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Lidija Hilje @lidijahilje.bsky.social · Aug 25

So excited about this interview @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social! Thank you @vesnajaksiclowe.bsky.social for asking such insightful questions! And enormous thanks to @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social 🤍

Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · Aug 25

"Learning to write in another language is humongously difficult. But I feel it gives me uniqueness in expressing myself." Vesna Jaksic Lowe interviews Croatian author Lidija Hilje about her debut novel, “Slanting Towards the Sea.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/we-are-born-with-a-homing-beacon/

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Lidija Hilje @lidijahilje.bsky.social · Aug 14

Oh wow! Thank you so much, this means the world to me! x

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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.'💫
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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Lidija Hilje @lidijahilje.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thank you so much for reading 💕

RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social · Aug 10

#SlantingTowardsTheSea by @lidijahilje.bsky.social I’m only two chapters in and this is giving me ALL the feels!

#amreading

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Jul 22

'Beautiful, lush and deeply human' Words by Dion Everett for @nbmagazine.bsky.social on @lidijahilje.bsky.social stunning debut SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA. Out now!
www.nbmagazine.co.uk/editorialarc...

Slanting Towards the Sea, Lidija Hilje — nb. Magazine

Review by Dion Everett

www.nbmagazine.co.uk

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Lidija Hilje @lidijahilje.bsky.social · Jul 19

UK publication day for SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA was nothing short of a dream come true. I’m blessed with the best team @dauntbookspub.bsky.social and supported by the incredible bookselling family @dauntbooks.bsky.social. Thank you, thank you!!!

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Lidija Hilje @lidijahilje.bsky.social · Jul 19

Thank you for sharing this, Jimena! And I’m the lucky one, to get to work with you and the rest of the marvelous team at @dauntbookspub.bsky.social 🤍

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Jimena Gorráez @jimenagorraez.bsky.social · Jul 17

To celebrate SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA by @lidijahilje.bsky.social here's a glowing review by Emily Goulding for @thespectator1828.bsky.social
‘Poignant and evocative, exploring first love with an intensity so raw that reading feels like pressing on a bruise.’
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

The tragedy of a life not lived: Slanting Towards the Sea, by Lidija Hilje reviewed

‘He leaned in to kiss me. And when he did, something inside me reoriented itself, my world softly tipping into his direction, as if he himself were the sea.’ This is the story of Ivona and Vlaho, one ...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Lidija Hilje @lidijahilje.bsky.social · Jul 19

Thank you, David! What a dream of a day it was! Thank you for your support 🤍

David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · Jul 17

Happy publication day to @lidijahilje.bsky.social and her stunning debut novel SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA. It’s a beautiful book about love, family and long kept secrets set against the backdrop of an emerging Croatia, which almost feels like a character in itself.

@dauntbookspub.bsky.social

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Lidija Hilje @lidijahilje.bsky.social · Jul 8

My debut SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA is out today from @simonbooks.bsky.social

A sensual, decades-long love story set against the wild beauty of an emerging Croatia, exploring what it means to come of age in a country younger than oneself.

“Dynamite debut.” — Claire Lombardo.

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Lidija Hilje @lidijahilje.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thank you so much! And that you’re reading it in Cavtat is so meta 🤍

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · Jun 4

Looking like @dauntbookspub.bsky.social are publishing one of the best books of the year again. Currently in Croatia reading @lidijahilje.bsky.social’s SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA and it’s all kinds of wonderful!

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Lidija Hilje @lidijahilje.bsky.social · May 24

Thank you for sharing 🤍

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surlyspice @surlyspice.bsky.social · May 19

SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA by @lidijahilje.bsky.social comes out 7/8/25 from @simonschuster.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social #croatia #summer #ComingOfAge #TwentyYears #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 6/1!

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Lidija Hilje @lidijahilje.bsky.social · Mar 14

So excited to share that my essay was published in @nytimes.com MODERN LOVE column. It’s a long time dream come true!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/s...

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Lidija Hilje @lidijahilje.bsky.social · Feb 6

@dauntbookspub.bsky.social summer queen 😭 You really know the way to a girl’s heart 🫠🫠 Thank you for the opportunity to read!

Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · Feb 6

We've just run through our July-Dec 2025 titles with our fabulous reps & our presentation incl a wonderful intro & reading from our summer queen @lidijahilje.bsky.social - proofs of #SlantingTowardsTheSea are now IN and looking dreeeamyyyy

Lidija Hilje @lidijahilje.bsky.social · Feb 6

Finally signed up for bluesky and how amazing that the #coverreveal of the UK edition of #slantingtowardsthesea gets to be my first post here☀️

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Lidija Hilje @lidijahilje.bsky.social · Feb 6

I can literally hear Lady Catherine de Bourgh’s voice in my head :)

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Lidija Hilje @lidijahilje.bsky.social · Feb 6

Finally signed up for bluesky and how amazing that the #coverreveal of the UK edition of #slantingtowardsthesea gets to be my first post here☀️

Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · Feb 4

We're excited to reveal the cover for SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA, publishing this July 🔅🌊

A hypnotic debut that sets a decades-long love story against the beautiful coastline of an emerging Croatia - sun, sea, food, a love triangle, this is pure escapism for lovers of Coco Mellors and Ann Napolitano

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