Centre for Place Writing
The Centre for Place Writing is a creative and critical research centre in the Department of English, Manchester Metropolitan University, exploring the relationship between writing and place to examine major contemporary issues. This is a list of core and affiliate members & current PGRs.
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@centreplacewriting.bsky.social
@lydiaunsworth.bsky.social
Poet. Manchester. Buildings. NWCDTP-funded PhD @MMU, Centre for Place Writing. Latest: Arthropod (death of workers), Gag (above / ground), Mortar (Osmosis).
@oliharris.bsky.social
Writer - crime novels, thrillers. Teaches creative writing at MMU.
@liambatespoet.bsky.social
NWCDTP-funded PhD student @MMU/ Northern Writers’ Award for Poetry winner / Human Townsperson (Broken Sleep Books) out now www.liambatespoet.com
@martafsuarez.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. Screen Studies. Researching film, TV and computer games. Transmedia. Streaming media. Popular culture.
@itssarahbythesea.bsky.social
Either a writer who powerlifts or a powerlifter who writes 📒💪 With added vegan ADHD and chihuahuas 🐶
@cathfletcher.bsky.social
Writing history, usually in Manchester, when possible in Italy. 'Renaissance skulduggery' - The Guardian. THE ROADS TO ROME: A HISTORY now out. Next up: early modern guns.
@moravia.bsky.social
mostly in Gloucestershire but often elsewhere • research @ Centre for Place Writing • https://www.rachael-de-moravia.com/
@supriyadhaliwal.bsky.social
NWCDTP-funded PhD student at Centre for Place Writing, MMU. Author of The Yak Dilemma, out now with Makina Books. https://linktr.ee/supriyakaurdhaliwal
@joeshute.bsky.social
Writer and journalist. Daily Telegraph weather columnist. PhD researcher MMU. Author (Bloomsbury): Stowaway (2024) Forecast (2021) A Shadow Above (2018)
@profberty.bsky.social
Lit Prof Manchester Met UK | interested in trees doing the human (or indeed just themselves at their own sweet pace) | the ruderal imagination | degrowth aesthetics | the Anthropocene novel | pursuits involving Marnie & Grace and their sighthound pals …
@janesamuels.bsky.social
Mancunian artist and writer. Geography, ecology, place and politics, prolific drinker of cheap whiskeys. Inventive dancer. PhD Candidate at the Centre for Place Writing, MMU.
@louisekenward.bsky.social
Writer, Artist, Psychologist MOVING MOUNTAINS PhD candidate at Centre for Place Writing, Manchester Met Uni. Exploring the Romney Marshes & its coastline through post-viral illness. https://louisekenward.substack.com Represented by Portobello Literary
@gregorynorminton.bsky.social
Yet another writer. Environmentalist. Lives in Sheffield. http://gregorynorminton.com/
@helenmort.bsky.social
Poet, author, Sheffield-er. Mountaineering literature specialist, running enthusiast, part time Professor of Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
@katepahl.bsky.social
Professor of Arts and Literacy at Manchester Met. In the Voices of the Future project funded by NERC- a transdisciplinary collaboration exploring children and young people’s relationship to Treescapes. Member of the Centre for Place Writing at Man Met.
@drdavidcooper.bsky.social
Literary geographer writing about writing about place. Co-Director of the Centre for Place Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
@centreplacewriting.bsky.social
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 https://linktr.ee/centreforplacewriting