Liverpool University to host launch of Pockets of resistance

We're pleased to announce the launch of Pockets of resistance. The launch will be held at the Communicating War conference on the 28th January.

Organised by the Department of Communication & Media at Liverpool University, the one-day conference aims to bring together a range of academic researchers from the fields of media and communication, international relations, literary and visual culture to discuss the ways in which the causes and consequences of war are portrayed through diverse texts, artwork and media.

The official conference website explains how you can sign up for the conference.

Constitution Unit blog

Author of The Northern Ireland Experience of Conflict and Agreement, Robin Wilson, talks about his new book on the Constitution Unit blog.

Read his latest blog post.

AS Byatt to attend MUP Launch!

Book launch A S byatt: critical storytelling

Thursday 20 January 2011, 6-8pm

Main Foyer, 309 Regent Street, University of Westminster, London W1B 2UW

You are warmly invited to join Dame Antonia Byatt and the authors to celebrate the publication of this new monograph on A S Byatt's work.

This stimulating and comprehensive study of A S Byatt's work spans virtually her entire career and offers insightful readings of all of Byatt's works of fiction up to and including her Man-Booker-shortlisted novel The Children's Book. The authors combine a clear and accessible overview of Byatt's oeuvre to date with close critical analysis of all her major works. Uniquely, the book also points beyond the immediate context of Byatt's fiction by considering her critical writings and journalism alongside her novels and short stories.

To book your place, please visit westminster.ac.uk/criticalstorytelling

Launch event

Material Relations: Domestic Interiors and Middle-Class Families in England, 1850-1910

by Jane Hamlett

The launch of Material Relations will be held on Wednesday January 12th 6-9pm at Royal Holloway University.

Anyone interested in attending the event should contact bethan.hirst@manchester.ac.uk.

MeCCSA conference 2011
12-14 January 2011, The Lowry, Salford Quays

Attending the MeCCSA conference this year?

MUP will be present on all three days of the conference, with a huge range of front and backlist titles. It's the perfect opportunity to browse our books and take advantage of some exclusive conference discounts!

See you there

LAUNCH EVENT

Mobilising classics
Reading radical writing in Ireland
Fiona Dukelow and Orla O'Donovan

The book will be launched on 24th January at the University College Cork by Michael D. Higgins.

The launch will also include a seminar by Bernadette McAliskey on Republicanism Revisited - Thomas Paine’s The Rights of Man.

Anyone interested in attending the launch should contact bethan.hirst@manchester.ac.uk.

CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2010

Three of our titles have been awarded in the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles of 2010!

The Politics of Alcohol by James Nicholls

Fighting Like the Devil for the Sake of God by Mark Doyle

Cultures of Violence by Ivan Evans