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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 14h

Congratulations to László 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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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 18h

Critical thinkers, enquire within!

#TheEconomistQuizBook by Tom Standage is out today!

Order your copy here:
tinyurl.com/557c8d9k

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 22h

Today we publish Caitlin Blackwell Baines's #HowToBuildAHauntedHouse 👻🦇🕷️

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

How to Build a Haunted House - Profile Books

The History of a Cultural Obsession

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 3d

'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...

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 in Heart The Lover  to Julian Br

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 3d

'Profile Books signs ‘nail-biting’ exposé of ‘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

Profile Books signs ‘nail-biting’ exposé of ‘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.

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 6d

'A charming and amusing personal history'

Don't miss this brilliant @litreview.bsky.social review of #WorldCupFever 👇

@simonkuper.bsky.social's must-read footballing journey in nine tournaments is out now ⚽️🏆

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

literaryreview.co.uk

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 6d

'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.

Susie Dent picks her favourite books

The lexicographer and etymologist shares works by Jane Goodall, Noel Streatfeild and Madeleine Pelling

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Greene & Heaton Literary and Media Agency @greeneandheaton.bsky.social · 7d

CHURCH GOING by @old-church-going.bsky.social is out today in paperback with @profilebooks.bsky.social!

It is also the @blackwellbooks.bsky.social Non-Fiction Book of the Month! 📖⛪

www.waterstones.com/book/church-...

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 7d

'Kuper is an excellent guide… his book is filled with memorable vignettes'

Happy publication day to @simonkuper.bsky.social's entertaining meditation on football's biggest tournament, #WorldCupFever. Check out this @thespectator1828.bsky.social review below ⚽️🏆

Death and glory: the politics of the World Cup

World Cup fever is a strange affliction. It’s more contagious and unavoidable than Covid, and more widespread too: each new World Cup, as Simon Kuper writes, ‘becomes the biggest media event in histor...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 7d

Tuck into to @cheesetastingco.bsky.social's brie-lliant guide to the cheeses of France with #ACheesemongersTourDeFrance, out today in paperback 🇫🇷

Complete with tasting notes and serving suggestions, this is a must-read for the cheese lover in your life.

🧀: tinyurl.com/ACheesemongersTourDeFrancePB

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 7d

MARY BEARD RETURNS with #TalkingClassics, an exciting look at whether and why the Classics still matter.

Pre-order your signed edition from Waterstones now: tinyurl.com/TalkingClassicsSigned

@wmarybeard.bsky.social

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 7d

@old-church-going.bsky.social's critically-acclaimed, glovebox-essential #ChurchGoing publishes in paperback today📖⛪️

Don't miss this charming guide to the architectural features and furnishings of Britain's medieval churches, out now!

tinyurl.com/ChurchGoingPB

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 8d

This week, HOW TO EAT EVERYTHING IN PARIS, with our guest Chris Newens: the old slaughterhouses of La Villette, the colossal food markets of Rungis and the hallowed ritual of l’apéritif all feature!
@profilebooks.bsky.social
@suzanneraine.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

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TheBookTrail @thebooktrail.bsky.social · 8d

CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE

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#nedpalmer @profilebooks.bsky.social

A Cheesemonger’s Tour de France - The Book Trail

BookTrail Boarding Pass: A Cheesemonger’s Tour de France Destination/location: France Author/guide: Ned Palmer Departure Time: 2025

www.thebooktrail.com

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Adrian Woolfson @adrianwoolfson.bsky.social · 8d

I have just submitted my review of Matthew Cobb’s @matthewcobb.bsky.social excellent new biography of Francis Crick published by @profilebooks.bsky.social to Science magazine @science.org. I have to say that I greatly enjoyed it. It is set to become the definitive account of Crick’s work and life.

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 7d

⚽️📢 G O A L ! 📢⚽️

Today, we publish @simonkuper.bsky.social's #WorldCupFever, the story of how the World Cup tournament has touched and changed our lives, by one of the best writers on the beautiful game.

Get your copy here: tinyurl.com/WorldCupFeverBook

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 8d

Exciting news to kick off the month: #ChurchGoing by @old-church-going.bsky.social is @blackwells.bsky.social's Non-Fiction Book of the Month! Join stonemason Andrew Ziminski on a charming tour of our best medieval churches ⛪️

Publishing in paperback tomorrow: tinyurl.com/ChurchGoingBlackwells

A rectangular graphic with a stained glass inspired background. On the left of the graphic is the cover of the paperback book Church Going by Andrew Ziminski. To the right of this is the following text, 'Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Month. Church Going. Andrew Ziminski'. A line at the bottom of the graphic reads, 'Buy instore or online at Blackwells.co.uk'.

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 9d

We are thrilled that Eleanor Barraclough's eye-opening and engaging history of the Viking age #EmbersOfTheHands has been shortlisted for the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025. Congratulations to Eleanor and the five other shortlisted authors!

@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social

A rectangular graphic with the paperback book Embers of the Hands by Eleanor Barraclough on the right-hand side. To the left of this is the following text, 'The Wolfson History Prize 2025. Shortlisted: Embers of the Hands Hidden Histories of the Viking Age. Eleanor Barraclough. #WolfsonHistoryPrize'.

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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 9d

We're excited to reveal the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 shortlist, celebrating the finest historical non-fiction works from the past year.

Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors! 👏📚

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 10d

Have you listened to Mary Beard's new podcast #InstantClassics yet? Check it out below 🏺

marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social · 12d

Where should you go to see the best version of the lost statue of Athena from the Parthenon? Athens? London? No: Nashville! Listen here. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Decoding The Parthenon

Podcast Episode · Instant Classics · 25/09/2025 · 53m

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marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social · 12d

Where should you go to see the best version of the lost statue of Athena from the Parthenon? Athens? London? No: Nashville! Listen here. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Decoding The Parthenon

Podcast Episode · Instant Classics · 25/09/2025 · 53m

podcasts.apple.com

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 11d

Riveting ep of @garlicandpearls.bsky.social this week as @suzanneraine.bsky.social and I welcome expat food writer Chris Newens, author of Moveable Feasts: Paris in Twenty Meals, who reveals surprising findings about Paris food! Tune in!
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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 13d

Football fans, don't miss @simonkuper.bsky.social in conversation with Mehreen Khan discussing his new book #WorldCupFever at this @stanchionbooks.bsky.social next week! Get your tickets below 👇

📅 Friday 3rd Oct
🕡 6:30–8:30pm
📍 The Volley, Old Street, London
🎟️ Via 🔗 below

Simon Kuper - World Cup Fever: A Footballing Journey in Nine Tournaments

Join Stanchion Books for London launch of Simon's new book examining how football transformed the world, told through nine World Cups

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 13d

Would you like to know HOW TO EAT EVERYTHING IN PARIS today? Tune in to our revelatory @garlicandpearls.bsky.social chat with Chris Newens, author of terrific food memoir Moveable Feasts!
Insights galore! A sample…
@profilebooks.bsky.social @robertloyko-greer.bsky.social @suzanneraine.bsky.social

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 13d

Cultural and art historian, @jillburke.bsky.social reflects on the extraordinary life of Caterina Sforza – warrior, alchemist and Renaissance icon: www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4582

@hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @profilebooks.bsky.social

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