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{{birth year and age>1983}}HTTPS://WWW.NORTHUMBRIA.AC.UK/STUDY-AT-NORTHUMBRIA/OUR-STUDENTS/STUDENT-PROFILES/M/GUY-MANKOWSKI/>TITLE=GUY MANKOWSKI, 6 December 2023, |birth_place = Isle of Wight, England|death_date = |death_place = |occupation = Writer, academic, journalist, psychologist, singer| awards = Arts Council Literature Award, New Writing North Read Regional title| influences = | influenced = University of Durham, Newcastle University>University of Newcastle, University of Northumbria|period = 2011–present| module = }}Guy Mankowski {{postnominals|country=GBR|FHEA|}} (born 6 January 1983) is an English writer. He is the great grandson of the author and broadcaster Harry Mortimer Batten. He was educated at St John’s College, Portsmouth and Ampleforth College.WEB,urbanepublications.com/guy-mankowski-announced-in-read-regional-line-up/, Guy Mankowski announced in Read Regional line up – Urbane Publications, Urbanepublications.com, 31 July 2020, He read Applied Psychology at Durham University and gained a Masters in Psychology at Newcastle University.WEB,www.palatinate.org.uk/weird-and-wonderful/, Weird and Wonderful, Palatinate.org.uk, 10 May 2009, 31 July 2020, He then trained as a psychologist at The Royal Hospital in London.WEB,www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/opinion/leader/8971163.write-stuff/, The write stuff, The Northern Echo, 13 April 2011, 31 July 2020, Mankowski was the lead singer of the band Alba Nova.WEB,www.discogs.com/release/18136138-Alba-Nova-The-Beautiful-Way-To-Fall, Alba Nova Discogs, Discogs, 20 April 2023,

Career

His first novel, The Intimates, was a Recommended Title for New Writing North’s 2011 Read Regional Campaign. It was described by author Abigail Tarttelin as a ‘measured, literary piece of work as hauntingly evocative of its setting and characters as Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize winner Housekeeping.’ Culture Magazine were more critical, and called it ‘unusually stylised for contemporary fiction.’www.newwritingnorth.com/writer-guy-mankowski-details-226.html" title="https:/-/web.archive.org/web/20110509041048www.newwritingnorth.com/writer-guy-mankowski-details-226.html">weblink {{dead link|date=July 2020}}WEB,www.guymankowski.com/pdf/pdf_guy_culture.pdf, The Culture Magazine, Guymankowski.com, 31 July 2020, He was awarded by Newcastle University’s Newcastle Centre for Literary Arts a Flow Engineering Writing commission.WEB,archive.nclacommunity.org/content/?p=1347/, Flow Engineering Writing Commission, Newcastle Centre for Literary Arts Community, 30 August 2012, 7 May 2024, Mankowski’s second novel,WEB,narcmagazine.com/literary-influences-guy-mankowski/, LITERARY INFLUENCES: Guy Mankowski, Narcmagazine.com, 31 July 2020, Letters from Yelena, was described by New Books Magazine as having ‘shades of The Red Shoes and The Black Swan.’WEB,www.newbooksmag.com/reviews/12296-9379/review.php, Letters from Yelena, 5 January 2015, 2 April 2015,www.newbooksmag.com/reviews/12296-9379/review.php," title="web.archive.org/web/20150402184009www.newbooksmag.com/reviews/12296-9379/review.php,">web.archive.org/web/20150402184009www.newbooksmag.com/reviews/12296-9379/review.php, dead, The novel was given Arts Council funding, allowing Mankowski to be ‘given the rare privilege of behind-the-scenes access to observe the work of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet’ in Saint Petersburg for research purposes’.WEB,russiainfiction.com/letters-from-yelena#more-3639, Letters from Yelena by Guy Mankowski, Russia In Fiction, 10 May 2022, 20 April 2024, The choreographer Dora Frankel created a dance based on the book.WEB,www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/arts/preview-letters-yelena-dance-city-4401485," title="web.archive.org/web/20150402132147www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/arts/preview-letters-yelena-dance-city-4401485,">web.archive.org/web/20150402132147www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/arts/preview-letters-yelena-dance-city-4401485, Preview: Letters from Yelena at Dance City, Newcastle - The Journal, The Journal, 10 May 2009, 31 July 2020, WEB,www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/dance-and-literature-at-dance-704website=British Theatre Guideaccess-date=20 April 2024, An excerpt of the novel was used as GCSE training material by Osiris Educational.HTTPS://WWW.NORTHERNSOUL.ME.UK/SOUND-HAUNTED-NORTH/>TITLE=THE SOUND OF THE HAUNTED NORTHDATE=19 DECEMBER 2014How I Left The National Grid, was written as part of his PhD. His academic research applied the theory of Self-fashioning to the punk movement, re-appropriating it as ‘self-design’.STEVEN THREADGOLD URL=HTTPS://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?ID=XKJYDWAAQBAJ PUBLISHER=BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING, 978-1350040342Jehnny Beth from post-punk band Savages (band)>Savages. The genesis of the book was discussed in a TV interview with Olivia Swash on the North East Arts and Culture Show.HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=GCMYCHYXLHG >TITLE= NEAACS S01E03P01 GUY MANKOWSKI DATE=26 MAY 2015WEBSITE=HUFFINGTON POST ACCESS-DATE=30 APRIL 2024, The depiction of Richey Edwards in the novel was considered in a book about Edwards’ contribution to the Manic Street Preachers third album ‘’The Holy Bible (album)’’.RHIAN E. JONES AUTHOR3=LARISSA WODTKE URL=HTTPS://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?ID=P1ICDQAAQBAJ PUBLISHER=WATKINS MEDIA PAGE=206, The Glasgow Review Of Books described it as a novel ‘about the pitfalls of externally defined identity.’WEB,glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2015/05/26/in-recovery-guy-mankowskis-how-i-left-the-national-grid/, IN RECOVERY: Guy Mankowski’s ‘How I Left The National Grid’, Glasgowreviewofbooks.com, 26 May 2015, 31 July 2020, Louder Than War said ‘this intriguing novel is more about the pop fan’s urge to remember.’ The novelist Andrew Crumey commented: ‘Already recognised as a major rising talent, Mankowski here establishes himself as a significant voice in British fiction.’WEB,www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/news-events/news/2015/01/can-a-famous-artist-truly-vanish/, Can a famous artist truly vanish?, Northumbria.ac.uk, 31 July 2020, WEB,www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/event/guy-mankowski-how-i-left-the-national-grid-book-launch-/, Guy Mankowski: How I Left the National Grid (Book launch), - the Journal, 9 March 2015, 2 April 2015,www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/event/guy-mankowski-how-i-left-the-national-grid-book-launch-/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150402235731www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/event/guy-mankowski-how-i-left-the-national-grid-book-launch-/,">web.archive.org/web/20150402235731www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/event/guy-mankowski-how-i-left-the-national-grid-book-launch-/, dead, Mankowski’s fourth novel, An Honest Deceit, was first published in October 2016. It was a New Writing North Read Regional 2018 title, which lead to a tour of English libraries.WEB,newwritingnorth.com/projects/read-regional/guy-mankowski-an-honest-deceit/, Guy Mankowski: An Honest Deceit - New Writing North, 24 January 2018, 25 January 2018,newwritingnorth.com/projects/read-regional/guy-mankowski-an-honest-deceit/," title="web.archive.org/web/20180125015310newwritingnorth.com/projects/read-regional/guy-mankowski-an-honest-deceit/,">web.archive.org/web/20180125015310newwritingnorth.com/projects/read-regional/guy-mankowski-an-honest-deceit/, dead, WEB,newwritingnorth.com/news/read-regional-2018-titles-announced-norths-library-campaign-celebrates-10-years/, Read Regional 2018 titles announced as the North’s library campaign celebrates 10 years, 22 January 2018, New Writing North, 31 July 2020, Writing for HuffPost Daniela Quaglia called it ‘a book of outstanding quality.’WEB,www.huffpost.com/entry/an-honest-deceit-a-story-_b_11764362, An Honest Deceit: A Story of Corruption and Hope, Huff Post, 30 August 2016, 27 May 2022, The book was re-released on Audible, where it was read by Chris Reilly (narrator of books by Ian Rankin and Frankie Boyle) and was a bestseller.WEB,www.audible.co.uk/author/Guy-Mankowski/B004D34GIC, Author: Guy Mankowski, Audible.co.uk, 31 March 2023, WEB,www.audible.co.uk/pd/An-Honest-Deceit-Audiobook/B0743GRYCY, Audible: An Honest Deceit Audiobook, Audible.co.uk, 17 March 2023, His fifth novel was entitled “Dead Rock Stars”, and it concerns the wild summer of a teenage boy struggling to get over the death of his sister, a rising star on the nineties Riot Grrrl scene.WEB,www.darkstroke.com/dark-stroke/guy-mankowski/, Guy Mankowski |, Darkstroke.com, 18 June 2020, 31 July 2020, Ruth Dugdall described the novel, saying it was, ‘A great read. Set against the vibrant backdrop of the 1990s London music scene, “Dead Rock Stars” is a mesmerising study of grief as well as a coming of age novel. I found myself immersed in the narratives of Jeff and Emma and marvelled at how the author captured both voices with such authenticity, particularly that of the self-destructive young woman.’ The Scottish novelist Andrew Crumey said the novel ‘powerfully voices the concerns of a generation.’WEB,www.fantasticfiction.com/m/guy-mankowski/dead-rock-stars.htm, Fantastic Fiction, Fantastic Fiction, 19 September 2020, Louder Than War (website) called it ‘highly enjoyable fiction that uses alternative pop music as [its] guiding light.’WEB,louderthanwar.com/guy-mankowski-albion-secret-history/, Guy Mankowski – Albion’s Secret History, Snapshots of England’s Pop Rebels and Outsiders – Book Review, Louder Than War, 26 March 2021, 27 May 2022, Mankowski lectures in Creative Writing at the University of Lincoln.WEB,www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/course/crwcrwub/, Creative Writing | BA (Hons) | University of Lincoln, Lincoln.ac.uk, 31 July 2020, His first non-fiction book was from Zer0 Books (Collective Ink) and entitled ‘Albion’s Secret History: Snapshots of England’s Pop Rebels and Outsiders’. Kate Jackson (singer) from The Long Blondes gave an unreleased photo of her time in the band for the front cover of the book’Zer0 Books, accessed 5 September 2020 and was interviewed as part of its release in a promotional series that included Gary Numan and Gazelle Twin.Zer0 Books Channel, accessed 26 March 2021 PopMatters wrote ‘this book is about celebrating the unsung, and Mankowski has a knack for succinctly articulating what makes each one so special.’WEB,www.popmatters.com/guy-mankowski-albions-secret-history, Hauntings, Dystopia and the English Outsider in Guy Mankowski’s Albion’s Secret History, Pop Matters, 15 March 2021, 15 March 2021, Midwest Book Review called it ‘an inherently fascinating, iconoclastic, and informative read from cover to cover... “Albion’s Secret History” is an original work of impressive research.’WEB,www.midwestbookreview.com/rbw/may_21.htm#carllogan, Midwest Book Review: Jack Mason’s Bookshelf, Midwest Book Review, 10 May 2021, In 2021 Mankowski interviewed Will Self in an event for Lincoln Book Festival, where they discussed Self’s book ‘Will’ and the nature of memoir.WEB,will-self.com/2021/10/01/lincoln-book-festival/, Lincoln Book Festival: Will Self news, will-self.com, October 2021, 28 October 2021, In October 2022 Mankowski did a live event in conversation with Jane Savidge about her recent Suede (band) memoir ‘Here They Come With Their Makeup On’ and Miki Berenyi of Lush (band) about her memoir ‘Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success’ at Lincoln Drill Hall as a part of Lincoln Book Festival.WEB,www.lincolndrill.co.uk/whats-on/adventures-in-dreampop/, Adventures in Dream (Pop), 6 August 2022, Lincoln Drill Hall, 6 August 2022, Mankowski did a 2022 TED (conference) talk in Lincoln, UK on his experience of opening the unseen archive of Kristen Pfaff of Hole (band) for a forthcoming biography he is writing with her brother, Jason Pfaff. The talk is entitled, “Lived Through This’: Kristen Pfaff’s hidden archive and influence’.WEB,www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Tjuo-TDCHZI, Lived Through This: Kristen Pfaff’s hidden archive and influence, YouTube, 11 October 2022, WEB,narcmagazine.com/six-of-the-best-guy-mankowski/, Six Of The Best: Guy Mankowski, Narc Magazine, 21 July 2022, Mankowski told No Treble magazine, ‘Jason offered to share with me his sister’s unopened archive and collaborate and to share with me her recorded diary tapes.’ He added, ‘The book draws from Pfaff’s archive of essays, letters, and diary recordings. I’ve interviewed many of Pfaff’s previous partners, friends, fellow activists, and people who worked with her.’WEB,www.notreble.com/buzz/2022/11/25/wonder-women-kristen-pfaff/?fbclid=IwAR1lnNyBzAqRDyUpZ4wP2qkyKRDCkaV-4sNyGLjDBdg69wKZFi7QnDrLKFA, Wonder Women: Kristen Pfaff, No Treble, 25 November 2022, 25 November 2022, In October 2023 (3:AM Magazine) published the first chapter of the book.WEB, ‘Kristen Hovers At The Edge’: First Chapter of ‘I Know How To Live’: The Life of Kristen Pfaff,www.3ammagazine.com/3am/kristen-pfaff-hovers-at-the-edge/ Mankowski’s novel You Complete The Masterpiece is published by Collective Ink in November 2024 and ‘addresses pressing issues surrounding the media’s role in exposing corruption, institutional protection of corrupt individuals, and contemporary masculinity, drawing connections to the #MeToo movement.’ Ruth Dugdall described the book as ‘perceptive and intimate.’WEB,news.lincoln.ac.uk/2023/11/23/renowned-author-and-academic-guy-mankowski-unveils-gripping-new-novel/, Renowned Author and Academic, Guy Mankowski, Unveils Gripping New Novel, University of Lincoln, 23 November 2023, Mankowski’s book and film rights are represented by The Hamilton Agency, who also represent Paul Mason (journalist), Julie Burchill and Tim Burgess (musician).WEB,news.lincoln.ac.uk/2023/11/23/renowned-author-and-academic-guy-mankowski-unveils-gripping-new-novel/, Renowned Author and Academic, Guy Mankowski, Unveils Gripping New Novel, University of Lincoln, 23 November 2023, WEB,thehamiltonagency.co.uk/, The Hamilton Agency, 27 November 2023,

Publications

Novels

• The Intimates (Legend Press) {{ISBN|978-1-907756-46-7}} March 2011.
• Letters from Yelena (Legend Press) {{ISBN|978-1-909039-10-0}} October 2012.
• How I Left The National Grid (Collective Ink) {{ISBN|178279896X}} February 2015.
• An Honest Deceit (Urbane Publications) {{ISBN|978-1911129974}} October 2016, 2nd Ed., 2018.
• “Dead Rock Stars” (Darkstroke) {{ISBN|979-8667780991}} September 2020.
• You Complete The Masterpiece (Collective Ink) {{ISBN|978-1-80341-661-8}} November 2024.

Non fiction

• Albion’s Secret History (Zer0 Books, Collective Ink) {{ISBN|978-1-78904-028-9}} March 2021.

Audiobooks

• An Honest Deceit via Audible, narrated by Chris Reilly, March 2017.

Speaking engagements

In 2022 Mankowski gave a TEDx talk entitled “Lived Through This: Kristen Pfaff’s hidden archive and influence.“WEB,www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Tjuo-TDCHZI, Lived Through This: Kristen Pfaff’s hidden archive and influence - Guy Mankowski - TEDxBrayfordPool, TEDx Talks, 10 October 2022, YouTube,

Anthologies

• A Body of Strangers in Eight Rooms: Short Story Reinvented (Legend Press) {{ISBN|1906558094}}, November 2009.
• The Willows in Ten Journeys (Legend Press) {{ISBN|1906558191}}, April 2010.
• Queens of the Guestlist in Radgepacket- Tales From The Inner Cities Volume 4 (Byker Books) {{ISBN|0956078850}}, March 2010.
• Roses For Edie in Melodramatic Mayhem and Many Murderous Mishaps (Spectral Visions Press) {{ISBN|1702363554}}, October 2019.
• The Ghosts Of Her Dead Husband’s Fiction in ‘Uncommonalities Volume II: Bad Enough’ (Bratum Books) {{ISBN|1838173706}}, September 2020.
• Cutting in ‘Uncommonalities Volume IV: Eventually’ (Bratum Books) {{ISBN|978-1838173753}}, April, 2023.

Short stories

• The Dagenham Dolls (Structo, 2009).
• The Insiders Party (Litro, 2009).
• A Girl Named Grape (The View From Here, 2010).

PhD

• “’How I left the National Grid’ : a creative writing PhD on self-design and post punk” (Northumbria University, 2015),

Academic articles

• I Can’t Seem To Stay A Fixed Ideal: Self-design and self-harm in subcultures in Punk & Post Punk, Intellect Books, Vol. 2.3, {{ISSN|2044-1983}}, February 2014.
• Pop manifestos and nosebleed art rock: What have post-punk bands achieved? in Punk & Post Punk, Intellect Books, Vol. 3.2, {{ISSN|2044-1983}}, October 2014.
• ’Be Pure, Be Vigilant, Behave’. What Did Post Punk Manifestos Aim To Achieve? in Postgraduate Voices in Punk Studies: Your Wisdom, Our Youth, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, {{ISBN|978-1-4438-8168-5}}, 2017.
• ’A Series of Images / Against You And Me’- Richey Edwards’ Portrayal Of The Body in ‘Journal For Plague Lovers in Punk & Post Punk, Intellect Books, Vol. 10.1, {{ISSN|2044-1983}}, 2020.

Editing

• Crash, Bank, Wallop: The Story Of The HBOS Whistleblower by Paul Moore (New Wilberforce Media) {{ISBN|0993451802}}, November 2015.

Music

• The Beautiful Way To Fall by Alba Nova (Comfort Records), 2007.

References

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