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📈The Folio Society 2025 growth

@foliosociety.bsky.social reported another significant year of growth in 2025, with turnover up 8%, sales up 15%, pre-tax profit up 21%, and customer growth of 8%, showing that beautiful books are more popular than ever.

📢Persephone Books announces publication of The Prisoner by Sally Carson

Persephone Books has announced they will publish The Prisoner in April 2026, the sequel to Sally Carson’s lost 1934 novel, Crooked Cross, which warned of the dangers of fascism.

📰Sir Magdi Yacoub Q&A in The Observer

The Observer ran a Q&A with Sir Magdi Yacoub discussing his fantastic achievements as a heart surgeon. A Surgeon and a Maverick: The Life and Pioneering Work of Magdi Yacoub by Simon Pearson and Fiona Gorman is available to buy now. @aucpress.bsky.social

🖊️Dan Houser signing for A Better Paradise and American Caper

We organised Dan Houser’s first ever signing for #ABetterParadise and #AmericanCaper with the brilliant Forbidden Planet team. A huge thanks to the team there, and to everyone who came along to meet Dan!
@absurdventures.com

🔍Ian Hislop interviews promoting the Private Eye Annual

This week, Ian Hislop was in the media a lot to promote the Private Eye Annual, with interviews on @skynewsrss.bsky.social – Breakfast, BBC Radio 4
– The Media Show, and a round of local BBC interviews. @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Winner of the 2025 Wolfson History Prize announced

The winner of the 2025 Wolfson History Prize
was announced. Congratulations to Hannah Durkin and her book, Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade. @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
@wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social

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🎄Midas Christmas party
On Tuesday, Midas hosted its annual Christmas party in the gorgeous Arboretum, and it certainly was a night to remember! It was lovely to see both familiar and new faces in attendance, and wonderful to wrap up the year with friends from the world of books, arts, and culture.

📢London Book Fair speaker announcement
This week, London Book fair (LBF) announced its line-up of industry speakers that will appear at the Fair next year (10-12 March 2026).

🎮Dan Houser comes to the UK
We welcomed the legendary video game writer Dan Houser to the UK this week for a series of interviews to talk about his debut novel #ABetterParadise, his new projects @absurdventures.com and if he thinks AI will take over the gaming industry.

📺First look at #Scarpetta
This week, @primevideouk.bsky.social and @amazonmgmstudios.bsky.social shared an official first look at Scarpetta, the new crime thriller based on Patricia Cornwell's best-selling book series.

📘Twelve Paintings book launch
We celebrated the book launch of Twelve Paintings by Colin Davidson and Mark Carruthers at the Irish Embassy.

📕Post Mortem by Private Eye publication
This week saw the publication of a new @privateeyenews.bsky.social book on the Post Office Horizon scandal – Post Mortem, by journalist and author Richard Brooks, who has been reporting on the scandal for nearly 15 years.

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🍕Midas Lunchtime Social

On Thursday, the Midas team enjoyed some delicious pizza at this month’s social – lunch at Fatto a Mano! Thank you to our Midas social team for organising the event!

👩‍💻PR Week Conference

This week we attended @prweekuk.bsky.social's annual Measurement Conference in London. It was fascinating to hear from PR colleagues across every sector, while considering PR’s evolving role in managing brand discoverability in the age of AI search.