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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Bookshop Day! 📚 #WolfsonHistoryPrize are proud to partner with @bookshop.org each year to announce our shortlist.

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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 2d

"History is more like a great untamed river: a flowing entity, shifting and branching, merging again, wild and unpredictable".

Read an extract from Eleanor Barraclough's #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 shortlisted book 'Embers of the Hands' ⬇️

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/past-winners...

Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 3d

Explore Eleanor Barraclough's top picks in historical non-fiction, from graphic novels to Viking history. See her selection on our @bookshop_org_UK page⬇️📚

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Eleanor Barraclough's favourite historical non-fiction books

Checkout out this list on Bookshop

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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 4d

"Beautifully and dynamically written"

The #WolfsonHistoryPrize judges on why they have shortlisted Eleanor Barraclough's Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age (@profilebooks), for the 2025 prize.

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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 5d

Eleanor Barraclough, the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlisted author, on the importance of writing history.

You can read more about Eleanor and her shortlisted book, Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age, on our website www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/past-winners...

Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 6d

In the lead-up to the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize winner announcement on 2 Dec, we'll be showcasing this year's fantastic shortlist.

First up: Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age by Eleanor Barraclough 🎉 @profilebooks.bsky.social

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 10d

Congratulations to former Leverhulme Early Career Fellows Eleanor Barraclough and Hannah Durkin for being shortlisted for the UK’s most prestigious history writing prize – #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025!

Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 12d

We're excited to reveal the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 shortlist, celebrating the finest historical non-fiction works from the past year.

Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors! 👏📚

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...

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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 9d

Do you have an interest in Ancient Rome? #WolfsonHistoryPrize judge @wmarybeard will be touring the country with a talk on 'The Secret Histories of Ancient Rome' next week.

Limited tickets are still available for her event at Bath Forum on 7 October.

bathforum.co.uk/whats-on/mar...

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Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · 10d

In celebration of @victoriandetective.bsky.social’s book, The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective being shortlisted for the @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social 2025, we’re revisiting some of our prize-winning and shortlisted books — with an extract from each.
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Celebrating the Wolfson Prize - Yale University Press London

In celebration of the announcement of the Wolfson Prize 2025 shortlist, we're revisiting some of our prize-winning and shortlisted books.

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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 10d

Booksellers and libraries! We would love to see your fantastic displays of the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 shortlist. Tag us and we'll reshare!

POS is available to download on our website: www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/about/bookse...

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Laura Tisdall @lauratisdall.bsky.social · 12d

Nice! Especial congratulations to @kieranconnell.bsky.social and Eleanor Barraclough!

Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 12d

We're excited to reveal the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 shortlist, celebrating the finest historical non-fiction works from the past year.

Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors! 👏📚

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...

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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 11d

ICYMI our 2025 shortlist was announced on Tuesday. If you'd like to discover more about this year's books, we have them all available on our new @bookshop_org_uk list here: uk.bookshop.org/lists/wolfso...

An image of the six shortlisted titles for the 2025 Wolfson History Prize, on a beige background

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 12d

I’m honoured that my book, MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize. Hugely grateful to the judges and the many people who have supported this work along the way

@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...

2025 Wolfson History Prize shortlist announced

The Wolfson History Prize has revealed its 2025 shortlist, with six books in contention for the UK's most prestigious history writing prize.

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 12d

Congratulations to all the authors on the @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social shortlist this year! 🥂

Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 12d

We're excited to reveal the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 shortlist, celebrating the finest historical non-fiction works from the past year.

Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors! 👏📚

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...

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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 12d

Congratulations to @kieranconnell.bsky.social, whose Multicultural Britain: A People’s History has been shortlisted for the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize. 👏📚
Find out more about this year’s shortlist here: wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk
@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social

A graphic including a mock-up of Kieran Connell's book, Multicultural Britain, and text around it that reads 'The Wolfson History Prize 2025. Shortlisted. Multicultural Britain: A People's History. Kieran Connell. #WolfsonHistoryPrize.' The cover of the book has white lettering overlaying a photo of a man wearing a suit and turban standing underneath a billboard advert of a blonde woman drinking through a straw.

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 12d

🗃️📚 Congratulations to all - I'm especially thrilled for Eleanor Barraclough's wonderful, moving book which beautifully weaves together history and material artefacts to explore intimacies of Viking lives

Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 12d

We're excited to reveal the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 shortlist, celebrating the finest historical non-fiction works from the past year.

Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors! 👏📚

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...

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Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · 12d

Congratulations to Sara Lodge, The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective has been shortlisted for the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize, the UK's most prestigious history writing prize.

The shortlist: www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk

@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social @victoriandetective.bsky.social

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 12d

We are thrilled that Eleanor Barraclough's eye-opening and engaging history of the Viking age #EmbersOfTheHands has been shortlisted for the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025. Congratulations to Eleanor and the five other shortlisted authors!

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A rectangular graphic with the paperback book Embers of the Hands by Eleanor Barraclough on the right-hand side. To the left of this is the following text, 'The Wolfson History Prize 2025. Shortlisted: Embers of the Hands Hidden Histories of the Viking Age. Eleanor Barraclough. #WolfsonHistoryPrize'.

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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 12d

We're excited to reveal the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 shortlist, celebrating the finest historical non-fiction works from the past year.

Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors! 👏📚

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...

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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 13d

The #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 shortlist will be announced TOMORROW, highlighting the most exceptional historical books from the past year.
Which titles are you hoping to see on the list? 📚

We’ll be unveiling the six books in the running for the 2025 prize at 9am.

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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 14d

Just two days to go until the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlist is announced!

Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 23d

2022 #WolfsonHistoryPrize winner Clare Jackson will be giving a talk at Gloucester History Festival on Saturday 20 September, exploring the dramatic story of how England and Scotland were brought together under a single crown.

Tickets are available now from: www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk