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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Three minute thesis - deadline extended for current doctoral students @dcahf-met.bsky.social to 16th February.
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Three Minute Thesis (3MT®)
Discover the international competition that challenges doctoral students to describe their research to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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Doctoral Collage Student Resources site has launched - where you can view recordings from previously held training sessions and workshops, welcome videos from each Faculty, videos from our University-held competitions and much more.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Student feedback invited from @dcahf-met.bsky.social for all PhD students @manmetuni.bsky.social - deadline 27th February.

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February 6, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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Student feedback invited from @dcahf-met.bsky.social for all PhD students @manmetuni.bsky.social - deadline 27th February.

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February 6, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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Doctoral Collage Student Resources site has launched - where you can view recordings from previously held training sessions and workshops, welcome videos from each Faculty, videos from our University-held competitions and much more.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Three minute thesis - deadline extended for current doctoral students @dcahf-met.bsky.social to 16th February.
www.mmu.ac.uk/research/res...
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®)
Discover the international competition that challenges doctoral students to describe their research to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes.
www.mmu.ac.uk
February 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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On this week’s newsletter, find out about Anthony Burgess’s long association with the Observer newspaper, and find out how you can enter your own writing into the Observer Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism.

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Sunday Observance
Anthony Burgess as critic in the Observer newspaper
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February 6, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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February 6, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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Later this month, Lydia Unsworth will be reading poetry alongside Tom Jenks and David Gaffney at Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester - February 26th 6.30 to 8.30pm. @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social
www.saulhayfineart.co.uk/future-event...
Future Events | Saul Hay Gallery | Manchester
News of our future events will appear here. Join our mailing list to be first to hear exhibition news.
www.saulhayfineart.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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Forthcoming event in March with Helen Mort - Charli Howard (Flesh) in conversation at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social
#BookSky @helenmort.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flesh-char...
FLESH: Charli Howard in conversation with Helen Mort
Join us for a discussion on the female body, objectification and reclamation on Wednesday 11th March!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Cloudburst.
A wall is covered in crumbling render, the colour of sand. Where the plaster has fallen, it makes the shape of a cloud. Years of staining and leeching around the patch has streaked the wall below, looking like rain.
February 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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This looks like a fun job for someone working between academia and creative industries
emilymfg.bsky.social Emily Mark-FitzGerald @emilymfg.bsky.social · 4d
Very pleased to share details of a new permanent academic job opportunity in Creative & Cultural Industries at University College Dublin. We are seeking candidates with a PhD whose work engages with the commercial creative industries. Deadline: 6 March 2026 universityvacancies.com/university-c....
February 5, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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The International Fellowships 2026 scheme, run with the @royalsociety.org, supports international early career researchers to undertake a two-year research career with UK partner organisations. Find out more and apply ahead of 11 March deadline: https://bit.ly/3LaMIBC
A colour block banner with the words 'International Fellowships 2026' written on the left-hand side.
February 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Announcing our Spring & Summer events with Satoshi Yagisawa & Emi Yagi, Douglas Stuart, and Tayari Jones!

Advance tickets for these events are now available for MLF Members to buy. Tickets go on general sale on Fri 6 Feb. Can't wait? Get your membership here: www.quaytickets.com/mlf/screenlo...
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February 4, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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Apply for our PhD placement scheme to get involved in extraordinary research at the Library. There are eight available placements exploring a variety of themes including war poetry, 21st-century digital tools, illustrated newspapers and decarbonisation.

Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements
The front page of the Daily Graphic newspaper published Saturday 25 August, 1917, featuring portraits of 'Women in the Order of the British Empire', including Lady Byron, the honourable Mrs Alfred Lyttelton, Her Majesty the Queen.
February 4, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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New podcast: The Burgess Foundation is working to preserve the vast collection audio tapes in our archive. We talk to David Govier, audio preservation engineer at Manchester Central Library, about his work on the collection.

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Podcast: Preserving the Anthony Burgess Audio Collection - The International Anthony Burgess Foundation
Throughout his career, Anthony Burgess used a variety of recording equipment to document both his personal and professional lives. From reel-to-reel tapes to cassettes, Burgess and his wife, Liana, us...
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February 4, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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Manifesting sunnier days to come.. with our Spring/Summer events!☀️

Next week, we can finally share with you our first events for 2026. Here are some hints for the books: can you guess who might be coming?

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2. 🏛️🔐🗿❤️🧍‍♀️
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4. 🌊🌧️⛅️⛵️🫂
January 30, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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I also listened to a coastal themed essay by @louisekenward.bsky.social on BBC Sounds. Yes please, to have art accessible like this so I can enjoy it from home or wherever I might be ✨️

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The Essay - A Landscape for Recovery - Louise Kenward on the Ocean as Mirror at Bexhill-on-Sea - BBC Sounds
Writer, artist and psychologist Louise Kenward describes her relationship with the sea.
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January 30, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Congratulations to all involved in the publication this week of The Lightest of All Luggage, a multilingual anthology by Manchester City Poets - Ali Al-Jamri @anjummalik.bsky.social Charlotte Shevchenko Knight, Jova Balioli Reyes and Nóra Blascsók @nblascsok.bsky.social - @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social
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January 30, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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Coming up in February, 13th at 6pm with Andrew Biswell.

This LGBT+ History Month: Come to the Cabaret Talk at Stockroom in Stockport. A talk on Christopher Isherwood in Stockport, Berlin and Hollywood.

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LGBT+ History Month: Come to the Cabaret Talk with Andrew Biswell - Stockroom
Come to the Cabaret: Christopher Isherwood in Stockport, Berlin and Hollywood, a talk with Andrew Biswell, Professor of English at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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January 30, 2026 at 9:11 AM
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This in person (UK) and online!

A reading and discussion of Annah, Infinite, an experimental work of creative non-fiction that challenges #ArtHistory, confronts colonial #ableism, and reclaims a stolen spirit…

the young girl in Annah la Javanaise (1893-94), Gauguin’s famous painting. #Lit #ArtSky
Photo of a tiny brown girl with long hair (Annah la Javanaise) that Gaugin took from her home, was abusing and painting numerous times standing with him and other white men. She became pregnant with his baby and lost it. Gaugin painted that too. Photograph by Gauguin, at the studio of 6, rue Vercingétorix. Front row, Swedish cellist Fritz Schneklud (center) and the musician Larrivel (right), with post-impressionist painter and sculptor Paul Sérusier, Annah la Javanaise, and the postimpressionist painter Georges Lacomb in the back row. Photograph: ©Museé du Pont Aven, Pont Aven, France. (Source: How Do We Look [2022])
January 28, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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🌳How can scientific insights inspire transformative change for biodiversity and nature conservation? 🐘

Join our talk on Friday, online or in-person - followed by a drinks reception.
Register here: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...

@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ipbes.net
January 28, 2026 at 3:59 PM