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Midas is an award-winning communications agency working at the heart of publishing, arts and culture, based in both the UK & US. linktr.ee/midascampaigns

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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Read more here: www.midas-group.com/news/this-week-at-midas-28th-september-2nd-october-6z3r5-7f6r5-fldgm-475gk
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📖Women’s Prize and CHANEL unveil partnership This week, @womensprize.bsky.social and CHANEL unveiled ORIGINATORS, a landmark mentorship and development program dedicated to discovering and supporting emerging women novelists from across the United States.
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🐝Horniman Museum and Gardens announces its Nature Gallery The Horniman Museum and Gardens has announced its Natural History Gallery will reopen as the Nature Gallery on Friday 5 February 2027. The opening is the final part of the ambitious £12.5m Nature + Love transformation project.
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📙The Tower of Gold by Torsten Weitze This week Torsten Weitze and @absurdpress.bsky.social announced that The Tower of Gold, the second book in the gripping Stormfell Academy series, will be releasing on 26th January 2027 in the US and UK. The Tower of Gold is available to preorder now!
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📢Unwin Award announces judging panel The Unwin Award has announced the Judging Panel for the third year. The award recognises non-fiction writers in the earlier stages of their careers as authors, whose work is considered to have made a significant impact on the world. @publishersassoc.bsky.social
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📚This week at Midas 28th September – 2nd October📚
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Great to be at the @financialtimes.com offices today with @nmvandy.bsky.social of @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social, filming an interview for their 'Working It' series with @isabelberwick.ft.com. Can't wait for it to come out in October!
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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This week at Midas 21st-25th September — Midas
A festival programme release, a limited edition unveiling, and a new conference announcement - here’s what’s been happening at Midas this week.
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📢The London Book Fair announces MIP Talks The London Book Fair has announced that a new two-day conference called MIP Talks (replacing MIP London) will run during the next edition of the Fair in March. MIP Talks will bring together voices from the worlds of entertainment, media and culture.
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📙MK Mann in Good Housekeeping MK Mann spoke to Good Housekeeping about how to stop being a people pleaser to line up with her book The Permission You Never Needed landing last week. @goodhousekeeping.bsky.social
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📕Folio Society unveils limited edition The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments @foliosociety.bsky.social unveiled the upcoming Limited Edition of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments (illustrated by the Balbusso Twins, introduction by Margaret Atwood, foreword by Naomi Alderman).
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🌳Horniman Museum & Gardens’ taxidermy walrus returned ahead of gallery reopening The @hornimanmuseum.bsky.social's iconic and much-loved Walrus returned to pride of place this week, as the museum prepares to reopen its Natural History Gallery to the public next year. @thetimes.com
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿London St Andrew’s Book Festival announces 2026 programme The @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social has this week announced its 2026 programming. Now in its third year, the Festival returns to London on 16-22 November 2026, with an expanded programme featuring the best of Scottish literature and culture.
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📚This week at Midas 21st-25th September📚
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Linda Dunn @dunn4authors.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
News Summary: Publishers Dispute Anthropic Payouts; FutureBook Joins London Book Fair in 2027
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Publishers Dispute Anthropic Payouts
Publishers disputing Anthropic settlement payouts with incorrect rights claims. FutureBook joins London Book Fair in March 2027.
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C21Media @c21media.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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RX France cancels ##MipLondon after two editions, unveils London Book Fair events
Event organiser RX France confirmed on Wednesday that ##MipLondon will not return for a third edition and will be replaced by a series of conferences held in parallel with the London Book Fair. Launched...
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Media News @media-news.at.thenote.app · 24/09/2026
MIP London Ending After Two Years as Organizers Launch New Event at London Book Fair MIP London will not be returning in 2027, with organizers RX France instead launching a new event alongside the London Book Fair. Titled MIP Talks, the two-day conference will take place March 16-17, … #media #news
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MIP London Ending After Two Years as Organizers Launch New Event at London Book Fair
MIP London will not be returning in 2027, with organizers RX France instead launching a new event alongside the London Book Fair. Titled MIP Talks, the two-day conference will take place March 16-17, 2027 — concurrent to the book fair — with the aim of “bringing together leading voices from across the increasingly connected worlds […]
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Richard Moyse @kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why have I never been to the Horniman Museum & Gardens before??? Just wonderful, & we will be back when the natural history gallery opens next year. @hornimanmuseum.bsky.social #museumlove
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Read more here: www.midas-group.com/news/this-week-at-midas-7th-september-11th-september-6z3r5-7f6r5
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
✒️Windham-Campbell Prizes festival The Windham-Campbell Prizes hosted their annual fall festival this week on @yale.edu University campus in New Haven. Free and open to all, the programme celebrated this year’s recipients in fiction, nonfiction, drama and poetry.
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📕London Book Fair tour This week, Midas visited Excel for a tour with London Book Fair ahead of the Fair in March 2027. We’re excited for this new chapter for the fair and look forward to seeing it in action next year.
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🐉The Tower of Beggars by Torsten Weitze The Tower of Beggars by Torsten Weitze is out now in hardback in the UK! Published by @absurdpress.bsky.social, this Epic Fantasy is the first book in an immersive and addictive fantasy. The Tower of Beggars is available in hardback, ebook and on Audible.
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🖼️The Forger's Game by Rob Starr This week saw the publication of The Forger's Game by Rob Starr, the third book in the Kiara Fox series. The Forger’s Game will also be part of an exhibition at Helm Gallery (Brighton) with the world’s leading art forger David Henty on 16th October.
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📰Media Lunch with Karen Millie-James Midas held a lunch with crime author Karen Millie-James with many journalists and influencers to celebrate her upcoming novel A Thousand Silent Cries. A gripping book about hidden identity, IRA revenge and a killer returning to silence the past.
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📚This week at Midas 14th-18th September📚
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Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Some incredibly exciting news! My book about how Liverpool's history makes us think differently about Britain's past, present and future has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize!
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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Stunned and honoured by where my love letter to life living has reached. My profound thanks to everyone who made it possible: from beloveds who roared with me without reading a word, to the readers and judges who so kindly did, and found it worthwhile. I’m delighted to be in such company.
Wolfson History Prize 2026 Shortlist image, featuring Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction. The book is shown with the front cover and spine, against the Wolfson logo.
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Dr Selena Wisnom @lswisnom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Thrilled to be shortlisted for the Wolfson History prize! Writing accessibly about history has always mattered to me, and it's an honour for Mesopotamia to be recognised in this way. I hope it helps more people get into the subject.
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Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org · 17/09/2026
'Silence of the Gods' by Francis Young has been shortlisted for the 2026 @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social Prize. 🎉 The #WolfsonHistoryPrize is the UK’s most prestigious history writing prize, recognising books that combine the highest quality of research with readability. 🔗 cup.org/4xXRN3d
The image shows a promotional poster for the Wolfson History Prize 2026. It features the book "Silence of the Gods: The Untold History of Europe's Last Pagan Peoples" by Francis Young.
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The Jewish Chronicle @jewishchron.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Jewish studies scholar awarded major academic prize worth nearly £700,000 www.thejc.com/news/world/j...
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Jewish studies scholar awarded major academic prize worth nearly £700,000 - The Jewish Chronicle
David Nirenberg, author of Anti-Judaism, is one of this year’s recipients of the Balzan Prize
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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Huge congratulations to Professor Ziheng Yang, winner of a Balzan Prize for his internationally recognised work in molecular evolution. Read the full story here: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/se...
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UCL geneticist wins global prize for molecular evolution research
UCL Professor Ziheng Yang has won one of four annual Balzan Prizes, which are awarded to scholars and scientists who have distinguished themselves in their fields on an international level.
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acad-euro.bsky.social @acad-euro.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Academia Europaea congratulate Elena Esposito MAE to the award of the prestigious 2026 Balzan Prize for The Social Science of Digital Technology. Her concept of "artificial communication" argues that algorithms can participate in social exchange in the absence of understanding: www.ae-info.org
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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
MBE Senior Editor Rasmus Nielsen and SMBE Past President Ziheng Yang have been awarded the 2026 Balzan Prize for Molecular Evolution: Decoding Patterns of Genomic Change. www.balzan.org/en/updates/t...
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🏆2026 Balzan Prizewinners Announced The Balzan Prize has announced the recipients of its prestigious 2026 prizes. The Foundation also awarded the Balzan Prize for Humanity, Peace and Fraternity Among Peoples to the humanitarian organisation Emergency Response Rooms (Sudan).
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
📖New release from MK Mann Yesterday saw the publication of MK Mann’s new book, The Permission You Never Needed: 52 Laws of Power, Purpose and Possibility. The book is a practical guide to taking back control and giving yourself permission to want more. The Permission You Never Needed is out now.
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
📙London Book Fair x The Bookseller The London Book Fair has announced this week it will host @thebookseller.com’s FutureBook conference in 2027, with the conference taking place at Excel London on Monday 15th March 2027, the day before LBF (16th to 18th March).
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
📚This week at Midas 7th-11th September📚
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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Congrats to 2025-26 CASBS fellow Elena Esposito, named winner of the 2026 Balzan Prize for the Social Science of Digital Technology by the Int'l Balzan Foundation Announcement: bit.ly/4xJmJUx 👏🙌🤩 Our Q&A w/Elena a few months ago practically 'predicted' this! ➡️ casbs.stanford.edu/news/forefro...
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Ziheng Yang Lab @zihengyang.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🎉 Congratulations to Ziheng Yang and Rasmus Nielsen, joint recipients of the 2026 Balzan Prize for Molecular Evolution: Decoding Patterns of Genomic Change 🎉 To mark the occasion, we all went out for a celebratory lab lunch! 🥳 www.balzan.org/en/evoluzion...
The Yang Lab celebrated Ziheng's Balzan Prize while having a lovely lunch together! Right side of the table, front to back: Ziheng Yang, Tomas Flouri, Jiayi Ji. Left side of the table, front to back: Sandy Álvarez-Carretero, Zihui Yuab, Ana Serra Silva.
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qnazionale.bsky.social @qnazionale.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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L’algoritmo sociale, il Balzan a Esposito
Sono Elena Esposito, Rasmus Nielsen, Ziheng Yang, David Nirenberg, Geoffrey W. Coates e Marc A. Hillmyer i vincitori dei Premi...
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ZiF Bielefeld @zif-bielefeld.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Congratulations to our former Academic Advisory Board member, Elena Esposito, on receiving the 2026 #BalzanPrize. 🎉
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Elena Esposito erhält renommierten Balzan-Preis
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 08/09/2026
London Book Fair will host The Bookseller’s FutureBook Conference in 2027, taking place at Excel London on Monday 15th March 2027, the day before LBF (16th to 18th March). 👇
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London Book Fair to host FutureBook Conference in 2027
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thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Congratulations Geoff on receiving the 2026 Balzan Prize for Biodegradable Polymers from Renewable Sources! 🎉🥳
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Marc A. Hillmyer and Geoffrey W. Coates - Fondazione Internazionale Premio Balzan
Marc A. Hillmyer: University of Minnesota, Department of Chemistry  Geoffrey W. Coates: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University
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marcinmonko.bsky.social @marcinmonko.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Congratulations to ERC grantee Elena Esposito, the 2026 #BalzanPrize winner. The jury recognised her for exploring how algorithmic prediction is reshaping decision-making in various areas such as insurance, medicine and policing. 🔗 link.europa.eu/Q3VrYV
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ERC grantee wins 2026 Balzan Prize
ERC grantee Elena Esposito has been awarded the 2026 Balzan Prize for the social science of digital technology. The jury recognised “her groundbreaking theoretical contribution to the social science o...
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We're ready for the announcement of this year's Balzan Prize winners - recognising scientists, artists and scholars who are contributing to the advancement of knowledge internationally. The announcement will be streamed on their website from 5pm UK time! www.balzan.org/en
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Read more here: www.midas-group.com/news/this-week-at-midas-31st-august-4th-september
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🦖Andy Day x ROARR! Midas brought together ROARR Dinosaur Adventure Park with children’s author Andy Day for a unique collaboration. Followers were offered the chance to 'ask Andy anything' with his favourite question winning a dino-packed prize! See the winning question here: bit.ly/4yDYPdx
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
⛷️Media craze for Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel Lucy Foley’s Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel publishes this month and the Miss Marple reimagination has been unmissable. Lucy wrote for Harpers Bazaar’s October issue about her literary inspiration for the book alongside some gorgeous photos.
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Midas @midascampaigns.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🐉The Tower of Beggars by Torsten Weitze The Tower of Beggars by Torsten Weitze is out now in hardback in the US! Published by @absurdpress.bsky.social, this Epic Fantasy follows the epic journey of a young protagonist with nothing left to lose. Learn more here: linktr.ee/StormfellAca...
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