Dr Francesca Brooks
@Frangipancesca
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Poet, writer & researcher living in Manchester. Early Medievalist, Late Modernist, Feminist. Teaching + Research Training & development at MMU. She/her
Manchester
Joined February 2009
Really pleased that this dialogue w/ E. K. Myerson on 'Medieval re-creation & translation in Edwin Morgan and Derek Jarman's archives' has been published with @postmedieval ! It's part of @HJP_Armstrong & @RebeccaMenmuir 's brilliant Forgeries cluster https://t.co/oe7wFPr1Yn
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Delighted to be invited to share my PGR experience as part of this @PAHCmanmet. Hope to see you there 😊
This Thursday we've got a special online event for the training programme: a discussion hour focused on the experience of working towards a PhD part time. Current PGRs Michelle Ravenscroft and Sara Riccardi will kick the discussion off, then will follow with group discussion.
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Can’t wait to share my research on #Manchester life in #Victorian #Literature. Registration is still open
https://t.co/CY3dvKaXXW 'This intriguing new talk offers a glimpse at Manchester’s role in Victorian literature and its portrayal on the page. Join researcher Michelle Ravenscroft to celebrate Lancashire Day with a special talk exploring the literary stories of Manchester.'
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Join @McrWritingSchl for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a series of readings, panels & workshops led by academics. Our events examine how #poetry can create transformational social change in partnership with our public and policymakers. https://t.co/xGGVTSEWsJ
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Curated by @ManMetUni PhD researcher Anita Slater, “How To” is an exhibition exploring #poetry and the city through the lens of “guidance”, thinking about what “guided forms” might have to do with how we learn about urban space. @MCRCityofLit @PlaceCentre
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Join us for the preview of the 'How To' exhibition in Manchester Poetry Library
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Out now! 🎉 Fragmentary Forms by @Freya_Gowrley is a beautifully illustrated history of #collage from the origins of paper to today, offering a global perspective on one of the world’s oldest & most enduring means of cultural expression: https://t.co/QMTrmDm7vq
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Anita Slater and Joe Shute - @ManMetUni PhD students - have produced a pamphlet of #poetry and #placewriting about Manchester’s waterways called “Words from the Water” which will be launched @McrPoetryLib at 6pm on Fri 15 Nov. @PlaceCentre @MCRCityofLit
https://t.co/O2u2mfQi0O
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A Pamphlet of Poetry and Prose at Manchester Poetry Library
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This @l19thc seminar is going to be a great one! Visit the @l19thc website for more details and to register #19thc #online #event #pgr #ecr
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Reimagining Collections in the Long Nineteenth Century 21 November 2024, 17.30-19.00 GMT (online) Register HERE through TicketSource for your free place. The PGR/ECR Long Nineteenth Century Interdi…
@l19thc @eCREOpatra @elebonacini Excited to take part in @l19thc ‘s seminar session on collecting on 21 November with @eCREOpatra and @elebonacini. Thank you for the opportunity!
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'Pearls are symbols of resilience, formed in adversity as the oyster coats the grit that threatens to damage it in shimmering nacre.' @Frangipancesca reviews The Pearls and the Oyster, a group show of work by northern women painters at @the_birley 🦪🦪🦪
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Facing institutional injustice, mismanagement and the ever-deteriorating conditions of work in the contemporary university, what kinds of community might
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In need of some dark passion? Look no further than my collage pieces in the marvellous new issue of @BLEATINGTHING 🖤
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“I work at three different desks, with a different project open on each, let’s say, so one is academic, one writerly, and one art. I go at these erratically, sometimes to all three desks within an hour. They cross-pollinate one another.” —Anne Carson
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Any recommendations on interesting texts about visual poetry in artist books?
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'while Wright describes them as "fierce, feminist warriors", they strike me equally as the nightmarish hosts of a terrifying gender reveal party. If the aim is to scare, they work.' @Oh_SusannahT on @research_artist's Future Folk Archetypes @ThePortico
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There’s something deliciously apt about the venue for Weird as Folk: Tall Tales from the Northwest. The discreet side-street doorway leading to
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Really enjoyed writing my first review for the brilliant @Corridor8 & visiting this group show of work by women painters - 'The Pearls and the Oyster'. The pictures show work from the show by Nan Collantine and Jayne Simpson.
'Pearls are symbols of resilience, formed in adversity as the oyster coats the grit that threatens to damage it in shimmering nacre.' @Frangipancesca reviews The Pearls and the Oyster, a group show of work by northern women painters at @the_birley 🦪🦪🦪
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TOMORROW! Don’t miss out! 🎟️
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Last MLF event of the year! Join us as Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Powers makes a rare visit to the UK in support of his compelling new, Booker Prize-longlisted novel Playground. 🗓️Fri, 8 Nov 📍Central Library 🎟️ https://t.co/h0fWEpDoDP
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Are you looking for PhD funding for a project on 16th and 17th English literature/history? The AHRC has a funding stream called WRoCAH that provides PhD funding at the University of York, and we're keen to support some early modernists: https://t.co/FCnxZGDIT3
york.ac.uk
The WRoCAH competition for PhD studentships starting in October 2025 is now open!
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Next week Guillemot Press will be in Manchester with three fantastic poets, celebrating new and recent books by Nina Mingya Powles, Genevieve Carver and Maia Elsner. We'll be at Manchester Poetry Library from 6pm, and entry is free! Come and say hello.
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This November I’ll be facilitating this workshop, Archiving Smoke, with the brilliant @the87press. We’ll read, discuss, and explore different poems, and think about archives and archival spaces together 🖤
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Tonight in Manchester...
Next week Guillemot Press will be in Manchester with three fantastic poets, celebrating new and recent books by Nina Mingya Powles, Genevieve Carver and Maia Elsner. We'll be at Manchester Poetry Library from 6pm, and entry is free! Come and say hello.
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