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Hurst Publishers
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We publish books on current affairs, history, conflict and religion in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. And much else besides.
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 20h
✍️Two Hurst books reviewed in @financialtimes.com!

Lithuania by Richard Butterwick is ‘fascinating’, while @ljukic.bsky.social’s Central Europe offers a ‘compelling’ polemic.👏👏

‘Both offer insights about the worlds they describe as well as present-day European politics.’
www.ft.com/content/6b1c...
Mapping the shifting mental boundaries of Europe
Two books look at how so much central and eastern Europe identity has long been defined by an animosity to Moscow
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 1d
What does caste teach us —not just about India, but about the global architecture of oppression?

Join @surajyengde.bsky.social in conversation with Miriam Fauzia about his new book, Caste: A Global Story, at @hayfestival.bsky.social in Dallas!

⏰ 2 pm CDT
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Suraj Yengde in conversation with Miriam Fauzia - Hay Festival
Suraj Yengde in conversation with Miriam Fauzia
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 1d
The launch of Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring at @litandphil.bsky.social this evening is sold out! 👏

Looking forward to seeing you all later to celebrate with some delicious treats made by @rigbysherrings.bsky.social 🎣
The cover of Rigby's Encyclopaedia of the Herring against a pale blue background. The cover is black with pale blue writing that reads 'Rigby's Encyclopaedia of the Herring: Adventures with the King of Fishes. Graeme Rigby.' There is a picture of a herring in the middle of the cover. The inside of the Lit and Phil bookshop, filled with packed bookshelves. There is a black banner across the image with white writing that explains the history of the bookshop. This information is available on their website: https://www.litandphil.org.uk
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 1d
'[Lynch] is a fierce and compelling voice … unsparing in his critique.'

Read the review of @abuaardvark.bsky.social’s America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region in @thespectator1828.bsky.social👇
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Will Israel always have America’s backing?
Marc Lynch is angry. The word ‘rage’ appears six times on the first page, and comes in response to Israel’s war in Gaza. This should be sufficient warning to anyone expecting a cool, calm, dispassiona...
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 1d
Olivier Roy’s The Crisis of Culture is out now in paperback! 📚

‘Roy has achieved something remarkable. [An] illuminating and highly original interpretation of today’s world.’ — @financialtimes.com

Get 25% off w/code ROY25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/bdhnapnw
A mock-up of the paperback cover of The Crisis of Culture against a red background. The cover features an image of two heads, back to back, in side profile. There is red and black writing that reads 'The Crisis of Culture: Identity Politics and the Empire of Norms.'
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Abu Aardvark’s Ghost @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 2d
“Marc Lynch is angry. The word ‘rage’ appears six times on the first page. This should be sufficient warning to anyone expecting a cool, calm, dispassionate analysis of the Middle East….he is a fierce and compelling voice.” @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

www.spectator.com.au/2025/10/will...
Will Israel always have America’s backing?
Marc Lynch is angry. The word ‘rage’ appears six times on the first page, and comes in response to Israel’s…
www.spectator.com.au
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Steve Saidemonster @smsaideman.bsky.social · 2d
Congrats, @abuaardvark.bsky.social I am sure this is a must-read for not must Mideast specialists but for all of us.
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 2d
Publication day: @abuaardvark.bsky.social's timely and incisive America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region is out now.

‘No one is better equipped than Lynch to tell this tragic story ... essential reading.’ — David D. Kirkpatrick

25% off w/code LYNCH25➡️ tinyurl.com/yvxua6u8
A copy of America's Middle East held up in the stairwell of Somerset House. The cover of the book has a photo of an orange, fiery sunset with a helicopter silhouetted in front of the moon. There is white, orange and red writing that reads 'America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region. Marc Lynch.'
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 2d
Publication day: @abuaardvark.bsky.social's timely and incisive America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region is out now.

‘No one is better equipped than Lynch to tell this tragic story ... essential reading.’ — David D. Kirkpatrick

25% off w/code LYNCH25➡️ tinyurl.com/yvxua6u8
A copy of America's Middle East held up in the stairwell of Somerset House. The cover of the book has a photo of an orange, fiery sunset with a helicopter silhouetted in front of the moon. There is white, orange and red writing that reads 'America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region. Marc Lynch.'
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Off the Shelf Festival of Words @otsfestival.bsky.social · 2d
Explore Africa’s long and complex history of slavery with @martinplaut.bsky.social.

In this powerful talk, the former BBC World Service Africa Editor examines the lasting impact of enslavement across the continent.

Book here: offtheshelf.org.uk/events/unbro...

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Alasdair Craig @alasdaircraig.bsky.social · 3d
@askwilliamblake.bsky.social's brilliant book on William Blake has just been published by @hurstpublishers.bsky.social – www.hurstpublishers.com/book/awake/
Awake! | Hurst Publishers
A new look at the life, works and enduring relevance of William Blake, a deeply spiritual and politically radical figure.
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Michael Dwyer @michaeldwyer.bsky.social · 3d
www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/tasty-new-... 'Rigby believes our attitude to the fish might be a hangover from the darkest of days when badly processed herring was shipped to the Caribbean as cheap food for slaves on the plantations.' @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
Tasty new book makes case for the 'King of Fishes'
'Herripedia' man Graeme swims into print
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 3d
Join us tomorrow, 8th October, at @soasuni.bsky.social
@soastaiwanstudies.bsky.social for the launch of Heaven Does Not Block All Roads by Anna Beth Keim!📚🌊

‘Riveting... deftly interweaving vivid details… The result is cinematic.’ — @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social

⏰3-5 pm GMT
🎟️ tinyurl.com/4vrw8sr8
A graphic with a blue wavy background and the cover of Heaven Does Not Block All Roads on it. There is also white and yellow writing that reads 'Book Launch. 3-5pm, in room DLT, 8th October 2025. Heaven Does Not Block All Roads: A History of Taiwan Through the Life of Huang Chin-tao. Featuring the author Anna Beth Keim.'
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 4d
📚Now in Paperback: @fieryparticle.bsky.social's
Orwell's Ghosts

🏆 Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Biography

Selected as 'Book of the Year' in @newyorker.com and @historyextra.bsky.social

Get your copy at 25% discount w/code ORWELL25 tinyurl.com/r4bzfdnv
Image of book cover Orwell's Ghosts depicting Orwell's profile overlapping several times set against a backdrop of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Award Winner logo.
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 4d
Congratulations @shafikmeghji.bsky.social!

Small Earthquakes has been shortlisted for the @travwriters.bsky.social Travel Narrative Book of the Year! ⛰️✈️

➡️ tinyurl.com/yw4nkaza
A mock-up of Small Earthquakes by Shafik Meghji. The book cover has an illustration of a path through mountains, and orange, blue and red colouring, including white and orange text. There is also a sentence at the top of the image that reads 'Shortlisted for the BGTW Travel Narrative Book of the Year' next to the BGTW logo.
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 4d
🗣@otsfestival.bsky.social is just around the corner!
Grab your tickets to @martinplaut.bsky.social's event: Unbroken Chains: A 5,000-Year History of African Enslavement.

‘An eye-opening revelation and a transfixing read.’
@pollytoynbee.bsky.social

🗓12th October
⏰2 pm GMT
🎟️ tinyurl.com/4xbeayve
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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 8d
✨ New online:

A new history from @hurstpublishers.bsky.social reminds us that progress on abortion rights has never been linear
Book review: Abortion, a history
A new book reminds us that progress on abortion rights has never been linear
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 9d
🐟🐟🐟Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring is out now! Congratulations @rigbysherrings.bsky.social!🐟🐟🐟

‘This book is nothing short of a delight.’ — Richard Corrigan

🎣25% off w/code HERRING25➡️ tinyurl.com/4mdunzn4
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 10d
Out this month: Rigby's Encyclopaedia of the Herring, by @rigbysherrings.bsky.social. About the Atlantic Herring and its far-reaching dominions. From @hurstpublishers.bsky.social @michaeldwyer.bsky.social www.herripedia.com
Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring
Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring is a one-stop definitive herring information source - fisheries & fishing, history, natural history, cures, recipes & culture.
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 9d
Today in the ARB: “Rethinking Ourselves: Justice, Reform and Ignorance in Postnormal Times” by Anwar Ibrahim @hurstpublishers.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/rethinking-o...
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Some Other Sphere Podcast @sphericalpod.bsky.social · 9d
Podcast Wednesday! Episode 140 - Raphael Cormack - Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age #Podcast #History #Occult #Mysticism @raphcormack.bsky.social @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
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Episode 140 - Raphael Cormack - Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age
Podcast Episode · Some Other Sphere · 01/10/2025 · 1h 7m
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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 9d
‘Through a journalistic lens that focuses on unexpected, startling and sometimes shocking narratives, [Meghji] makes it all fascinating and worth telling.’

Great to see #SmallEarthquakes reviewed so positively in The Prisma.

📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

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An image of The Prisma’s review of Shafik Meghji’s new book Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America.
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 10d
Congratulations to @kieranconnell.bsky.social, whose Multicultural Britain: A People’s History has been shortlisted for the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize. 👏📚
Find out more about this year’s shortlist here: wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk
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A graphic including a mock-up of Kieran Connell's book, Multicultural Britain, and text around it that reads 'The Wolfson History Prize 2025. Shortlisted. Multicultural Britain: A People's History. Kieran Connell. #WolfsonHistoryPrize.' The cover of the book has white lettering overlaying a photo of a man wearing a suit and turban standing underneath a billboard advert of a blonde woman drinking through a straw.
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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 10d
🚨 Get 35% off #SmallEarthquakes in @hurstpublishers.bsky.social’s flash sale 👇🏽
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 10d
📢 Back to Uni Flash Sale 🌟

Get 35% off all Hurst books until midnight on Friday 3rd October!

Discount will be applied at the checkout automatically.

Browse the full list ➡️ hurstpublishers.com
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 10d
You can use this sale to buy my books or pre-order the next one at a substantial discount!
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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 10d
Get a deal on my book, yes, but also books from @nktpnd.bsky.social, @ajwsmall.bsky.social, and others.

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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 10d
📢 Back to Uni Flash Sale 🌟

Get 35% off all Hurst books until midnight on Friday 3rd October!

Discount will be applied at the checkout automatically.

Browse the full list ➡️ hurstpublishers.com
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