Profile Books
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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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'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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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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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

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@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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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!
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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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⚽️📢 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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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
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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!

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

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👗 Jill Burke (@jillburke.bsky.social) explores fashion and everyday life in the Renaissance, reflecting on the surprising history of bras in medieval times.

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#Abundance by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social and @dkthomp.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award 2025

Ditch scarcity politics and embracing visionary action to create an abundant future.

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Profile Books has acquired The Age of Alchemy: How Early Innovators Shaped Modern Chemistry by science writer Kit Chapman. The Age of Alchemy is set to publish in late April 2026 👇 #BookSky
Profile signs 'revolutionary' retelling of the history of chemistry in exclusive submission
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