Cōnfingō is an independent publishing house based in Manchester. Cōnfingō seeks out work of fiction, both short and long, poetry, and visual art publications. Formed in 2014 by Tim Shearer, their publishing roster now includes: David Gaffney, Nicholas Royle and DJ, Dave Haslam. Over a decade in, Cōnfingō have no interest in slowing down. Cōnfingō […]
Peepal Tree Press is an independent publishing house based in Leeds. This press aims to publish and uplift voices from the UK, the Caribbean and its diasporas, and make a difference to diversity in UK publishing. Their books will be featured in the Northern Publishers section of the UoS library after their appearance at the […]
Britain’s premier poetry press, Bloodaxe will be joining us at UoS library on March 27th for our 2025 publishing fair. Leah Parkinson met senior editor Neil Astley to find out more about the publisher who smashed the mould of poetry publishing in Britain and changed it forever. Read the interview and then meet Bloodaxe yourself […]
Bluemoose Books is an award-winning independent publisher based in Hebden Bridge. They are currently finalists for Northern Publisher of the Year in the Small Press Book Awards 2025, and two of their books are presently in film and TV production with Disney and the BBC. In anticipation of their attendance at the upcoming Northern School […]
Northodox is an independent publisher based in Manchester and Sheffield and established in 2020. If you are exhausted by a book market oversaturated with stories of a London-centric Britain or the cozy Cotswolds, look no further. Northodox’s books will be joining the shelves of UoS Library this year as we build a Northern Publishers Bookshelf […]
English Language expert Dr Hazel Price talked to The Guardian this week about the rise of therapy speak in contemporary culture. In the article, Hazel interprets the rise of therapy-speak in today’s culture and suggests that it is used as a legitimizing strategy. “I think we feel that if we have a specialist term for […]
The Orwell Society organises an annual short story competition for current students (both BA and MA) at British universities. They are look for dystopian narratives of 3,000 words and entry to the competition is free. The winner will receive £750 and the winning entry will be published in the Society’s Journal. The runner up will […]
Professor Caroline Magennis will be talking to audiences at The Seamus Heaney Centre about her non-fiction book Harpy. In this timely and thoughtful book, Caroline looks beyond the often-divisive conversation around women who choose to be childfree and offers an alternative message of hope and celebration. With humour and intelligence, she explores why motherhood isn’t […]
Cōnfingō is recruiting three emerging writers for a new book, Brutalist Ghost Stories. This is an anthology of short, uncanny fiction. We have commissioned 13 stories – each of which is set in or inspired by a UK brutalist landmark – from professional authors. Three additional stories will be commissioned from three emerging writers, one […]
University of Salford Alumna and lecturer Dr Vashti Suwa Gbolagun and University of Salford student Ume Kalsoom have helped The People’s History Museum celebrate the achievements of the anti-apartheid movement in a public zine making workshop run at the museum this autumn. Run in collaboration with Southern Voices, a network of people committed to bringing […]