Hurst Publishers

04/12/2025

Congratulations to Carla Kaplan! Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford is out today 🥳

‘Solid, even-handed… impressive.’ — The Spectator

'Troublemaker refuses to reduce this most beautifully messy and complicated of Mitfords to bon mots.’ — The New York Times

A Kirkus Reviews Non-Fiction Book of the Year.

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13/10/2025

Our Spring/Summer 2026 catalogue is here! 🎉

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Read the on-the-ground reportage from the pre-eminent historian of Gaza as he bears witness to the total devastation there; the wild and unlikely story of Decca Mitford, fifth of the six famous Mitford sisters, a British aristocrat-turned-American Communist; an economist's warning that the forces meant to stabilise the world’s economy are in fact driving global instability; an incisive look at the rise of despotism in modern democracies; and much more.

02/10/2025

🐟🐟🐟Rigby's Encyclopaedia of the Herring is out now! Congratulations Graeme Rigby!🐟🐟🐟

‘This book is nothing short of a delight.’ — Richard Corrigan

‘An eccentric, encyclopedic feast of a book, glistening with adventures, tales, and facts. This is the book you didn’t know you needed to read.’ — Unseen Histories

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30/09/2025

Congratulations to Kieran Connell, whose Multicultural Britain: A People’s History has been shortlisted for the 2025 . 👏📚
Find out more about this year’s shortlist here: http://wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk

19/08/2025

We’re proud to be publishing A Historian in Gaza by Jean-Pierre Filiu this November – a searing first-hand account from inside besieged Gaza, where he spent 33 days. An essential and urgent act of witness from one of its most insightful chroniclers.
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Hurst Publishers has signed A Historian in Gaza by Jean-Pierre Filiu, a searing eyewitness account from inside the besieged Palestinian enclave 👇

06/08/2025

Enter our giveaway to win a copy of Shafik Meghji's latest book. There's five copies up for grabs📚

To enter, sign up to our new travel newsletter. Head to the link here (https://tinyurl.com/yc8xvem2), and you'll be entered into the giveaway.

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04/08/2025

📰‘[An] ambitious history . . . Mary Fissell is a gifted writer whose keen historical imagination animates her stories of women’s struggle for reproductive control.’

A great in-depth review in Times Literary Supplement of Abortion: A History 👏

Birth rates are falling in countries across the world, including the US and the UK, as fewer women are willing to raise the number of children their

01/08/2025

🪩Thrilled to see Eleanor Medhurst longlisted for the 2025 Polari First Book Prize for Unsuitable, her engrossing history of le***an fashion through the ages! 🌈✨ https://www.polarisalon.com/polari-prizes-2025/

31/07/2025

Happy Publication Day to Shafik Meghji! 🥳 Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America is out now!

‘Meghji has the true travel writer’s eye... This is writing full of rust, wind and sadness.’ — The Times and The Sunday Times

‘An appealing fusion of travelogue and history, excavating the roots and remnants of British influence.’ — The Observer

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22/07/2025

'Meghji has the true travel writer’s eye for the comic, pathetic and tragic… This is writing full of rust, wind and sadness. It captures splendidly the air of South America.’⛰️

Read the brilliant review of Small Earthquakes in The Times and The Sunday Times👏

In Small Earthquakes, Shafik Meghji uncovers Britain’s forgotten connections with Latin America, from Welsh tea rooms to red phone boxes