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Independent publisher of inventive books, fearless writing and powerful voices. Our authors include Mary Beard, Shoshana Zuboff and Francis Fukuyama.

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#MoveableFeasts by Chris Newens has been included in the
@waterstones.bsky.social 'Best Food & Drink Books of 2025'! 🍽️

www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...

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https://www.rct.uk/event/alwyn-turner

Join Alwyn Turner, author of #LittleEnglanders, in conversation with Alice de Quidt!

Alwyn and Alice's discussion will explore the social history of England during the Edwardian period.

πŸ“The King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
πŸ“… 13th November
πŸ•– 7PM

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The Best Politics Books of 2025 | Waterstones.com Blog | Waterstones From Nicola Sturgeon to Bernie Sanders, here are the politics books we've loved this year.

#Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson and #TheChallengesOfDemocracy by Jonathan Sumption have been included in @waterstones.bsky.social's 'Best Politics Books of 2025'!

www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...

30.10.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Best History Books of 2025 | Waterstones.com Blog | Waterstones From Jonathan Freedland to Alice Loxton, here are the history books we've loved this year.

#Sparta by Andrew Bayliss and #ToTheSeaByTrain by Andrew Martin have been included in the @waterstones.bsky.social 'Best History Books of 2025'! πŸš‚

www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...

30.10.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A flat lay photograph of the book Merry Murdle by GT Karber, surrounded by Christmassy objects including a Christmas stocking, baubles, ribbon and pine cones.

A flat lay photograph of the book Merry Murdle by GT Karber, surrounded by Christmassy objects including a Christmas stocking, baubles, ribbon and pine cones.

πŸŽ… We wish you a Merry Murdle πŸŽ…

#MerryMurdle, the festive instalment of the #1 bestselling puzzle series by @gtkarber.bsky.social, is out today! Examine the clues and consider the suspects to work out who's on Santa's naughty list this Christmas...

profilebooks.com/work/merry-m...

23.10.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Simon Kuper on his new book, β€˜World Cup Fever: A Footballing Journey in Nine Tournaments’ - Monocle We speak with author and β€˜Financial Times’ journalist Simon Kuper about his new book, β€˜World Cup Fever: A Footballing Journey...

🎧 Thursday morning listening 🎧

Catch up with @simonkuper.bsky.social discussing his new book #WorldCupFever on Monocle Radio below ⚽️

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Adrian Chiles - 16/10/2025 - BBC Sounds Adrian Chiles with original journalism and surprising news stories.

Football fans, listen back to @simonkuper.bsky.social chatting to Adrian Chiles about his new book #WorldCupFever on @bbc5live.bsky.social, from 49 mins in βš½οΈπŸ†

20.10.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The World Cup in the age of extremes Next year’s edition, to be held in Donald Trump’s America, will only be the latest in a long history of controversial tournaments

'A wry and sharp-eyed guide to the high-camp theatre of Fifa politics and the everyday carnival of fans on city streets'

ICYMI: check out this brilliant @newstatesman1913.bsky.social review for @simonkuper.bsky.social's #WorldCupFever, out nowβš½οΈπŸ†

20.10.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Talking Classics by Professor Mary Beard | Waterstones Buy Talking Classics by Professor Mary Beard from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over Β£25.

Day Three of Waterstones 25% off deal on my new book (out in spring). Just one more day at this price. tinyurl.com/mr452usz

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How to catch an art thief Collectors face increasingly unscrupulous kleptomaniacs β€” is a β€˜Find My Picasso’ sensor the answer?

'How to catch an art thief'

A great piece by Orlando Whitfield, author of #AllThatGlitters in the @financialtimes.com today!

Read the full piece here:
tinyurl.com/3dmsrxhc

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11 book covers on a dark purple background, above text that reads β€œ25% off on upcoming books β€” 14–17 October | Online only”. The books pictured are the following: 'Enough Said' by Alan Bennett, 'Ancient' by Luke Barley, 'Talking Classics' by Mary Beard, 'Hinterlands' by Hannah Lucinda Smith, 'The Age of Alchemy' by Kit Chapman, 'We Know You Can Pay A Million' by Anja Shortland, 'Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea' by Emily Wilson, 'Children of Abraham' by Marc David Baer, 'The Unfragile Mind' by Gavin Francis, 'Grasslands' by John Wright and 'Hoax' by Madeleine Pelling.

11 book covers on a dark purple background, above text that reads β€œ25% off on upcoming books β€” 14–17 October | Online only”. The books pictured are the following: 'Enough Said' by Alan Bennett, 'Ancient' by Luke Barley, 'Talking Classics' by Mary Beard, 'Hinterlands' by Hannah Lucinda Smith, 'The Age of Alchemy' by Kit Chapman, 'We Know You Can Pay A Million' by Anja Shortland, 'Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea' by Emily Wilson, 'Children of Abraham' by Marc David Baer, 'The Unfragile Mind' by Gavin Francis, 'Grasslands' by John Wright and 'Hoax' by Madeleine Pelling.

🚨 25% OFF UPCOMING BOOKS 🚨

Get yourself a great deal, ending tomorrow!

@waterstones.bsky.social are offering 25% off pre-orders of these upcoming Profile titles.

Valid until 23.59 Friday 17th October with code OCTOBER25 πŸ“–

16.10.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An orange graphic with the book, We Survived the Night by Julian Brave NoiseCat, on the left. On the right reads: An unforgettable father-son story and portrait of Indigenous North America.

An orange graphic with the book, We Survived the Night by Julian Brave NoiseCat, on the left. On the right reads: An unforgettable father-son story and portrait of Indigenous North America.

#WeSurvivedTheNight by Julian Brave NoiseCat is out today.

An inventive and illuminating narrative, We Survived the Night is both reconciliation and celebration of Indigenous pain, hope and resurgence - and their power to shape a collective future.

Order your copy here:
tinyurl.com/yst99pw3

16.10.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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*OUT NOW*
@simonkuper.bsky.social is one of very few people to have attended every #FIFAWorldCup since 1990. Here he looks back at each tournament he’s experienced to reveal a captivating portrait of sport in a globalised worldβš½οΈπŸ“šπŸ‘‡
soccer-books.co.uk/collections/...
@profilebooks.bsky.social #WCQ

14.10.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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17 of the scariest books ever written – as chosen by horror authors The terrifying reads that might also help you face your darkest fears.

Caitlin Blackwell Baines, author of #HowToBuildAHauntedHouse, picks the scariest novel she's read πŸ‘»

How to Build a Haunted House is a grand tour of the art, architecture and folklore of that most enduring of gothic structures: the haunted house. Out now!
www.stylist.co.uk/books/best-h...

15.10.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
11 book covers on a dark purple background, above text that reads β€œ25% off on upcoming books β€” 14–17 October | Online only”. The books pictured are the following: 'Enough Said' by Alan Bennett, 'Ancient' by Luke Barley, 'Talking Classics' by Mary Beard, 'Hinterlands' by Hannah Lucinda Smith, 'The Age of Alchemy' by Kit Chapman, 'We Know You Can Pay A Million' by Anja Shortland, 'Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea' by Emily Wilson, 'Children of Abraham' by Marc David Baer, 'The Unfragile Mind' by Gavin Francis, 'Grasslands' by John Wright and 'Hoax' by Madeleine Pelling.

11 book covers on a dark purple background, above text that reads β€œ25% off on upcoming books β€” 14–17 October | Online only”. The books pictured are the following: 'Enough Said' by Alan Bennett, 'Ancient' by Luke Barley, 'Talking Classics' by Mary Beard, 'Hinterlands' by Hannah Lucinda Smith, 'The Age of Alchemy' by Kit Chapman, 'We Know You Can Pay A Million' by Anja Shortland, 'Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea' by Emily Wilson, 'Children of Abraham' by Marc David Baer, 'The Unfragile Mind' by Gavin Francis, 'Grasslands' by John Wright and 'Hoax' by Madeleine Pelling.

25% OFF UPCOMING BOOKS 🚨

Get yourself a great deal! @waterstones.bsky.social are offering 25% off pre-orders of these upcoming Profile titles. Valid until 23.59 Friday 17th October with code OCTOBER25 πŸ“š

www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...

14.10.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Calling all football fans! ⚽️

#WorldCupFever: A Footballing Journey in Nine Tournaments by @simonkuper.bsky.social is available in audiobook now!

Get your copy here:
tinyurl.com/wjwk4t6j

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Earth Shapers The globetrotting story of how humans have harnessed the geographical landscape and written ourselves onto our surroundings. Mountains, meridians, rivers, and bordersβ€”these are some of the features th...

Maxim Samson, Earth Shapers: How We Mapped and Mastered the World, from the Panama Canal to the Baltic Way - @profilebooks.bsky.social, August 2025; @uchicagopress.bsky.social, October 2025
profilebooks.com/work/earth-s...
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Front Row - Review Show: I Swear film and The Poems of Seamus Heaney - BBC Sounds Susan Sarandon's UK stage debut in Mary Page Marlowe and Thomas Pynchon's Shadow Ticket.

Listen to the latest episode of BBC Radio 4's Front Row to hear the Booker shortlisted novelist Tibor Fischer discussing LΓ‘szlΓ³ Krasznahorkai, who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025.

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Why LΓ‘szlΓ³ Krasznahorkai won the Nobel Prize for Literature The Hungarian author’s work has a huge and haunting vision

'The Hungarian author’s work has a huge and haunting vision'

Read about the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2025, LΓ‘szlΓ³ Krasznahorkai, in the New Statesman.

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Why LΓ‘szlΓ³ Krasznahorkai deserves the 2025 Nobel prize fo... The Hungarian novelist won the 2025 Nobel prize in literature for political dystopias that bear the unmistakable imprint of his country’s communist past

'The 71-year-old has been compared to Kafka, Beckett and Melville for his long, serpentine paragraphs and mournful, dystopian themes'

Catherine Taylor on LΓ‘szlΓ³ Krasznahorkai, following the Hungarian author's receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Why LΓ‘szlΓ³ Krasznahorkai deserves the 2025 Nobel prize fo... The Hungarian novelist won the 2025 Nobel prize in literature for political dystopias that bear the unmistakable imprint of his country’s communist past

'The 71-year-old has been compared to Kafka, Beckett and Melville for his long, serpentine paragraphs and mournful, dystopian themes'

Catherine Taylor on LΓ‘szlΓ³ Krasznahorkai, following the Hungarian author's receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Who is Laszlo Krasznahorkai, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature? Everything you need to know about this year’s winner and his apocalyptically gloomy novels

'Reads like Henry James having a fever dream'

Who is LΓ‘szlΓ³ Krasznahorkai? Read all about the Nobel Prize in Literature winner for 2025 in this piece from The Times.

www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

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Congratulations to LΓ‘szlΓ³ Krasznahorkai, who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature 2025, with The Academy citing his 'compelling and visionary oeuvre'.

His novels include #Satantango, #TheMelancholyofResistance and #Herscht07769, which we publish under our Tuskar Rock list.

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A graphic with The Economist Quiz Book in the middle on a white background with a red border.

A graphic with The Economist Quiz Book in the middle on a white background with a red border.

Critical thinkers, enquire within!

#TheEconomistQuizBook by Tom Standage is out today!

Order your copy here:
tinyurl.com/557c8d9k

09.10.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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How to Build a Haunted House - Profile Books The History of a Cultural Obsession

Today we publish Caitlin Blackwell Baines's #HowToBuildAHauntedHouse πŸ‘»πŸ¦‡πŸ•·οΈ

A grand tour through the art, history and folklore of that most enduring gothic symbol, the haunted house. Enter if you dare...

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5 New Reads The Service95 Book Club Is Hyping This October October is the perfect time for stories that blur the lines – between day and night, love and loss, real and surreal. From Lily King’s tender look at love inβ€―Heart The Loverβ€― to Julian Br

'5 New Reads The Service95 Book Club Is Hyping This October'

#WeSurvivedTheNight by Julian Brave NoiseCat has been included in Service 95's best new books for October!

Read the full piece here:
www.service95.com/best-new-boo...

06.10.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Profile Books signs β€˜nail-biting’ exposΓ© of β€˜dark economy’ of cybercrime Profile Books has acquired We Know You Can Pay a Million: Inside the Dark Economy of Hacking and Ransomware, an investigation of cybercrime by Anja Shortland.

'Profile Books signs β€˜nail-biting’ exposΓ© of β€˜dark economy’ of cybercrime'

We're thrilled to be publishing We Know You Can Pay a Million by Anja Shortland in April 2026!

Read the full announcement in @thebookseller.com:
tinyurl.com/ym63axdv

06.10.2025 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Michael Taylor - The Beautiful Game Michael Taylor: The Beautiful Game - World Cup Fever: A Footballing Journey in Nine Tournaments by Simon Kuper; The Power and the Glory: A New History of the World Cup by Jonathan Wilson

'A charming and amusing personal history'

Don't miss this brilliant @litreview.bsky.social review of #WorldCupFever πŸ‘‡

@simonkuper.bsky.social's must-read footballing journey in nine tournaments is out now βš½οΈπŸ†

03.10.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Susie Dent picks her favourite books The lexicographer and etymologist shares works by Jane Goodall, Noel Streatfeild and Madeleine Pelling

'A fascinating account of how ordinary citizens have carved and scribbled their thoughts across the surfaces of our cities for centuries'

@susiedent.com recommends #WritingOnTheWall by Madeleine Pelling for @theweek.com.

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