Marigold Atkey
@marigoldatkey.bsky.social
Publisher at Daunt Books; she/her
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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I love this book SO MUCH - I've been banging on about it to friends and Team Daunt, thrilled I can finally bang on about it to everyone else. I felt it cracked my heart wide open and poured golden sunlight into it (a good thing):
Thrilled to announce that in July 2026, we are publishing the magical EARTH 7 by Deb Olin Unferth. A love story set against both a love letter to planet Earth, and a portrait of its slow demise, EARTH 7 is a novel for our times, and for all times dauntbookspublishing.co.uk/book/earth-7/
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I love this book SO MUCH - I've been banging on about it to friends and Team Daunt, thrilled I can finally bang on about it to everyone else. I felt it cracked my heart wide open and poured golden sunlight into it (a good thing):
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BAIT by Eugenia Ladra (translator: Miriam Tobin. Out next year from @dauntbookspub.bsky.social ) is excellent.
It reminded me (trivially) of Our Sunshine by Robert Drewe (the good Ned Kelly novel, {not the famous Ned Kelly novel)
And it reminded me of Thomas Hardy
And it reminded me of Clarice L
It reminded me (trivially) of Our Sunshine by Robert Drewe (the good Ned Kelly novel, {not the famous Ned Kelly novel)
And it reminded me of Thomas Hardy
And it reminded me of Clarice L
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
BAIT by Eugenia Ladra (translator: Miriam Tobin. Out next year from @dauntbookspub.bsky.social ) is excellent.
It reminded me (trivially) of Our Sunshine by Robert Drewe (the good Ned Kelly novel, {not the famous Ned Kelly novel)
And it reminded me of Thomas Hardy
And it reminded me of Clarice L
It reminded me (trivially) of Our Sunshine by Robert Drewe (the good Ned Kelly novel, {not the famous Ned Kelly novel)
And it reminded me of Thomas Hardy
And it reminded me of Clarice L
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Can't seem to get backing for my film project "Noah: The Early Years". They all say the narrative lacks an ark.
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Can't seem to get backing for my film project "Noah: The Early Years". They all say the narrative lacks an ark.
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Buddo says you're nearly home & dry. He adds that it's Max Roach time over on Radio 3: "Give yersel' a treat!"
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Buddo says you're nearly home & dry. He adds that it's Max Roach time over on Radio 3: "Give yersel' a treat!"
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Thrilled that Claire Baglin's ON THE CLOCK (tr. Jordan Stump) is in @telegraph.co.uk's Greatest Books of 2025!! The Telegraph is consistently good at reviewing literature in translation and it SO APPRECIATED www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
The greatest books of 2025
Our critics review hundreds of books a year. Here are their favourites from 2025, from fiction and crime to memoir and history
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Thrilled that Claire Baglin's ON THE CLOCK (tr. Jordan Stump) is in @telegraph.co.uk's Greatest Books of 2025!! The Telegraph is consistently good at reviewing literature in translation and it SO APPRECIATED www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
just realised it won't be long before BEST COVERS OF THE YEAR round-ups, delicious, chomp chomp, I'll scrape up every crumb
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
just realised it won't be long before BEST COVERS OF THE YEAR round-ups, delicious, chomp chomp, I'll scrape up every crumb
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Happy to be of service. I once got into a taxi in Dublin wearing a cool new outfit. I was nervous about deviating from the norm but did it anyway.
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Happy to be of service. I once got into a taxi in Dublin wearing a cool new outfit. I was nervous about deviating from the norm but did it anyway.
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
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Once again they have deleted Lubna's account. She is less than $500 away from her goal. Can you please help her? I really dont know what else to do, can you commit to supporting someone regularly? Lubna is exhausted and donations have evaporated, she needs love and support
Donate to Help Nasser to evacuate Gaza for urgent medical treatment, organized by Lubna Alajrami
Dear compassionate friends,
My name is Lubna Alajrami, an… Lubna Alajrami needs your support for Help Nasser to evacuate Gaza for urgent medical treatment
www.gofundme.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Once again they have deleted Lubna's account. She is less than $500 away from her goal. Can you please help her? I really dont know what else to do, can you commit to supporting someone regularly? Lubna is exhausted and donations have evaporated, she needs love and support
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The #RadicalBookFair is as much about community as it is about books - a space for connection, for learning, for taking action.
So Sunday we host stalls from grassroots groups, local initiatives, bookish collaborators & activist campaigns, come meet the people making change on your doorstep!
So Sunday we host stalls from grassroots groups, local initiatives, bookish collaborators & activist campaigns, come meet the people making change on your doorstep!
November 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The #RadicalBookFair is as much about community as it is about books - a space for connection, for learning, for taking action.
So Sunday we host stalls from grassroots groups, local initiatives, bookish collaborators & activist campaigns, come meet the people making change on your doorstep!
So Sunday we host stalls from grassroots groups, local initiatives, bookish collaborators & activist campaigns, come meet the people making change on your doorstep!
Longshot, but does anyone know how we should get this bit of paper out of the printer? We think we need to call a screwdriver into service but maybe there's an easier way?!
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Longshot, but does anyone know how we should get this bit of paper out of the printer? We think we need to call a screwdriver into service but maybe there's an easier way?!
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Lovely surprise in the post today, a gorgeous proof of @dauntbookspub.bsky.social reissue of THE BOTTLE FACTORY OUTING. So great to see Beryl Bainbridge prepped to find a new audience.
Big thanks @marigoldatkey.bsky.social this is right up my alley!
Big thanks @marigoldatkey.bsky.social this is right up my alley!
October 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Lovely surprise in the post today, a gorgeous proof of @dauntbookspub.bsky.social reissue of THE BOTTLE FACTORY OUTING. So great to see Beryl Bainbridge prepped to find a new audience.
Big thanks @marigoldatkey.bsky.social this is right up my alley!
Big thanks @marigoldatkey.bsky.social this is right up my alley!
love this - 'I am interested always in working at that membrane between the realities of what is happening, what has just happened, & what I perceive of all of this. Am I at work, or am I pretending to be at work?' - & he is great on AI, the perfect foil to Nigel Newton's depressing thoughts
'What I think is innovative in a novel is the drawing out of unexpected emotional reactions.'
@benpester.bsky.social talks to the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social's Barney Horner about his brilliant Goldsmiths Prize shortlisted novel, The Expansion Project.
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
@benpester.bsky.social talks to the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social's Barney Horner about his brilliant Goldsmiths Prize shortlisted novel, The Expansion Project.
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
Ben Pester Q&A: “Feeling weird is essential”
The 2025 Goldsmith Prize-shortlisted author on the pleasure of generational differences and the value of messy literature
www.newstatesman.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
love this - 'I am interested always in working at that membrane between the realities of what is happening, what has just happened, & what I perceive of all of this. Am I at work, or am I pretending to be at work?' - & he is great on AI, the perfect foil to Nigel Newton's depressing thoughts
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Eli is the brilliant person who set up the rolling #hungerstrikeforgaza that I am part of (and that anyone can join! You can just do 24hrs, you don't have to do 48. You don't have to be a writer, or in publishing!!). This is such a great piece by her:
‘My mother texted to say she strongly suggested I take a burner phone. People were being turned away at the US border: artists, activists, journalists, academics.’
Eli Goldstone goes to the Emmys, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
Eli Goldstone goes to the Emmys, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
Eli Goldstone | Drinking in LA
The 77th Emmy Awards were over and I was heading home in the back of a self-driving car. I texted a friend, as I watched...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Eli is the brilliant person who set up the rolling #hungerstrikeforgaza that I am part of (and that anyone can join! You can just do 24hrs, you don't have to do 48. You don't have to be a writer, or in publishing!!). This is such a great piece by her:
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We are delighted to announce the #GoldsmithsPrize2025 shortlist.
Congratulations to our six brilliant novelists!
Find out more about the shortlist: www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...
Congratulations to our six brilliant novelists!
Find out more about the shortlist: www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...
October 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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We’re heartbroken by the death of dear Jon. Many have asked how to help. Please consider supporting our effort to honor his legacy at Bookseller Crow. Share and donate if you can. Thank you.
www.gofundme.com/f/bookseller...
www.gofundme.com/f/bookseller...
Donate to Support Jon's Legacy - Raising Funds for Bookseller Crow, organized by Karen Mcleod
Dear all our loyal customers, authors and friends,
It is wit… Karen Mcleod needs your support for Support Jon's Legacy - Raising Funds for Bookseller Crow
www.gofundme.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
We’re heartbroken by the death of dear Jon. Many have asked how to help. Please consider supporting our effort to honor his legacy at Bookseller Crow. Share and donate if you can. Thank you.
www.gofundme.com/f/bookseller...
www.gofundme.com/f/bookseller...
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Israeli President Herzog signed an artillery shell before it was fired into Gaza
He’s been named in the ICJ order which found Palestinians at “imminent risk” of genocide
Today Starmer is rolling out the red carpet for him - instead he should be arrested for war crimes
He’s been named in the ICJ order which found Palestinians at “imminent risk” of genocide
Today Starmer is rolling out the red carpet for him - instead he should be arrested for war crimes
As Israel's President is due, the UK govt refuses to see Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide.
We have witnessed hospital destruction, aid blocked and mass killings of Palestinian civilians.
That's why we have written to the PM - the UK must uphold the Genocide Convention.
We have witnessed hospital destruction, aid blocked and mass killings of Palestinian civilians.
That's why we have written to the PM - the UK must uphold the Genocide Convention.
September 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Israeli President Herzog signed an artillery shell before it was fired into Gaza
He’s been named in the ICJ order which found Palestinians at “imminent risk” of genocide
Today Starmer is rolling out the red carpet for him - instead he should be arrested for war crimes
He’s been named in the ICJ order which found Palestinians at “imminent risk” of genocide
Today Starmer is rolling out the red carpet for him - instead he should be arrested for war crimes
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Quite apart from Tice going out to defend Farage's shady house purhcase and making things ten times worse, for the guy who says he will be the next UK Chancellor of the Exchequer to end on: "I'm not a tax expert - you're asking the wrong guy," is objectively hilarious. ~AA
September 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Quite apart from Tice going out to defend Farage's shady house purhcase and making things ten times worse, for the guy who says he will be the next UK Chancellor of the Exchequer to end on: "I'm not a tax expert - you're asking the wrong guy," is objectively hilarious. ~AA
It honestly might be my favourite Elisa Shua Dusapin? So elegant, melancholic and layered:
Marina Kemp: 'I thought The Old Fire was extraordinary. Shua Dusapin combines acuity and depth, with straight-shooting sentences that belie their profound emotional complexity. This is a subtle, propulsive, immensely powerful novel.' Thank you, Marina!! The Old Fire is out in January
September 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
It honestly might be my favourite Elisa Shua Dusapin? So elegant, melancholic and layered:
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Anuradha Roy's CALLED BY THE HILLS: A HOME IN THE HIMALAYA is out in January. Sophy Roberts is also a fan, writing: 'Elegant, witty, literary and humane. This is a portrait of a place that will touch your soul.’
‘Entrancing, consoling, humorous and wise, CALLED BY THE HILLS made me melancholy for a place I have never visited, homesick for a house and garden I've never known and fondly attached to people I've never encountered. I felt as if I held the Himalayas in my hands while I read it.’ Chloe Dalton
September 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Anuradha Roy's CALLED BY THE HILLS: A HOME IN THE HIMALAYA is out in January. Sophy Roberts is also a fan, writing: 'Elegant, witty, literary and humane. This is a portrait of a place that will touch your soul.’
are we all placing bets on Amol Rajan getting the Bragg job then
September 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
are we all placing bets on Amol Rajan getting the Bragg job then
publisher is my name, ops, royalties, and screaming into the void is my game
September 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
publisher is my name, ops, royalties, and screaming into the void is my game
who would have thought that so much of my life would be spreadsheets eh
September 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
who would have thought that so much of my life would be spreadsheets eh