Centre for Place Writing
@PlaceCentre
Creative-critical research centre @MMUEnglishDept @McrWritingSchl exploring place & its meanings. Co-directed by @DrDavidCooper & @RachelLichtenst
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Looking forward to chatting with Gail Simmons on 18 July at the next #Walking #Writers Salon - please encourage others to join online by RT ing #writingcommunity walklistencreate.org/walkingevent/w…
Congratulations to all on The Wainwright Prize longlist, especially Annie Proulx for Fen, Bog and Swamp, my current companion as I explore the Romney Marshes for my #phd research Centre for Place Writing on post viral illness. 4th Estate Books
A moving evening at Manchester Poetry Library to celebrate 75 years of the NHS - and thank “our knackered angels” working in health care. Organised by Betty Doyle and Kim Moore with Christopher Seymour, Hannah Hodgson, Laura Warner, Karl Knights, Denise Saul and Elmi Ali. #NHS #NHS 75 #poetry
New! Arts and Humanities Research Council Place Programme report is now online.
Outlines how work within the arts and humanities is advancing a people-centred, place-led approach that can deliver positive benefits for people and place. ⬇️
#placebasedresearch
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Stoked to see #UndercurrentBook in Countryfile Magazine BBC Countryfile best nature & wildlife books of 2023 this morning x countryfile.com/reviews/best-n… #Cornwall
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to, and attended, the Thinking Like a Mountain series of events curated and hosted by Helen Mort for Centre for Place Writing & womentalkplace Please watch our for news of future events from the Centre for Place Writing Manchester Metropolitan Uni English at Manchester Met
Yet more exciting news from our Manchester Metropolitan Uni Creative Writing PGR Louise Kenward #placewriting
A fascinating piece of embroidered and patched 'mapping', seen at the Royal Academy Summer Show yesterday in Piccadilly, London. This piece is by Ben Stringer and it's called 'Heathrow Embroidered'. #RoyalAcademy2023
This evening (Thursday, 22 June): the final event in 'Thinking Like a Mountain' - our series of free online events programmed and hosted by Helen Mort Manchester Metropolitan Uni - featuring Zac Robinson & Stephen Slemon from University of Alberta
I’m really delighted to see this in a world, including an essay from me about women’s involvement in the formation of mountain climbing as a recreational activity. Much here for fans of #DorothyWordsworth #EllenWeeton and more. Work of Dr Jo Taylor super helpful in writing.
Thinking Like a Mountain: the next online event in the Centre for Place Writing womentalkplace series curated & hosted by Helen Mort will feature Simone Kenyon & Henry Iddon discussing non-verbal, embodied ways of performing mountain landscapes. Thurs, 15 June, 19:00 eventbrite.co.uk/e/thinking-lik…
Join us online on *TUES* 20 June for 'Decomposition / Recomposition: muddy, oozy spaces of estuary, fen, sea floor, & tideline' with Dr Francesca Brooks, Dr Becca Drake, Hannah Armstrong & Dr Cat Evans. Book here: history.ac.uk/events/decompo…… #ecocriticsm #coastal #BlueHumanities #medievalism
We're really looking forward to the next free online event in the Centre for Place Writing womentalkplace Thinking Like a Mountain series: Simone Kenyon & Henry Iddon on non-verbal, embodied ways of performing mountain landscapes.
Cartouche Press - indie publisher of new voices in food - is Crowdfunding! kickstarter.com/projects/satur… An opportunity to support the initial 6 books, all available for pre-order. That means you can now pre-order 'Scraps', my book re. historic Northern English food culture. Exciting!
It's great to see our former student Emily Oldfield speaking Hebden Bridge Folk Roots Festival this weekend.