Profile Books
Independent publisher of inventive books, fearless writing and powerful voices. Our authors include Mary Beard, Shoshana Zuboff and Francis Fukuyama.
- Join thatcher Tom Allan up on the roof! #OnTheRoof: A Thatcher's Journey by @tomallanwriter.bsky.social is out in paperback today. Video by Sariel Heseltine. Sound on! tinyurl.com/OnTheRoofPB
- Thatched roofs, quiet truths - a story of work, wonder, and tradition. Happy Publication Day to #OntheRoof by @tomallanwriter.bsky.social out now in paperback! ⚒️ Get your copy here: tinyurl.com/OnTheRoofPB
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- We are thrilled to share that #AtTheEdgeOfEmpire by Edward Wong has been chosen as a finalist for the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing!
- What is interoception, and how mood can affect how well your vaccine works? Listen to Caroline Williams, author of #InnerSense, on All in the Mind to learn about the inner sense that governs our mental health and physical wellbeing 🧠 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- 'Khalili dissects what continues to be plundered to power an unrelenting rapacious capitalist world' ICYMI: A brilliant review of #ExtractiveCapitalism by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social in the @financialtimes.com. Read the full piece here: tinyurl.com/msmswzrn
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- It's time to tuck into @carolynboyd.bsky.social's delicious journey around classic French cuisine in the beautiful #AmuseBouche, out in paperback today! 🇫🇷🍽️ Get your copy here: tinyurl.com/AmuseBouchePB
- #NativeNations by Kathleen DuVal has won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for History! A magisterial look at 1,000 years of indigenous American history, and at how this history continues to shape America today. Out in paperback on 29th May. profilebooks.com/work/native-...
- An eye-opening survey of how extractive industries power globalisation - and how to fight back. #ExtractiveCapitalism by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social is out now! Order your copy here: profilebooks.com/work/extract...
- #NoOrdinaryDeaths is out today 💀🖤 In this fascinating social history, Molly Conisbee looks at how our ancestors died and grieved for their loved ones, and how our ends have informed our living over time. profilebooks.com/work/no-ordi...
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- Get your Friday off to a delicious start with #AmuseBouche author @carolynboyd.bsky.social talking about the world's oldest restaurants with @dansaladino.bsky.social on the BBC Food Programme. Catch it this morning at 11am 🍽️
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- Happy publication day to #50IdeasThatChangedTheWorldOfWork by Jeremy Kourdi and Jonathan Besser! Whether you want to think more strategically, boost team performance or make better decisions, this book is a guide to success at work today. Order your copy here: tinyurl.com/5cz6d9xp
- Join #HolyPlaces author @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social and #BetweenTheSaltAndTheAsh author @jakecampbell88.bsky.social for a evening of pilgrimage and place at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social. More info below! 📅 Thurs 1st May 🕡 6:30–8:30pm 📍 Blackwell's Manchester 🎟️ Via 🔗
- 'I’m thatching the Cott Inn, a Devon longhouse, and it’s a noteworthy moment as, after 13 years of thatching, I’m back at the first roof I worked on as an apprentice' A charming piece from @tomallanwriter.bsky.social, whose book #OnTheRoof is out in paperback in June.
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- 'Drawing from extensive research and filled with jaw-dropping revelation' Read the full @waterstones.bsky.social blog piece by @shaunwalker7.bsky.social on his process of writing #TheIllegals here: tinyurl.com/5ue62u8d
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- 'For the first time, the man the KGB codenamed ‘the Inheritor’ tells his story' Don't miss this @theguardian.com long read from @shaunwalker7.bsky.social, on his incredible upcoming book #TheIllegals. tinyurl.com/yck5zjw7
- Follow the trail of pilgrimage with #HolyPlaces author @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social at her Hexham Book Festival event! Discover all the details below ⬇️ 📅 Sun 4th May 🕛 12:45–1:45pm 📌 Hexham Library 🎟️ tinyurl.com/mf3sfvys
- Calling all church enthusiasts! Join Andrew Ziminski (@old-church-going.bsky.social) as he talks about #ChurchGoing, his guide to the churches of the British Isles, at the Hexham Book Festival. Details below! 📅 Sun 11th May 🕛 12:45–1:45pm 📌 Hexham Library 🎟️ tinyurl.com/4k2sybrc
- #WhatWeValue by Emily Falk is out today! Blending award-winning research with real-life stories, this debut reveals the hidden calculations that control our daily decision-making. Find out more: tinyurl.com/WhatWeValueB...
- Happy publication day to #OutOfThisWorldAndIntoTheNext by Adriana Marais 🌍🚀 Marais explores the fundamental questions at the heart of human endeavour: how did we get here – and where are we going next? Order your copy here: tinyurl.com/57c2rejz
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- 'Coco Chanel stole my aunt’s furniture' Don't miss this eye-opening piece from John Jay, author of #NinettesWar, in the @jewishchron.bsky.social.
- 'Utterly gripping … makes the sparkling most of an outlandish cast of characters … has the material for a dozen films' A fantastic @thetimes.com review for @shaunwalker7.bsky.social's #TheIllegals, publishing on 17th April.
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- Join Orlando Whitfield, author of #AllThatGlitters, for this behind the scenes of the art trade world at Read on Sea tomorrow! ✨ 📍 Read on Sea, 28 Broadway, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 1AW 📅 Saturday, April 5th 🕡 5 PM Buy your ticket here: tinyurl.com/3cfscm2c
- Join an intimate discussion between Molly Conisbee and Kate Lister, exploring the history of death, dying and mortality ☠️ Come along to the Wellcome Collection to hear all about Molly Conisbee's new book #NoOrdinaryDeaths www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...
- Fascinating lunchtime reading: check out this @newstatesman.com interview with Adriana Marais , award-winning theoretical physicist and author of #OutOfThisWorldAndIntoTheNext, out next week 🚀
- Are you a firm believer in the supernatural or a staunch sceptic? 👻 Either way you'll love #HowToBuildAHauntedHouse by Caitlin Blackwell Baines, coming this October - a history and cultural exploration of the haunted house. www.thebookseller.com/rights/profi...
- Check out this fascinating conversation between @pilgrimtrust.bsky.social's Guy Hayward and author @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social, as Kathryn discusses her new book on pilgrimage #HolyPlaces ✨
- 'Our concepts of what we can prove are shifting' ICYMI: check out @adamjkucharski.bsky.social's interview with the @theguardian.com on his new book #Proof, an urgent exploration of truth in our current age of disinformation.
- 'As gripping as any fictional espionage thriller' #TheIllegals by @shaunwalker7.bsky.social has been chosen as a best new book to read in April by @theipaper.com!
- Perfect reading for your morning tea break – an extract from @adamjkucharski.bsky.social's #Proof for @wired.com, exploring the fascinatingly uncertain science of certainty...!
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- A beautifully produced, signed and limited edition of Alan Bennett’s recent bestseller Killing Time. Get them while stocks last but fear not if you miss out, as you can still get your hands on the classic Killing Time edition from all good bookshops. tinyurl.com/bdercz2u
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- Who wants to go to Mars? Don't miss @thetimes.com review for Adriana Marais' grand tour of life on earth, and beyond it. #OutOfThisWorldAndIntoTheNext publishes next week 🚀
- Tickets are now available to see #AllThatGlitters author, Orlando Whitfield, in conversation with Francisco Garcia next month at @waterstones.bsky.social Islington! ✨ 📍Waterstones, Islington 🕡 6:30 PM 📅 2nd April 2025 tinyurl.com/3s3ksmxm
- 'A life raft in a sea of fake news and misinformation... this excellent guide to the science of uncertainty is very welcome' #Proof gets a wonderful review from New Statesman on publication day! You can get your hands on a copy now 🔍 www.newscientist.com/article/mg26... @adamjkucharski.bsky.social
- 'Neuroscientist @neuranne.bsky.social Says We All Need to Rethink How We Set Goals' Listen to the author of #TinyExperiments on Microsoft's Worklab podcast, sharing her unique perspectives on adopting an experimental mindset at work and more! tinyurl.com/2cmu9p4w
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- 'An art world Great Gatsby' Patrick Radden Keefe 'Jaw dropping' iPaper 'A blazing exposé' Spectator 📍 Orlando Whitfield, author of #AllThatGlitters will be at Waterstones Islington 2nd April 6:30pm. Come along to hear more about this unmissable story! www.waterstones.com/events/all-t...
- Congratulations to our fantastic author @cheesetastingco.bsky.social whose book #ACheesemongersTourDeFrance won the John Avery Award at the André Simon Food and Drink Awards last night! 🧀📚
- 'Delightful and compelling' A brilliant review from @engelsbergideas.bsky.social for @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social's #HolyPlaces, out now.
- How far would you go in your search for certainty? Bestselling author and statistician Adam Kucharski looks to science, politics, philosophy and economics to explore how truth emerges #Proof is out this Thursday 🔍 profilebooks.com/work/proof/ @adamjkucharski.bsky.social
- Inner Sense is a pathbreaking exploration of interoception, the 'inner sense' governing our mental health and physical wellbeing Get to know your self by fine-tuning your inner sense ✨ #InnerSense by Caroline Williams is out 3rd April profilebooks.com/work/inner-s...
- Can you solve it? 🧠 Put your brains to the test with this Guardian puzzle, set by Adam Kucharski, mathematician and author of Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty #Proof is out this Thursday 📚 www.theguardian.com/science/2025... @adamjkucharski.bsky.social
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- Why do companies make terrible decisions? Dan Davies, author of #TheUnaccountabilityMachine, is on the Financial Times podcast to discuss our current crisis of unaccountability. 'A great book' Rory Stewart www.ft.com/content/f642...
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- 'Ferriter writes about as history events that are still relatively close in time and keenly felt. It is a tour de force' A wonderful review of #TheRevelationOfIreland by Diarmaid Ferriter in @churchtimes.bsky.social. Read the full piece here: tinyurl.com/yp2j83n3
- A beautifully produced, signed and limited edition of Alan Bennett’s recent bestseller Killing Time. Get them while stocks last but fear not if you miss out, as you can still get your hands on the classics Killing Time edition from all good bookshops. tinyurl.com/bdercz2u @faberbooks.bsky.social
- Don't miss this brilliant @newstatesman.com review of @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social's history of pilgrimage #HolyPlaces, out now!
- Join Simon Bradley, author of #BradleysRailwayGuide, for an event at Sevenoaks Bookshop 🎫 2025 marks 200 years of the Stockton & Darlington railway, this authoritative work examines the important role railways have played in British life ever since 🚂 sevenoaksbookshop.co.uk/bradleys-rai...
- We are pleased to announce that we have two authors at this year's @hayfestival.bsky.social ✨ Join #TheChallengesOfDemocracy author Jonathan Sumption and #BradleysRailwayGuide author Simon Bradley as part of this programme of fascinating talks. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/3kbneahy #HayFestival2025
- 'The Bishnoi, a desert people in India’s north-western state Rajasthan, are the focus of writer Martin Goodman’s intriguing book' We're pleased to see #MyHeadForATree featured in @nature.com 'Books in brief'. Read the full piece here: tinyurl.com/3eb42sps
- To celebrate #IWD25 10% of all sales on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social this weekend will be donated to the Women's Prize Trust. Why not use this as a great opportunity to get a copy of @womensprize.bsky.social for Non-Fiction longlisted #EmbersOfTheHands by Eleanor Barraclough? buff.ly/mA3sJXR
- 'April is coming, that time, as Chaucer reminds us in the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales, many long to go on “pilgrimages”. If that’s you, here’s a book to stick in your backpack' #HolyPlaces by @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social is a @heraldscotland.bsky.social must-read.
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- 'Hall of Fame Basketball Coach George Raveling Talks New “Memoir” with Rich Eisen' Don't miss #WhatYoureMadeFor author, George Raveling, discussing his book on The Rich Eisen show! Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fxj...
