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The UK’s £25,000 Royal Society Science Book Prize Names Its 2022 Shortlist

Five of the six titles on the UK's Royal Society Science Book Prize list are from independent publishers, two from Profile Books. The post The UK’s £25,000 Royal Society Science Book Prize Names Its 2022 Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-09-27 08:47:37 UTC ]
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Faber among Mo Siewcharran grant recipients

Faber has been awarded a Mo Siewcharran grant along with Profile Books and Canongate.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-30 14:58:08 UTC ]
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Profile turnover up 7% after 'healthy' year

Profile Books has reported a "healthy" financial year for the 12 months to end of March 2020, with a turnover of £12.2m, up 7% on the previous year. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-27 22:15:55 UTC ]
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Wellcome and Profile to publish Mosse's 'timely' exploration of carer role

Wellcome Collection and Profile Books will publish An Extra Pair of Hands by Kate Mosse, her own "deeply personal" story of finding herself, in middle age, caring for her relatives.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-02 21:14:32 UTC ]
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Wellcome Collection and Profile pre-empt Sowemimo's 'illuminating' title

Wellcome Collection and Profile Books have acquired Decolonising Healthcare, a "vital, eye-opening history of race and health", by Dr Annabel Sowemimo. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-05 22:55:27 UTC ]
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New Shaun Bythell bookshop title for Profile

Profile Books will publish Shaun Bythell's Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops in November.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-08 23:31:01 UTC ]
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Faber and Profile to publish two new Alan Bennett Talking Heads monologues

Faber and Profile Books are to publish two new Alan Bennett "Talking Heads" monologues, to be published together under the title Two Besides.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-22 11:52:59 UTC ]
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Profile buys material physics book after 'hard-fought' auction

Profile Books will publish an exploration of condensed matter physics, The Physicks of Dirt by Felix Flicker.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-28 18:10:41 UTC ]
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Profile Books to publish 'much needed' celebration of British farm produce

Profile Books will publish a new book by Ned Palmer, author of A Cheesemonger's History of the British Isles. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-20 02:27:22 UTC ]
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Mark Richards to set up Swift Press with Profile's Diana Broccardo

John Murray publisher Mark Richards is co-founding a new publishing company with Diana Broccardo, commercial director of Profile Books, called Swift Press. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-09 04:45:37 UTC ]
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Profile signs non-fiction from poet Cathy Park Hong

Profile Books will publish a “fearless work of creative non-fiction about racism in cultural pursuits” by award-winning poet Cathy Park Hong. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-17 01:56:53 UTC ]
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Profile and Wellcome secure Shafak's manifesto for hopefulness

Profile Books and the Wellcome Collection will publish Elif Shafak’s manifesto offering “a rallying cry for hopefulness”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-02 02:43:46 UTC ]
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Profile pre-empts story of Daphne Caruana Galizia by her sons

Profile Books has pre-empted a book about anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was murdered in a car bomb attack in Malta two years ago. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-28 22:22:19 UTC ]
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Greystone and Profile land seaweed tale

Greystone Books and Profile Books will publish Seaweed by poet and artist Miek Zwamborn next year. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 18:30:02 UTC ]
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Profile snaps up Christopher Wylie's 'inside story' of Cambridge Analytica

Profile Books will publish Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie's debut, Mindf*ck: Inside Cambridge Analytica’s Plot to Break the World, next week. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 16:47:46 UTC ]
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Profile reports 4% turnover dip but steady profit in 'solid' year

Profile Books has reported a “solid” financial year 2018 to 2019 with turnover at £11.4m, a 4% dip on the previous year, while operating profit was “steady” at £983,375. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 21:34:54 UTC ]
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Profile and Aitken Alexander create academics' non-fiction prize

Profile Books and Aitken Alexander have launched the Profile Aitken Alexander Non-Fiction Prize, awarded to the best debut trade non-fiction proposal from an academic. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profile snaps up Heritage's bedtime stories for liberals

Profile Books has bought the "hilarious and soothing" Bedtime Stories for Worried Liberals by Guardian columnist Stuart Heritage. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profile wins auction for 'compelling' UK prison system investigation

Profile Books has won a six-way auction to publish former probation officer Eleanor Fellowes’ investigation into the UK’s prison system. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profile snaps up 'eye-opening' Beryl Burton biography

Profile Books will publish a biography of “legendary” Yorkshire cyclist Beryl Burton, through its Pursuit imprint in 2021. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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