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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · Oct 13
Our Spring/Summer 2026 catalogue is here! 🎉

➡️ tinyurl.com/bdf7e6km

Read the on-the-ground reportage from the pre-eminent historian of Gaza; the unlikely story of Decca Mitford, a British aristocrat-turned-American Communist; and much more.

See the thread below for some highlights ⬇️
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Featuring books from Allen Lane, Bodleian Library Publishing, @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, @faberbooks.bsky.social, Head of Zeus, Holland House, @hurstpublishers.bsky.social, Hutchinson Heinemann, Kingmaker Publishing, @princetonupress.bsky.social, @reaktionbooks.bsky.social, …
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Our Black Friday sale is live! 🎉

Get 50% off ALL books until midnight on 9th December. This year, you can get your hands on a free eBook when you spend over £50 (excl shipping).

Browse our full list ➡️ hurstpublishers.com
A black graphic with the words 'Black Friday Sale' in gold at the top with a '50% off' gold sign at the bottom right. In the middle of the graphic, in white, the words read: 'Valid until December 9' and 'Free ebook with orders over £50 (conditions apply, see FAQs on our website'.
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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"I want to know what it was like to live in those multicultural societies at different points in time."

@kieranconnell.bsky.social on his approach to writing 'Multicultural Britain: A People’s History' #WolfsonHistoryPrize. @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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🔊 One week until this book launch of 'What Does it Mean to be Kazakhstani?' @hurstpublishers.bsky.social.

Join @dianakudaibergen.bsky.social as she unpacks Kazakhstan’s unique path to nationhood.

🗓️ 4 December at 5pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

@uclsseeslibrary.bsky.social
Event poster for 'What does it mean to be Kazakhstani?' with an image of the book cover.
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Fifty years after Franco's death, @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social's Travels Through the Spanish Civil War 'offers a vivid and thrilling journey... reminding [of] those who fought fascism, and what's at stake as we resist its return.' — Paul Mason

25% off w/code TRAVELS25➡️ tinyurl.com/yh2rnc6e
A copy of Travels Through the Spanish Civil War held up against a cream background. The cover of the book features a black and white photo taken from inside a vehicle through the dashboard. On the road you can see various soldiers and others on horseback . There is white and beige lettering for the book title and author name.
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Comrades Beyond the Cold War:
North Korea and the Liberation of Southern Africa

by @tavdhoog.bsky.social (2025) via @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

#AutumnReading
Comrades Beyond the Cold War | Hurst Publishers
A pioneering account of how African revolutionaries benefitted from North Korean aid in their struggles for independence--and how they repay this support today.
www.hurstpublishers.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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spaincivilwartours.bsky.social
Five years after starting it, my new book "Travels through the Spanish Civil War" is published today by @hurstpublishers.bsky.social (5 Dec in the US). Available in bookshops and whereever you get your books online. hurstpublishers.com/book/travels...
Announcing Zoom presentation soon
Many thanks!
November 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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spaincivilwartours.bsky.social
Enjoyed very much talking to Colum McGrath of the Pieces of History podcast about my new book "Travels through the Spanish Civil War" officially out tomorrow published by @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/470l... (also iTunes)
Ghosts of Spain: Landscapes, Memory & the Spanish Civil War
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November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Is it too early to mention the C word? If you're looking for a gift for someone interested in learning more about the disabled peoples movement, my book Ramping Up Rights is 25% off (with a free ebook!) with the code RIGHTS25 from @hurstpublishers.bsky.social www.hurstpublishers.com/book/ramping...
Ramping Up Rights | Hurst Publishers
A 100-year history of enraging injustices and inspiring campaigns: the fight for British disability rights isn’t over.
www.hurstpublishers.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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'peculiar, fascinating and comprehensive — a book that takes a single fish species and transforms it into a lens through which to view history, economics, culture, & natural science.'
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Depicts herring being smoked in Scotland and a book cover about the history of herring fishery in Europe, along with text of a review of the book published in The Skipper magazine.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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I am very pleased to say that the audiobook of War in the Smartphone Age is published today.

I have listened to the free 5 mins & want to thank @liamgerrard.bsky.social for his excellent narration!

cc: @hurstpublishers.bsky.social @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social

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War in the Smartphone Age: Conflict, Connectivity and the Crises at Our Fingertips (Audio Download): Matthew Ford, Liam Gerrard, Tantor Media: Amazon.co.uk: Audible Books & Originals
War in the Smartphone Age: Conflict, Connectivity and the Crises at Our Fingertips (Audio Download): Matthew Ford, Liam Gerrard, Tantor Media: Amazon.co.uk: Audible Books & Originals
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November 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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farsouthhistory.bsky.social
Check out Marcia Hale's review of Hugo Slim's "Humanitarianism 2.0: New Ethics for the Climate Emergency," published in 2024 by @hurstpublishers.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhum #envhist #climate #disaster
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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‘A disturbing, compulsive and at times heart-in-the-mouth read.’

Read Justin Marozzi’s brilliant review of It Started in Damascus: How the Long Syrian Revolution Reshaped Our World by @rallaf.bsky.social👇
www.spectator.co.uk/article/what...
What hope is there for Syria today?
Rime Allaf takes the long view of Syria’s descent into hell. Her story begins with President Hafez al Assad, the architect of the socialist Baathist dictatorship that, from 1970 to 2000, immiserated a...
www.spectator.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
hurstpublishers.bsky.social
In honour of Disability History Month, we're offering @rachelcdailey.bsky.social's 'Ramping Up Rights: An Unfinished History of British Disability Activism at 25% discount w/promo code RIGHTS25 and a free copy of the ebook.

ORDER HERE: tinyurl.com/ync7vmar
A profile picture of author Rachel Charlton-Dailey smiling at the camera next to an image of the cover of her book, 'Ramping Up Rights: An Unfinished History of British Disability Activism' designed in green with disability pride flags.
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Early stock of the ‘remarkable’ new biography of Decca Mitford, the Communist rebel sister, is available now! ⭐

Carla Kaplan’s ‘impressive study…proves once and for all that she was the only Mitford sister worth taking seriously.’— Polly Toynbee

25% off w/code TROUBLEMAKER25➡️ tinyurl.com/4f3565k3
A graphic that displays a black and white image of Decca Mitford against a turquoise background. There is black and white lettering that reads 'Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford. 'A book as infectious, stylish and hard-hitting as its subject.' Jonathan Eig. 'The best, brightest and most dynamic of the Mitford sisters.' Baroness Helena Kennedy.'
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Looking forward to 'Travels Through the Spanish Civil War' by Nick Lloyd (@spaincivilwartours.bsky.social), coming later this month (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social):
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November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Box o’ books in the back o’ the car; phone now a card reader… Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring @hurstpublishers.bsky.social perfect present for anyone who likes herring; necessary one for those who don’t! Off to Clovelly Herring Festival in the morning. Stop me and buy one!
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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📚 ADVANCE STOCK ALERT!
Who Will Defend Europe? by @keirgiles.bsky.social is now updated & in paperback.

Grab your copy direct ➡️ tinyurl.com/ckfsdvw2 & get 25% off w/code GILES25.

‘A blistering account of our defence shortcomings.’ @edwardlucas.bsky.social, @thetimes.com
Granite grey speckled spare bookshelf showing three paperback copies of the book 'Who Will Defend Europe? An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent' by Keir Giles.
November 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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A ‘stolen friend’ from Easter Island, ghost towns in the Atacama, the ‘Jewel of the Pacific’ and the southernmost city on Earth…

In the new issue of National Geographic Traveller, I trace some of the unexpected British links in Chile featured in #SmallEarthquakes.

📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
The front cover of National Geographic Traveller magazine Shafik’s article on his new book Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America in the magazine
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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methorley.bsky.social
One month today, my book 'All That Glistens: Chinese Party-State Influence in Britain' is published with @hurstpublishers.bsky.social. I’m including some of the quotes from the back cover. More info available via the link. www.hurstpublishers.com/book/all-tha...
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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michaeldwyer.bsky.social
Central Europe Survives: A Battlefield of Ideas Still Unfolding Today
@hurstpublishers.bsky.social www.thecipherbrief.com/central-euro...
Central Europe Survives: A Battlefield of Ideas Still Unfolding Today
BOOK REVIEW: Central Europe: The Death of a Civilization and the Life of an IdeaBy Luka Ivan Jukic / Hurst & Co.Reviewed by: Jean-Thomas NicoleThe Reviewer Jean-Thomas Nicole is a Policy Advisor with ...
www.thecipherbrief.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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'No review can do this book justice. Anyone wanting to understand France’s role in Africa along with the background to the new wave of anti-French and anti-colonial feeling, especially in the Sahel, should give it a read.'
liberationorg.co.uk/comment-anal...
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Colonialism Devours Itself: The Waning of Francafrique review - Liberation
On France’s role in Africa in the late 20th and early 21st along with the background to the new wave of anti-French and anti-colonial feeling, this is a must read, writes Bob Newland
liberationorg.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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New review of my book 'Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East' by Clarissa Conner in Critical Studies in Media Communication

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Thanks again to Alistair Campbell of @therestpolitics.bsky.social for highlighting 'The Bagpipes' by Richard McLauchlan: ‘An absolutely brilliant book!’
Listen ➡️ tinyurl.com/3jkbxd9p

It's sold out in places, but you can always order direct:
➡️ tinyurl.com/4e6vck59

25% off w/promo code BAGPIPES25
A screenshot from The Rest Is Politics of Alastair Campbell in front of a microphone holding a copy of The Bagpipes: A Cultural History by Richard McLauchlan.
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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As Trump continues to push the idea of a US takeover of Greenland, read 'the textual equivalent of sitting down for a beer w/someone who just happens to be an expert on Arctic security.' — @newstatesman1913.bsky.social

'So You Want to Own Greenland?' by Elizabeth Buchanan ➡️ tinyurl.com/4ezeesk4
Trump: 'The people of Greenland would love to become a state of the US. Now, Denmark maybe doesn't like it. But then we can't be too happy with Denmark and maybe things have to happen with respect to Denmark having to do with tariffs.'
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM