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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · 15h

It's not over yet! Game 4, here we goooooo!

Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · 1d

I can't wait for Monday's episode of BBC R4 A Good Read where our beloved (and scandalous) BEAR by Marian Engel will be discussed.
‘A bizarre but strangely uplifting book about a woman’s quest for freedom . . . the perfect escapist yet intellectual read.’ The Times
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Sarah Waters and Walter Murch

Novelist Sarah Waters and film editor Walter Murch share favourite books.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · 1d

I can't see because the tears are flooding my eyes.

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · 9d

If you're going to read a book in Spanish from a Latin American writer today, make sure it's MARCIANO by the great Nona Fernandez.
penguinclubdelectura.com/libro/marcia...

Marciano - Nona Fernández - Penguin Club de Lectura

La nueva novela de Nona Fernández: la cinematográfica historia de Mauricio Hernández Norambuena. Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · 14d

It might be the end of the Booker journey for MISINTERPRETATION by Ledia Xhoga but it has been a wonderful ride.
Huge congratulations to the shortlisted authors and publishers!

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · 29d

Really pleased to share the preview of our Spring 2026 list! New books by Elisa Shua Dusapin, an exciting essay anthology on islands, phenomenal non-fiction by Anuradha Roy and Fatima Bhutto, reissues to die for and a lot more.
dauntbookspublishing.co.uk/spring-2026-...

Spring 2026 Preview | Daunt Books Publishing

JANUARY Called By the Hills: A Home in the Himalaya by Anuradha Roy | Non-fiction | £11.99 | 15 January 2026 When novelist Anuradha Roy and her husband stumble upon a derelict cottage in Ranikhet, the...

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · 29d

Manchester friends! Come say hello as I'd be taking part in this event at the @institutocervantes.bsky.social Manchester on Fri 26 September, 6pm. I'll be discussing the challenges and importance of publishing literature in translation from Spanish.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/translatin...

Translating Hispanic Literatures in the UK: a conversation with publishers

Join us in celebrating International Translation Day 2025 with a conversation on publishing foreign literature in the UK

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Aug 28

Happy publication day to OTHER PEOPLE! Our fourth reissue by the dark and brilliant Celia Dale. Capturing adolescence in all its cruelty, told with Dale’s trademark wit and canny dissection of relationships, this is a compelling coming-of-age story.
dauntbookspublishing.co.uk/book/other-p...

Other People | Daunt Books Publishing

Daunt Books Publishing is an independent publisher based in London. Founded in 2010, we grew out of Daunt Books, an independent chain of bookshops in London and the South-East. We publish the finest a...

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Aug 28

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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.'💫
www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainmen...

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

www.marieclaire.co.uk

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Kat Lister @katlister.bsky.social · Aug 11

I am sat here at my laptop trying to write but these brave journalists are all I can think about:

Anas al-Sharif
Mohammed Qreiqeh
Ibrahim Zaher
Moamen Aliwa
Mohammed Noufal

The entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City, gone. Say their names.

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital

www.theguardian.com

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Aug 11

Edinburgh Book Festival is in full swing! We're delighted to have the brilliant Elisa Levi (THAT'S ALL I KNOW, tr Christina MacSweeney) in conversation with Sara Mesa (UN AMOR) discussing Spain's literary scene. Two incredibly exciting authors, unmissable!

www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

Elisa Levi & Sara Mesa: Spain’s New Literary Horizons

From Fri 22 Aug - Discover two bold new voices from Spain, recently published in English for the first time. Writing in the tradition of the Spanish literary greats, Elisa Levi and Sara Mesa’s fiction...

www.edbookfest.co.uk

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Aug 5

A brilliant review of Natalia Ginzburg's THE CITY AND THE HOUSE (tr Dick Davies) on @theartsdesk.bsky.social. Words by Hugh Barnes.
*Please note the review gives away key parts of the plot*

theartsdesk.com/books/natali...

Natalia Ginzburg: The City and the House review - a dying art

Many readers and writers think of epistolary novels as old-fashioned, just as letter writing itself can seem a bit quaint nowadays. The genre became popular during the 18th and 19th centuries followin...

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MadameBibiLophile @madamebibi.bsky.social · Aug 3

Today on the blog, a short story for #WITMonth 2025 “I am merely the canvas on which women paint their dreams.” (Rudolph Valentino) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2025/08/03/i...

“I am merely the canvas on which women paint their dreams.” (Rudolph Valentino)

I’m going through a bit of a reading slump at the moment, not a terrible one as I’m finding I can focus on my comfort reads, but I’m struggling with anything that needs more concentration. It’s ver…

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Jul 31

🎉Happy publication day to FALSE CALM: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE GHOST TOWNS OF PATAGONIA by Maria Sonia Cristoff (tr Katherine Silver). A bold piece of non-fiction that documents her return to the area as she collects stories of the people that remain.
Perfect for readers of Islands of Abandonment.👌

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Jul 31

I spy with my little eye @lidijahilje.bsky.social SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA⛵ in @hatchards.bsky.social (St Pancras) Fiction chart!
🙌Thank you to all of you wonderful booksellers championing this novel.
Find out more here: dauntbookspublishing.co.uk/book/slantin...

Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thank you!

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Jul 29

Misinterpretation in two words: Dark Horse🐎. I'll take it, thank you.

www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

Booker prize longlist 2025: our critic’s verdict

A quietly strong list includes novels by Claire Adam, Kiran Desai, Ben Markovits, Andrew Miller and David Szalay

www.thetimes.com

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Jul 29

Back at you 💜

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Jul 29

And a big big cheer to the wonderful team at @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social for their first Booker longlisting with Jonathan Buckley's ONE BOAT. HOORAY!
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

One Boat | The Booker Prizes

Artfully constructed, absorbing and insightful, One Boat grapples with questions of identity, free will, guilt and responsibility

thebookerprizes.com

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Jul 29

🎉Over the moon to share that MISINTERPRETATION by Ledia Xhoga has been longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize!
Thank you to all of you who read it and especially those who reviewed it @edelcoffey.bsky.social and @lucyjpop.bsky.social 💜
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Jul 28

Remember that line in Matilda that says reading is like a holiday in your head? This article is all about that.
With thanks to Lucy Pearson for recommending @lidijahilje.bsky.social SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA and Ginzburg's FAMILY AND BORGHESIA. 💫
inews.co.uk/culture/book...

How to read like you’re on holiday - even when you’re back at home

Books feel richer, more immersive and more effortlessly page-turning when you are way, but it can be that way in the UK, too

inews.co.uk

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Jul 24

I remember these as a child. THRILLED to see them coming back.
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Journey Under the Sea (Choose Your Own Adventure) by R. A. Montgomery

Buy Journey Under the Sea (Choose Your Own Adventure) by R. A. Montgomery from Daunt Books today. New Fiction, Non-Fiction books and Travel Guides available from Daunt Books. Worldwide shipping availa...

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Jul 24

I always celebrate a pb release.

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Jul 24

I've said it before but allow me to repeat myself. I ❤️ BBC R4's A GOOD READ📚 and I cannot wait to hear the discussion on our very own Vivian Gornick's THE ODD WOMAN AND THE CITY🗽on 4 August.
Remember, our edition has a brilliant foreword by @amykey.bsky.social Out now!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Rob Rinder and Juno Dawson

The barrister and the writer discuss books they feel passionate about.

www.bbc.co.uk

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