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30 April 2013
Listen again: Profile Books authors on BBC Radio 4 -
23 April 2013
Profile authors at Hay Festival 2013 -
22 April 2013
Alison Wolf’s THE XX FACTOR stirs up debate -
22 April 2013
The macho and the martyr are out of fashion – are you Winning Without Losing? -
18 April 2013
Profile authors to appear at the ICA’s Independents Day Festival -
18 April 2013
Raja Shehadeh shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2013 -
28 March 2013
NOISE: A Human History by David Hendy – extract -
25 March 2013
Alan Bennett interview: on gay marriage and confounding his fans -
21 March 2013
Raja Shehadeh long-listed for The Orwell Prize -
13 March 2013
NOISE: BBC Radio 4 clip – listen -
11 March 2013
Profile Books and Wellcome Collection announce publishing partnership -
05 March 2013
Mary Beard’s new book, CONFRONTING THE CLASSICS, is out now -
05 March 2013
CONFRONTING THE CLASSICS, Mary Beard’s new book is out now -
27 February 2013
A ‘tail’ of underachievement: How England’s state schools fail one child in five -
25 February 2013
Q&A with David Hendy, author of NOISE -
20 February 2013
How to Deliver Perfect Customer Service -
18 February 2013
Shopping, Seduction and Mr Selfridge is a top-seller -
13 February 2013
SWISS MADE author R. James Breiding appears on CNBC -
07 February 2013
WHY NATIONS FAIL wins big at Political Book Awards -
04 February 2013
Katie Kitamura’s GONE TO THE FOREST finally goes to the bookshops -
04 February 2013
Richard Mabey: Long May He Rain! -
29 January 2013
WHAT HAS NATURE EVER DONE FOR US? A new Sunday Times bestseller -
16 January 2013
Follow the Noise -
10 January 2013
Peter Carson, distinguished editor, publisher, translator and great friend, died at the age of 74 on 9 January 2013 -
10 January 2013
Ask yourself, what has nature ever done for us? -
10 December 2012
New ITV primetime drama MR SELFRIDGE is based on Lindy Woodhead’s book -
04 December 2012
Roman Krznaric’s lecture now a RSA Animate -
03 December 2012
Robert Greene visits the London Real studios -
16 November 2012
Orwell-prize-winning author Raja Shehadeh comes to Soho Theatre -
14 November 2012
Robert Greene in London to launch Mastery 19-23 November -
08 November 2012
The Sleeping Army longlisted for Carnegie Medal -
01 November 2012
Mastery – the official trailer -
30 October 2012
On The Map – Waterstones Book of the Year? -
30 October 2012
Profile has three titles on the CMI shortlist -
29 October 2012
Profile Books takes over Tindal Street Press publishing -
25 October 2012
Dimbleby’s BBC2 TV documentary transmission date confirmed! -
16 October 2012
Announcing … Robert Greene’s MASTERY … with special pre-order bonuses -
16 October 2012
Calling all designers – enter our ON THE MAP competition to win a Canon EOS 550D -
15 October 2012
Profile publishes major history of El Alamein by Jonathan Dimbleby -
09 October 2012
Profile Books at the Cheltenham Festival 2012 -
04 October 2012
Chills and Thrills! – Watch the new terrifying trailer for Susan Hill’s DOLLY -
02 October 2012
ON THE MAP, Simon Garfield’s eagerly awaited follow-up to JUST MY TYPE is out now -
01 October 2012
Why Nations Fail has been shortlisted for the 2012 FT Business Book of the Year award! -
27 September 2012
It’s Labour conference time – make sure you’re Off-Message! -
17 September 2012
SPELL IT OUT – Brits care more about spelling than food and sex! -
10 September 2012
John Gimlette wins the Dolman Prize -
15 August 2012
Profile and Ogilvy team up to publish the private writings of ‘The Father of Advertising’ -
14 August 2012
A thrilling – and chilling – announcement: Profile to publish Susan Hill’s brand new ghost story DOLLY for Hallowe’en 2012 -
13 August 2012
Why Nations Fail longlisted for business book award -
07 August 2012
Want to get ahead? Time for some LESSONS FROM THE TOP with journalist and broadcaster Gavin Esler -
03 July 2012
Profile Books and Clerkenwell Press At The Edinburgh International Book Festival 2012 -
03 July 2012
Chris Mullin and Alastair Campbell talk political diaries in pre-show event for A Walk on Part -
28 June 2012
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13 June 2012
Michael Crick interviews ex-PM Tony Blair about Chris Mullin’s play -
06 April 2012
Announcing FRANKENSTEIN, a new interactive literary app for iPad and iPhone -
15 February 2012
New Scientist explains Professor Stewart’s 17 EQUATIONS TO CHANGE THE WORLD -
15 February 2012
UP POHNPEI sees the world’s worst football team turn their fortunes around -
03 February 2012
The Library Book – out now -
09 January 2012
‘Calories and Corsets’ – the antidote to New Year New You -
02 December 2011
‘Frankenstein’ Reborn: Profile, inkle, Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson launch new app -
21 November 2011
‘A Walk-On Part’ opens to critical acclaim in London -
18 November 2011
Marshall Goldsmith – Winner of the 2011 Thinkers50 Leadership Award -
09 November 2011
From the foothills to the footlights – Chris Mullin comes to the West End! -
07 November 2011
THE SLEEPING ARMY by Francesca Simon – out now -
17 October 2011
‘Van Gogh: The Life’ now published – Pulitzer-prizewinning authors’ new revelations on his relationships, work and ‘suicide’ -
10 October 2011
Alastair Bruce wins Amazon’s prestigious Rising Star quarterly award -
27 September 2011
Indie Alliance sets up loyalty card scheme -
13 September 2011
Bobby Baker wins the MIND Book of the Year 2011 -
08 September 2011
Simon Jenkins’ A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND is published -
01 August 2011
Alan Bennett’s ‘The Shielding Of Mrs Forbes’ – a Book at Bedtime on Radio 4 -
25 July 2011
Alan Bennett speaks out against library closures -
17 July 2011
Announcing publication of Michael Brooks’ Free Radicals -
15 July 2011
Wall of Days – an Amazon Rising Star -
31 May 2011
Richard Mabey’s ‘Weeds’ wins National Trust prize -
23 May 2011
‘In the Place of Justice’ shortlisted for prestigious prize -
19 May 2011
Missed Fukuyama’s tour? Don’t worry! -
16 May 2011
Alan Bennett comes to Exmouth Market -
12 May 2011
Beard shortlisted for BAFTA -
05 May 2011
Fukuyama comes to Britain -
21 April 2011
One million views and counting… -
15 April 2011
Samuel Johnson Longlist -
30 March 2011
Welcome to our new website -
29 March 2011
World’s first decision making engine is launched -
29 March 2011
The Clerkenwell Press launches -
29 March 2011
Announcing SMUT – two unseemly stories form Alan Bennett’s new book
Current Events
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Andrew Martin at London Transport Museum Friday Lates
17th May 2013Visitors can enjoy twilight tours of the Museum’s latest exhibition Poster Art 150 – London Underground’s Greatest Designs, and listen to author Andrew Martin discussing his latest book Underground, Overground - an anecdotal and humorous take on the...
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Profile authors at Hay Festival 2013
23rd May - 2nd June 2013Hay Festival in Wales celebrates great writing from poets and scientists, lyricists and comedians, novelists and environmentalists, and the power of great ideas to transform our way of thinking. This year the festival will run from...
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Lucy Moore on Nijinksky at Museum at Nights event
17th May 2013Nijinsky is considered the best male ballet dancer of the 20th century. The evening will be chaired by the Senior Lecturer of Dance at the University of Northampton and will feature a demonstration of ballet...
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Victoria Glendinning at the Charleston Book Festival
18th May 2013Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) and General Gordon (1833-1885) were maverick Imperialists, powerful and successful men of action, yet both their endings were sad. Victoria Glendinning’s ‘marvellously readable, personally illuminating and highly entertaining’ (The Guardian) life...
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Jonathan Dimbleby at Fowey Festival
18th May 2013Jonathan Dimbleby will be giving an illustrated talk about his acclaimed book Destiny in the Desert and about his career in the media, after which there will be an opportunity to ask him questions. Visit the...
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Polly Morland talks to Peter Tatchell at Bristol Festival of Ideas
19th May 2013Are brave people somehow fundamentally different from the rest of us, or is courage something that we can learn? In 1942 a pianist from Manhattan convened the inaugural meeting of an extraordinary new fraternity, which...
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Polly Morland: How To Be Brave at The School of Life
21st May 2013In the 1940s a New York pianist called together fellow performers suffering from stage fright to form a fraternity they called The Society of Timid Souls. Its aim was to dissolve their fear. It was...
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Polly Morland, Renata Salecl at How The Light Gets In philosophy festival
23nd May - 2nd June 2013Polly Morland, author of The Society of Timid Souls will be speaking at three events during How The Light Gets In philosophy festival which takes place in Hay on Wye, from 23nd May to 2nd June 2013. Polly’s...
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Simon Garfield at London Literature Festival 13
2nd June 2013Maps fascinate many of us. They chart our understanding of the world and they log our progress, but above all they tell our stories. From the early sketches of philosophers and explorers through to Google...
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Renata Salecl at TEDGlobal 2013
Thursday 13th June, 2013Few sensations feel better than when your mind does a backflip and, all of a sudden, you are suddenly able to see things in new and unexpected ways. At TEDGlobal 2013, themed “Think Again,” you’ll...
