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Authors Mary Beard, Alan Bennett, Janice Hallett and Simon Jenkins attended @ProfileBooks founder Andrew Franklin’s retirement party, held ahead of the London Book Fair 👇 ebx.sh/ZQAbFM

🎟️ EVENT TOMORROW 🎟️ Join Jacqueline Riding in conversation with Lucy Worsley at Southwark Cathedral, discussing her new book #HardStreets: Working-Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin's London. 📍Southwark Cathedral ⏰ Thursday 19th Feb, 7:15pm cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/whats-on/hard-…

Get 25% off Alan Bennett's upcoming fourth collection of diaries, #EnoughSaid, when you pre-order from @waterstones until February 20th and use code: FEB26 Pre-order your copy here: tinyurl.com/3tpnp32d

my beautiful people!!! I have some HUGE NEWS!!! I wrote another book and it's coming out this November! it's a little like a birdwatching guide, except it's a word watching guide! i poured my heart into it!! you can even pre-order it now!! link in biooo

Waterstones are offering a 25% discount on my forthcoming book Worlds of Fear and Wonder: Living with the Supernatural, Past and Present, between 17 and 20 February only. Enter “FEB26” at the checkout. The offer will be exclusively available on the Waterstones website and app.

25% off my new book here from Waterstones 👇👇If you have already preordered, the easiest thing to do is cancel that and order again using the discount code.

A deal you do not want to miss! ✨ Get 25% off the books below, when you pre-order from @waterstones until February 20th and use code: FEB26

‘Studwell has written one of the most interesting analyses of the past few years' #HowAfricaWorks by @JoeStudwell has been reviewed by the Economist, described as an 'important new book'. Out now! 🌍 economist.com/culture/2026/0…

#TheRulesBook by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler is out now! Master the tried and tested, unwritten laws of life - from the bestselling team behind The Decision Book 💡 Order your copy here: profilebooks.com/work/the-rules…

🎟️ EVENT 🎟️ Join Jacqueline Riding in conversation with Lucy Worsley at Southwark Cathedral, discussing her new book #HardStreets: Working-Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin's London. 📍Southwark Cathedral ⏰ Thursday 19th Feb, 7:15pm cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/whats-on/hard-…

Dr Gavin Francis' top 5 tips for boosting your mental wellbeing 🧡 #TheUnfragileMind: Making Sense of Mental Health by GP and bestselling author @gavinfranc publishes today with @ExploreWellcome. Find out more: tinyurl.com/TheUnfragileMi…

Join bestselling author Ian Stewart on a journey through some of mathematics' prickliest conundrums – and why they matter 💫 #ReachingForTheExtreme publishes today! tinyurl.com/dnjkw8m8

We are so thrilled to share that #ToExistAsIAm by Grace Spence Green has been longlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction! Huge congratulations to Grace for this incredible, well deserved achievement ✨

Welcome to the hard streets of Charlie Chaplin's London. A place of cheap entertainments and the threat of the workhouse, radical politics and desperate poverty. #HardStreets by Jacqueline Riding is an illuminating portrait of a vanished city, out now. profilebooks.com/work/hard-stre…

Join the @wienerlibrary for an in-person talk with Sir Michael Moritz about his latest book, #Ausländer, in conversation with Lord Daniel Finkelstein. 📅February 19th 🕕6:30 pm - 8:00 pm 📍The Wiener Holocaust Library Learn more here: tinyurl.com/bdhp5nmm

'The labels we use to make sense of the mind and of mental health are always changing – which means there’s always scope to change them for the better' A fascinating Guardian Long Read from @gavinfranc. His new book #TheUnfragileMind is out Thursday. theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/…

Excellent, timely book from @gavinfranc on how we meet, or fail to meet, the deep mental health crisis. The current approach fails to take sufficient account of cultural and social factors & discriminates in favour of those who can access primary care and community support

ICYMI: @ProfileBooks is set to publish Francis Fukuyama’s (@FukuyamaFrancis) 'fascinating' political memoir. In the Realm of the Last Man will be published in September 2026 👇

A week today, @gavinfranc will be at the Wellcome Collection exploring the chequered history of psychiatry and the nature of mental health. Get your tickets below! 📍 Henry Wellcome Auditorium, @ExploreWellcome 📅 Fri 13th Feb 🕡 6:30–8pm 🎟️ Via link wellcomecollection.org/events/landsca…