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Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · 8d

Alex! Dm me your address and which ones you're missing? Also: new Lieke Marsman in Sept 26...

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Jonathan Main @booksellercrow.bsky.social · 14d

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.

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Donate to Support Jon's Legacy - Raising Funds for Bookseller Crow, organized by Karen Mcleod

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 19d

An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’

Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'

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Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 27d

Buddo says you're nearly home & dry.

WAHEY!!! It's Buddo, the Neolithic whalebone figurine from Orkney!!

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Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · 27d

why does Buddo bring me so much comfort??

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Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · 27d

I actually keep meaning to check out the rest of her work (as a reader AND as a greedy publisher)

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Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · 27d

regrettably, it doesn't!!

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Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · Sep 8

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

Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · Sep 5

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.’

Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · Sep 5

‘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

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Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · Sep 5

‘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

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Flickytwit @flickytwit.bsky.social · Sep 4

The finest response I've seen so far.

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Claire McAlpine 📚 @clairewords.bsky.social · Aug 21

After loving 3 of her novellas, I started this 408 pg #NataliaGinzburg novel All Our Yesterdays, spanning the war years in northern Italy.

Utterly captivating, it follows 2 families that live opposite each other. I never wanted it to end.

A brilliant original work of observation and community.

Book cover of All Our Yesterdays (Tutti I Nostri Ieri orogonally published in 1952) by Natalia Ginzburg, Italy translated by Angus Davidson, published in UK by Daunt Books (2022) with an introduction by author Sally Rooney. The cover features a black and white photo Jinx and Justin at Cafe, Florence, Italy 1951 and a quote from the New York Times that reads "Ginzburg's books snare so much of what is odd and lovely and fleeting in the world."

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JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · Aug 26

Another reason to read Natalia Ginzburg’s brilliant collection of essays, THE LITTLE VIRTUES (tr. Dick Davis), published by @dauntbookspub.bsky.social #WITMonth 💙📚 #BookSky

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The Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg (tr. Dick Davis)

I have written before about my love of Natalia Ginzburg’s fiction – most recently, All Our Yesterdays, a rich, multilayered novel of family life spanning the duration of WW2. The Little Virtues is …

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Vicky MacKenzie @vickymackenzie.bsky.social · Aug 19

For anyone interested in knowing more about the Donbas (the part of Ukraine Trump is attempting to give Putin), its history, culture, ecology, and people, may I recommend my friend @victoriadonovan.bsky.social's wonderful book, LIFE IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING, published by @dauntbookspub.bsky.social

Photo of book, LIFE IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING: TALES FROM THE UKRAINIAN EAST by Victoria Donovan

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Rick O'Shea @rickoshea.bsky.social · Aug 6

The new Elisa Shua Dusapin, author of Winter in Sokcho and Vladivostok Circus, is 'The Old Fire' (tr. Aneesa Abbas Higgins), coming in Jan 2026 from @dauntbookspub.bsky.social.

Yes please.

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Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · Aug 13

thank you!! Love how it keeps ticking along

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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · Aug 10

This book about the obscenity trail of Lady Chatterley’s Lover from @dauntbookspub.bsky.social was a delight.

A paperback book titled “Would you let your wife read this book?: The trial of Lady Chatterley’s Lover. The true story of the most obscene court case in British History by Sybille Bedford.”

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Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · Aug 13

thank you!!

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · Aug 11

Get to this if you can - really enjoyed this book!

Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · Aug 11

📣Friends and fans of Alice Chadwick's DARK LIKE UNDER! Join us at Marlborough Lit Fest for this very special event celebrating Alice and Tuyên Đỗ’s debut novels.
🗓️Sun 28 Sept, 11:30am
📍St Peter's Church, Marlborough, SN8 1HQ
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Lidija Hilje @lidijahilje.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slanting Towards the Sea is an Editor’s Pick for Marie Claire! So thankful for this amazing review by Catherine Jarvie! 💕

And forever grateful for the best publicist, @jimenagorraez.bsky.social at @dauntbookspub.bsky.social 🤍

Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Aug 12

The love you're all giving to ⛵SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA by @lidijahilje.bsky.social is just phenomenal 🙌
Huge thanks to @catherinejarvis.bsky.social for making it an Editor's Pick for Marie Claire.
💫 'Just beautiful.'💫
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Hot Books, Strange Tales — From Haunted Love to Literary Thrillers, Your August Reading Just Got Wild

Think twisted romance, dark glamour and high-concept plots

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Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · Aug 13

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JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · Aug 11

From the archive for Mavis Gallant, #BornOnThisDay in 1922, my thoughts on GREEN WATER, GREEN SKY.

I loved this shimmering novel of a young woman's unravelling, set against the backdrop of Venice, Paris & Cannes. It's full of light & shade. #BookSky 💙📚

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Green Water, Green Sky by Mavis Gallant

There’s a scene near the beginning of Mavis Gallant’s 1959 novella Green Water, Green Sky which seems to encapsulate this stunning book. We are in Venice in the height of summer. Seven-year-old Geo…

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Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · Aug 13

thank youuu

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Stephen Dilley @stephenjdilley.bsky.social · Aug 12

171. Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga
Book #12 on the @thebookerprizes.com longlist - an absorbing and increasingly unsettling novel exploring compassion fatigue and alienation. @dauntbookspub.bsky.social

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Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · Aug 11

📣Friends and fans of Alice Chadwick's DARK LIKE UNDER! Join us at Marlborough Lit Fest for this very special event celebrating Alice and Tuyên Đỗ’s debut novels.
🗓️Sun 28 Sept, 11:30am
📍St Peter's Church, Marlborough, SN8 1HQ
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/marlboroughl...

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theartsdesk.com @theartsdesk.bsky.social · Aug 2

★★★★ #NataliaGinzburg THE CITY AND THE HOUSE - In our era of emails and social media, is the epistolary novel a dying art? Hugh Barnes on Ginzburg's 1984 work, rendered in polyphonic English by Dick Davis, as conjuring trick - republished @dauntbookspub.bsky.social theartsdesk.com/books/natali...

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