Exciting to get to celebrate all things Ebury Edge - and much more to come this year! Ebury Publishing

In case you missed the HUGE announcement my new book Strangeland: How Britain Stopped Making Sense is out on the 26th of September in hardback, ebook and audiobook. Pre-order it here: lnk.to/StrangelandsBo… You can even bag yourself a signed copy courtesy of Waterstones.

Are you looking to kick-start your own commissioning? An opportunity has arisen in Ebury Publishing, the home of non-fiction at Penguin Random House, to join the smart non-fiction team! Info: shorturl.at/uQ5QH

This week is #IndependentBookshopWeek! One of the loveliest parts of raising awareness of my book has been visiting so many wonderful independent bookshops, and meeting the brilliant booksellers at the heart of the book community. Thank you for all that you do! Books Are My Bag

The Umbrella Murder by Ulrik Skotte review – the tireless pursuit of Agent Piccadilly theguardian.com/books/article/…

This is a must read for me… The masterly investigation, spanning 30 years, into the assassination of cold war dissident, Georgi Markov, in London theguardian.com/books/article/…

Amazing recognition for this brilliant, genre-spanning, uncategorisable book, simultaneously the Times SCIENCE book of the year, shortlisted for the FT BUSINESS book prize and listed for this incredible CONSERVATION prize.

There are books that have helped cause wars, from the Bible to Mein Kampf. What about books that have prevented wars? Find out in my new 2 min #HopefromHistory video on the #CubanMissileCrisis Tom Holland

I have some (for me) terrifically exciting news. Actually TWO bits of exciting news. 1. Material World is out in paperback TODAY. All good bookshops etc. Speaking of which: 2. It's Waterstones non-fiction book of the month! I'll be popping by a few branches later. Say hello!

'These appliances, humdrum as they might seem, contain some of the most extraordinary components humankind has ever created' On the blog, Ed Conway reflects on how different the world would be without essential substances: exyu.short.gy/N6hE1j #WBOTM

Oil. Salt. Lithium. Sand. Copper. Iron. These materials have been used by humanity for centuries, and Ed Conway is here to explain their impact in our non fiction book of the month, Material World! #materialworld #edconway #nonfictionbookofthemonth #waterstonesabergavenny

Oh wow, Material World review in the The Guardian. By PD Smith 👇 theguardian.com/books/ng-inter…

🙌 Chuffed to pieces that the paperback edition of Material World has made it onto the Sunday Times bestseller list. Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy. I hope you enjoy it! thetimes.com/culture/books/…

📖EVENT📖 As someone who grew up in Wimbledon I’m thrilled to be talking at Wimbledon BookFest in October. Sun 27 Oct at Wimbledon High School - come say hello! wimbledonbookfest.org/events/ed-conw…

Delighted to be speaking at Wimbledon BookFest in October! Tickets are available now: wimbledonbookfest.org/events/zeinab-…

Come along to the Bristol launch of History for Tomorrow. I'll be talking @bookhaus2 with Extinction Rebellion UK 🌍 co-founder Gail Bradbrook about what we can learn from the history of radical revolts for tackling the ecological crisis and AI risks Extinction Rebellion Bristol bookhausbristol.com/events/#e111530

The British Academy is pleased to reveal - after a record-breaking number of submissions - this year’s shortlist for the 2024 British Academy Book Prize. Congratulations to Ed Conway Amitav Ghosh Dr Annabel Kate Kitagawa Timothy Revell @RossPerlin and Marcy Norton!

.WH Allen, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, has acquired a new book from Dr Rory Cox in a major pre-empt 👇 thebookseller.com/rights/wh-alle…

Graph of the first nine harmonics and an x-ray of a conch shell's inner structure

With new releases from Alice Loxton, Dan Jones, Prof Alice Roberts💙, The Rest Is History, William Dalrymple, Sathnam Sanghera Sanghera, Zeinab Badawi, Ben Macintyre, and more, 2024 has been packed full with brilliant new history books, find our favourites here: waterstones.com/blog/the-best-…