Profile Books

Independent publisher of inventive books, fearless writing and powerful voices. Our authors include Mary Beard, Shoshana Zuboff and Francis Fukuyama.

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From the Nobel Prize-winning author of #WhyNationsFail comes a new theory that lays the groundwork for how we can – and must – remake liberalism before it's too late.

@DAcemogluMIT introduces #WhatHappenedToLiberalDemocracy here.

Learn more: https://t.co/RLhDSKZxzJ

[Simon Kuper @KuperSimon]

Lovely to see that audiobooks are now available through https://t.co/OnxCEiDDLS. Get your copy of World Cup Fever in audio through https://t.co/OnxCEiDDLS and support independent bookshops across the UK: https://t.co/eCZleVpWpo @ProfileBooks @Bookshop_org_UK

[Daron Acemoglu @DAcemogluMIT]

My forthcoming book #WhatHappenedToLiberalDemocracy is available to pre-order from Waterstones now at 25% off RRP. To redeem the offer, simple enter ‘SUMMER26’ at the checkout between now and 23:59 BST on Friday 24th July.
Pre-order What Happened to Liberal Democracy? here: https://t.co/Ucz5f1kOpX
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[mary beard @wmarybeard]

I've got a UK and Ireland autumn tour with "More secret histories of Rome", from Exeter to Liverpool, Dublin to Cardiff. Details here:

[Jewish Literary Foundation @jlfbookweek]

📖 May's Book of the Month is here!

First up: Ausländer by Michael Moritz - a powerful memoir of family, exile, and the search for belonging.

Click here for an exclusive preview, a limited discount and a personal note from the author: https://t.co/5lr2mkCU6K

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[mary beard @wmarybeard]

I had fun talking to the History Extra podcast 👇👇👇👇👇

[Charlton House Library @CharltonLib]

At #CharltonLibrary we’re celebrating #AlanBennett’s latest collection #EnoughSaid! With thanks to @readingagency, @profilebooks + @faberbooks for the materials. Write a note and post it in the fan box for Alan, reflect on the years 2016-2024 as the book does 📚

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Ancient history is for everyone ✨

@wmarybeard returns with #TalkingClassics, an entertaining collection of lively stories, curious facts and some juicy gossip to explain why ancient history still matters today.

OUT TODAY: https://t.co/Uf9FWi4WHs

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

Now here's an offer for you London folk. My publisher @ProfileBooks partnering with @Maison_Bertaux to give free hot drinks & pain aux raisins to celebrate #TalkingClassics publication on Thurs! Early customers also get £4 off book at Foyles Charing Cross, 16th April only.

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Get £4 off #TalkingClassics by @wmarybeard at Foyles Charing Cross Road when you pick up a flyer from @Maison_Bertaux TOMORROW – early customers also get a free pain aux raisins and hot drink!

While stocks last, Thurs 16th April only 🥐

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Great to see #TheIllegals by @shaunwalker7 included in the @theipaper's 'best books out in paperback in April 2026'!

'It is one of those gripping, real-life tales which reads like a spy thriller'

Read the full piece here:
https://t.co/LjsOR6R7mH

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There's just 1 week until we publish @wmarybeard #TalkingClassics. To celebrate, we're partnering with @Maison_Bertaux (on Greek Street, no less!) to give early customers a free pain aux raisins and hot drink on publication day!

While stocks last, 16th April only 🥐

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Today we publish #TheIllegals, a pacy, character-driven history of the KGB's deepest cover spies in the West, by @shaunwalker7 in paperback.

'Absolutely fascinating' Andrew Marr

Order your copy here: https://t.co/phrCgELpt7

[Profile Books @ProfileBooks]

There's just 1 week until we publish @wmarybeard #TalkingClassics. To celebrate, we're partnering with @Maison_Bertaux (on Greek Street, no less!) to give early customers a free pain aux raisins and hot drink on publication day!

While stocks last, 16th April only 🥐

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To celebrate #EnoughSaid, Alan Bennett’s latest collection of diaries being an instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller, @waterstones is offering a special prize: the chance to win the only signed copy.

Order a copy before 12 April to be automatically entered: https://t.co/0FShIPQGg3

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

My wonderful publishers ⁦@ProfileBooks⁩ have just sent me this cut out Venus … advertising my new book, Talking Classics, out in a couple of weeks). Here she is in front of the grandkids’ toy basket!

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

My new book, Talking Classics, is out on 16 April. It asks why the deep past is worth studying, and gives some non-standard answers! Publisher have made it look very nice. Thank you @ProfileBooks

[LondonForteanSociety @forteanlondon.bsky.social @ForteanLondon]

A Ghost, a Witch, and a Princess in the Age of Enlightenment 7 May 2026 Join
@HistoryHit's Madeleine Pelling & Anthony Delaney discussing Maddy's new 'Hoax'.
@ConwayHall

May contain Cock Lane ghost. https://t.co/ZlHouHOLjN
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[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

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 👇 https://t.co/bnmULCIX8g

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🎟️ 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

https://t.co/fEtlmt6hMI