Senior Commissioning Editor, Literature, Film and Culture, Manchester University Press
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined May 2011
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Michelle Houston retweeted
We're exhibiting our books at #MLA25!
Visit us on the @Ingram_Academic stand to browse our latest #literature titles and schedule a meeting with editor @houston_ml
Not attending? Check out our #MLA2025 reading list. Whether you're into #EarlyModern literature, #ContemporaryAuthors, #Gothic #Vampires or #ShakespeareanClassics, there’s something for everyone to explore ⬇️
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Michelle Houston retweeted
If #Nosferatu is making you want to know more about the history of #vampires, we'd like to introduce you to
Open graves, open minds, Representations of vampires and the #Undead from the #Enlightenment to the present day, edited by @DrSamGeorge1 and @BillBloodyHughe
Available in paperback here ⬇️
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@houston_ml @OGOMProject @IGA_Goths
Michelle Houston retweeted
ICYMI, listen to the @FolgerLibrary Shakespeare Unlimited podcast on Shakespeare and his contemporaries, and the influences on the “upstart crow” as he created a canon of timeless works, with author @Freeburian.
Available here:
folger.edu/podcasts/shakespe…
#ShakespeareSunday
Michelle Houston retweeted
🤖OUT NOW!
Digital Ecologies draws together leading scholars to examine how digital media reshape the futures of #conservation and #environmentalism.
🖋️Ed. by @jonnyjjt, @admsrl, @HenryPolarBears & Eva Haifa Giraud
#OpenAccess: tinyurl.com/5e5hbms5
@digicologies
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Michelle Houston retweeted
SIGNED
The amazing story of the home studio that helped launch some of Britain’s most beloved bands. Drawing on original interviews with Jarvis Cocker, Martyn Ware, Mark White and more.
The second installment from @ManchesterUP's British Pop Archive series.
Signed bookplates.
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Michelle Houston retweeted
Presenting MUP Wrapped 2024!
Our bestselling books this year on both our trade and academic lists.
Have you read any of these titles this year?
#SpotifyWrapped2024 #topbooks
ALT TRADE
ALT ACADEMIC
Michelle Houston retweeted
So delighted with reviews in for SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS
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@earreadthis @OLRReview @Mind_the_Blog @KirkusReviews @insidestorymag @HistoryEpoch @LRB @washingtonpost @guardianculture @LAReviewofBooks @TheSpectator @books2cover @RodMannix @prospect_uk
Michelle Houston retweeted
Don't miss this week's @TheTLS and Fred D'Aguiar's review of 'Walking in the dark: James Baldwin, my father, and me' by @misbehavingmonk. #JamesBaldwin
This week’s @TheTLS, featuring Caryl Phillips and Fred D'Aguiar on James Baldwin; Fredrik Logevall on Reagan; @DaisyfDunn on Phryne of Thespiae; Alberto Manguel on Ángel Bonomini; @naushsabah on the Michael Marks Awards 2024; @irinibus on cake – and more
Michelle Houston retweeted
Happy birthday @Hanifkureishi!
In this first biography of the author, @RuvaniRanasinha sheds new light on how his life animates his work, and offers a vivid portrait of a major talent who has inspired a new generation of writers.
Out now: manchesteruniversitypress.co… #HanifKureishi
ALT Hanif Kureishi: A biography
Michelle Houston retweeted
Senior Commissioning Editor @houston_ml shares her 2025 highlights from the #literature #theatre #film and #television list ➡️ bit.ly/3COVPmI
With new series launches and releases from bestselling authors, 2025 is shaping up to be an extraordinary year 🥳
Michelle Houston retweeted
Delighted to be launching ‘Walking in the dark’ this evening at @anthonyburgess #Manchester with author @misbehavingmonk in conversation with @DavidOlusoga - a celebration of this brilliant book and the iconic American writer James Baldwin.
Michelle Houston retweeted
Publishing today!
Women and madness in the early #Romantic novel, by Deborah Weiss
An exploration of hysteria, melancholia, and love-madness in novels by #MaryWollstonecraft #ElizaFenwick #MaryHays #MariaEdgeworth #AmeliaOpie
More here ⬇️
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Michelle Houston retweeted
Publishing today!
In his new book, @misbehavingmonk unravels his lifelong fascination with #JamesBaldwin.
Tracing Baldwin's footsteps, Field offers both an intimate look at Baldwin's life and influence, and a poignant account of coming to terms with his own father's Alzheimer's.
ALT Walking in the dark: James Baldwin, my father, and me by Douglas Field
Michelle Houston retweeted
It’s #UPWeek and we’re celebrating how our publications #StepUP to enrich learning and deepen insights in the #SocialSciences and #Humanities
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of new series, Multiplexities: Popular Screen Cultures, focusing on popular #film, #TVSeries and #ScreenCultures
➡️ bit.ly/40FzkKO
Michelle Houston retweeted
It's #UPWeek and we're highlighting the many ways our publications #StepUP to enhance learning & deepen understanding in #GothicStudies
We're thrilled to announce new series Reading the Gothic which features scholarly introductions to #Gothic texts&films bit.ly/3O07sK5
Michelle Houston retweeted
Hello to everyone at the MSA Conference this week👋
Explore our #Modernist reading list featuring new and bestselling titles in #Literature #ArtHistory #FilmStudies and #Surrealism - and enjoy 30% off select books! 📚
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@msatweet #ModernistStudies
So well deserved!
Huge congrats to our very own @lauramswift who has been shortlisted for the @SYP_UK First Chapter Awards!
Celebrating emerging talent in the book community, these awards recognise early-stage professionals, volunteers, and aspiring individuals.
Congrats Laura! 👏
ALT Laura Swift
Michelle Houston retweeted
Did you enjoy the latest episode of #ThisCulturalLife with @Hanifkureishi?
@RuvaniRanasinha biography of the author sheds new light on how his life animates his work, and offers a vivid portrait of a major talent who has inspired a new generation of writers. Out now!
“I’m writing for my life”
This week’s #ThisCulturalLife is a fascinating, funny, sad & profound conversation with the indomitable & inspiring @HanifKureishi
Produced by @edwina_pitman
Listen now & subscribe to This Cultural Life podcast @BBCSounds
Michelle Houston retweeted
On our #halloween2024 reading list, you'll find new and bestselling titles. Whether you’re drawn to promethean horror, supernatural creatures, gothic gardens, or unseen presences, there’s something here for every reader.
Discount valid until 8th Nov: manchesteruniversitypress.co…
ALT Halloween reading list 2024