Duff Cooper Prize
A £5,000 annual prize for non-fiction, celebrating imaginative insight, compelling narrative, scholarship & good writing since 1956. Next awarded 2 March 26.
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I write history. Last book: LORDS OF THE DESERT; before that: A LINE IN THE SAND. Next book: THE ARENA. More at/contact me via https://www.historythatmatters.org Signal - jamesbarr.62 Currently reading: Ed Conway / Material World
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Defending freedom of expression and promoting literature worldwide since 1921.
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A gift beyond words. National Book Tokens and Bookily gift cards can be spent in bookshops and online. https://www.nationalbooktokens.com
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Professor at the University of Southampton. Author of Republic: Britain's Revolutionary Decade, 1649-1660 (Faber, 2024). Co-investigator on 'The Visible Crown: Elizabeth II and the Caribbean'. Represented by Felicity Bryan Associates.
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Arts journalist and author (Pure Wit, biog of Margaret Cavendish, 2023)
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Author of THE FAVOURITE and THE KIT CAT CLUB / Programme Director, Biography MA & PhD, Univ of Buckingham in London / Human rights, migration and asylum analyst / podcast & essay guzzler
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Writing history, usually in Manchester, when possible in Italy. 'Renaissance skulduggery' - The Guardian. THE ROADS TO ROME: A HISTORY now out. Next up: early modern guns.
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Historian of early modern religion, working on witches and saints. Loves hikes and risotto.
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Britain’s oldest Sunday newspaper https://www.theguardian.com/observer
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Literature, ideas, history, the arts | Reading & writing & teaching | Shakespeare's Tragic Art out now from @princetonupress.bsky.social | Writing a life of Frank Kermode | bit.ly/2vbBoIN
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Historian of science, race, and empire. Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction an FT recommended book to read in 2025. Published by Penguin on 5 June, World Environment Day.🦤🐅🦈 🌏🌱 https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309254/vanished-by-qureshi-sadi
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At Johns Hopkins University Press, we envision a future where knowledge enriches the life of every person Home to @projectmuse.bsky.social press.jhu.edu
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Literary agent @shawliterary.bsky.social, formerly head book buyer at Readings Books, Melbourne. Kafka, Sebald, the Antipodes.
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Crabby historian. Less crabby now blue skies beckon. She/her • Agent: Bill Hamilton, amheath.com
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Irish literary translator, editor, writer, advisory editor to the Stinging Fly, and The Paris Review, 2022 International Booker Chair. he/him/oi, you! 🌈
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Updates from the booksellers and baristas in Waterstones Doncaster.
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Within picturesque Knutsford, our bookshop is home for the town's book-lovers. Open: Monday - Saturday 9.00 - 5.30 Sundays 10.30 - 4.30
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The Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize celebrate the best English-language fiction. https://thebookerprizes.com
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Edinburgh University Press is the premier Scottish publisher of academic books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. euppublishing.com
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The north of England's longest-running literature festival. Coming in 2025: 3-19 October 2025. #ILF25 | Produced by @thewordupnorth.bsky.social
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Ground-breaking, award-winning, thought-provoking books since 1949. An imprint of Orion Publishing Group, part of Hachette UK
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Books and Archives since 1683. Website: orkneylibrary.org.uk Linktree: linktr.ee/orkneylibrary
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@womensprize.bsky.social
Charity changing the world through books written by women📚 Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction supported by Audible, Baileys, Findmypast 🔗 linktr.ee/womensprize
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Indie bookshop in Paris📚Online store ships to the world 🌎 Listen to our podcast here: https://podfollow.com/shakespeare-and-company 🎧
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The literary prize rewarding mould-breaking fiction, launched and run by Goldsmiths UoL in association with the New Statesman https://www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-prize/
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Independent publisher of essayistic books that all self-respecting book lovers want to collect. Start with 20% off your purchase: https://nottinghilleditions.com/newsletter-signup Let loose on here is our marketer (@verasugar.bsky.social)
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Launched in 1980, we review hundreds of new children’s books each year and publish articles on every aspect of writing for children. Explore new issues and our 40 year archive for free on our website www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
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Publisher of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, and Other Speculative Fiction
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Independent publisher, award-winning books. EIC: Angel Belsey. Hello Booksky! https://deixis.press https://linktr.ee/deixispress
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Celebrating 100 years of publishing great books. Here are some posts about them.
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Tachyon Publications, founded in 1995 by Jacob Weisman, is a San Francisco-based independent publishing house
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We are the science fiction & fantasy publisher at Hachette Book Group US and Little, Brown UK. Follow us for your next great read, and tag us in your pics!
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London based independent publishing house. Dedicated to new authors, great storytelling & fabulous ideas 📚