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Jackie Gay

Jackie Gay has co-edited three anthologies of short stories including England Calling and Hard Shoulder.

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`Now that he is dead, we can know him better.`

Secrecy came naturally to John le Carré, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep, nowhere more so than in his private life. Seemingly content in his marriage, the novelist conducted a string of love affairs over four decades. To keep these relationships secret, he made use of tradecraft that he had learned as a spy: code names and cover stories, cut outs, safe houses and dead letter boxes.

Adam Sisman`s definitive biography, published in 2015, revealed much about the elusive spy-turned-novelist; yet le Carré was adamant that some subjects should remain hidden, at least during his lifetime. #TheSecretLifeOfJohnLeCarré is the story of what was left out, and offers reflections on the difficult relationship between biographer and subject. More than that, it adds a necessary coda to the life and work of this complex, driven, restless man.

Discover the true tale of deception from the creator of #TinkerTailorSoldierSpy. OUT NOW!

#TheSecretLifeOfJohnLeCarré #AdamSisman #ThePigeonTunnel #JohnLeCarré #TinkerTailorSoldierSpy #TheSpyWhoCameInFromTheCold #TheNightManager #Bookstagram #BooksOfIG #Biography #SpyNovel #NonFiction

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'Now that he is dead, we can know him better.'

Secrecy came naturally to John le Carré, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep, nowhere more so than in his private life. Seemingly content in his marriage, the novelist conducted a string of love affairs over four decades. To keep these relationships secret, he made use of tradecraft that he had learned as a spy: code names and cover stories, cut outs, safe houses and dead letter boxes.

Adam Sisman's definitive biography, published in 2015, revealed much about the elusive spy-turned-novelist; yet le Carré was adamant that some subjects should remain hidden, at least during his lifetime. #TheSecretLifeOfJohnLeCarré is the story of what was left out, and offers reflections on the difficult relationship between biographer and subject. More than that, it adds a necessary coda to the life and work of this complex, driven, restless man.

Discover the true tale of deception from the creator of #TinkerTailorSoldierSpy. OUT NOW!

#TheSecretLifeOfJohnLeCarré #AdamSisman #ThePigeonTunnel #JohnLeCarré #TinkerTailorSoldierSpy #TheSpyWhoCameInFromTheCold #TheNightManager #Bookstagram #BooksOfIG #Biography #SpyNovel #NonFiction

We’re offering the perfect gift this spooky season for all bibliomaniacs 🎃📖

#TheBookOfPhobiaaAndManias traces the rich and thought-provoking history in which our fixations have taken shape.

This captivating A-Z compendium by #KateSummerscale explores the world in 99 obsessions - from spiders to clowns to all that will make your skin crawl.

Publishing this Thursday!

#NonFiction #Phobias #Obsessions #IgReads #Bookstagram #IndependentPublisher

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We’re offering the perfect gift this spooky season for all bibliomaniacs 🎃📖

#TheBookOfPhobiaaAndManias traces the rich and thought-provoking history in which our fixations have taken shape.

This captivating A-Z compendium by #KateSummerscale explores the world in 99 obsessions - from spiders to clowns to all that will make your skin crawl.

Publishing this Thursday!

#NonFiction #Phobias #Obsessions #IgReads #Bookstagram #IndependentPublisher

Take a tour through the most sensational first nights across the arts in #AstonishMe 🎭

Opening in 1963 New York, to Renaissance Florence, to the birth of theatre in fifth-century Athens, and the Sex Pistols shattering Thatcherite Britain - take your seat for the history of performance.

OUT NOW!

#DominicDromgoole #NonFiction #Theatre #PerformanceHistory #IndependentPublisher #IGReads #Bookstagram

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Take a tour through the most sensational first nights across the arts in #AstonishMe 🎭

Opening in 1963 New York, to Renaissance Florence, to the birth of theatre in fifth-century Athens, and the Sex Pistols shattering Thatcherite Britain - take your seat for the history of performance.

OUT NOW!

#DominicDromgoole #NonFiction #Theatre #PerformanceHistory #IndependentPublisher #IGReads #Bookstagram

💖 G I V E A W A Y 💖

To celebrate the publication of #DisobedientBodies – the new manifesto on beauty from Emma Dabiri, the bestselling author of #WhatWhitePeopleCanDoNext – we’re running a giveaway with UK indie nail polish brand Télle Moi.

#DisobedientBodies explores society’s patriarchal and capitalist beauty standards and calls on us to rebel against them! This is a powerful and inspiring new way of looking at beauty.

To be in with a chance of winning a copy of Emma Dabiri’s new book along with this stunning pastel nail polish giftset from Télle Moi, simply…

💅 Like this post
💅 Follow @profile.books, @tellemoi and @emmadabiri on Instagram
💅 Tag a friend in the comments below
💅 For an extra entry, share this post to your stories

UK only. Giveaway ends midnight, Sunday 8th October.

#Giveaway #BookGiveaway #NonFiction #Beauty #WellcomeCollection #Bookstagram #BooksOfIG #HistoryBooks #DisobedientBodies #EmmaDabiri #WhatWhitePeopleCanDoNext #DontTouchMyHair

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Tomorrow, we publish the Orwell Prize shortlisted #Divided by Annabel Sowemimo in paperback!

This searing polemic reveals how racism and colonialism have shaped science and medicine – leading to the health inequalities we see all around us today. Activist, doctor and patient, Annabel Sowemimo reinserts the stories of Black and Indigenous scientists and doctors into the historical narrative, reframing how we see the `objective` systems we operate within. In confronting this history, she argues for better understanding of our collective past to bring about urgent change.

This is essential reading for Black History Month and beyond.

#Bookstagram #BooksOfIG #NonFiction #DecoloniseHealthcare #Race #MustRead #AnnabelSowemimo #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonthReading

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Tomorrow, we publish the Orwell Prize shortlisted #Divided by Annabel Sowemimo in paperback!

This searing polemic reveals how racism and colonialism have shaped science and medicine – leading to the health inequalities we see all around us today. Activist, doctor and patient, Annabel Sowemimo reinserts the stories of Black and Indigenous scientists and doctors into the historical narrative, reframing how we see the 'objective' systems we operate within. In confronting this history, she argues for better understanding of our collective past to bring about urgent change.

This is essential reading for Black History Month and beyond.

#Bookstagram #BooksOfIG #NonFiction #DecoloniseHealthcare #Race #MustRead #AnnabelSowemimo #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonthReading

#AndrewPettegree traces the unexpected ways in which written culture has shaped, and been shaped by, modern age conflicts.

#TheBookAtWar explores how books have always been on the frontline. From the American Civil War to the invasion of Ukraine, books have become our most deadly weapons and most persuasive arguments for peace.

Out this Thursday! 📖

#NonFiction #WarBooks #History #IndependentPublisher #IGReads #Bookstagram

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#AndrewPettegree traces the unexpected ways in which written culture has shaped, and been shaped by, modern age conflicts.

#TheBookAtWar explores how books have always been on the frontline. From the American Civil War to the invasion of Ukraine, books have become our most deadly weapons and most persuasive arguments for peace.

Out this Thursday! 📖

#NonFiction #WarBooks #History #IndependentPublisher #IGReads #Bookstagram

Oh, what a day! Mary Beard’s #EmperorofRome is out TODAY, and to celebrate, we hosted a riotously Roman signing @piccadillywaterstones 🏛️

We had an emperor reclining in the window, a centurion guarding the books, and @wmarybeard making a grand entrance to a packed bookshop 🙌

Scroll to see today’s historical hijinks ➡️

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Oh, what a day! Mary Beard’s #EmperorofRome is out TODAY, and to celebrate, we hosted a riotously Roman signing @piccadillywaterstones 🏛️

We had an emperor reclining in the window, a centurion guarding the books, and @wmarybeard making a grand entrance to a packed bookshop 🙌

Scroll to see today’s historical hijinks ➡️

🏳Do you know what #vexillology is?🏳

Starting with the flags that we know, this captivating history explains the origins and hidden meanings of flags, taking a chatty but always entertaining path through this universal subject 🌍

Featuring over 200 colour illustrations of the flags that are and never were, #HowTheTricolorGotItsStripes by Ukrainian ex-cabinet minister Dmytro Dubilet is an unmissable and entertaining foray into the history of flags 🏳

OUT 26 OCTOBER✨

#bookstagram #nonfictionbooks #historybooks #worldhistorybooks #trivia #flags #prisonersofgeography

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🏳Do you know what #vexillology is?🏳

Starting with the flags that we know, this captivating history explains the origins and hidden meanings of flags, taking a chatty but always entertaining path through this universal subject 🌍

Featuring over 200 colour illustrations of the flags that are and never were, #HowTheTricolorGotItsStripes by Ukrainian ex-cabinet minister Dmytro Dubilet is an unmissable and entertaining foray into the history of flags 🏳

OUT 26 OCTOBER✨

#bookstagram #nonfictionbooks #historybooks #worldhistorybooks #trivia #flags #prisonersofgeography

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