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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear all<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">UK DiGRA folk might be interested in a competition we’re running. Publishers Palgrave have given us a copy of Graeme Kirkpatrick’s new book:
<i>The Formation of Gaming Culture: UK Gaming Magazines 1981-1995</i>. More information about the book on the Palgrave website:
<a href="http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/the-formation-of-computer-gaming-culture-in-uk-gaming-magazines-19811995-graeme-kirkpatrick/?K=9781137305091">
http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/the-formation-of-computer-gaming-culture-in-uk-gaming-magazines-19811995-graeme-kirkpatrick/?K=9781137305091</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For a chance to win our competition copy, just tweet using the hashtag #GamingCulture or enter via our Facebook page:
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/ManchesterSociology/">www.facebook.com/ManchesterSociology/</a>. The closing date is high noon, Tuesday 19 May.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best wishes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hazel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hazel Burke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Morgan Centre/Sociology, Oxford Road, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:Hazel.burke@manchester.ac.uk">Hazel.burke@manchester.ac.uk</a> | +44 (0)161 275 0265<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/morgancentre">www.manchester.ac.uk/morgancentre</a> |
<a href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/sociology/">http://www.manchester.ac.uk/sociology/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I work Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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