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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hello to all the new followers! I'm a startup indie publisher - a small fish in a huge publishing pond - and so I'm always looking for interesting ways to shine a spotlight on our books. I'm so proud to have published this mini stack, but I'm so excited about our new titles too📚 manderleypress.com

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 4d

Mmmm. Can you guess what colour spines we have planned for the next two Manderley Press titles? 📚🫶🌈 💙📚#booksky

A shelf of colourful Manderley Press books spine out in front of William Morris willow wallpaper.

Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 4d

Calling all theatre lovers! We’re republishing Helene Hanff’s ‘Underfoot in Show Business’ - her WONDERFUL Broadway memoir - next year and want to reach out to fans of the author + musical theatre. Can you help us spread the word? More info👇
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Underfoot in Show Business by Helene Hanff Manderley Press Jean Hanff Korelitz Bruce Eric Kaplan — Manderley Press

The countless admirers of Helene Hanff’s 84, Charing Cross Road - and now Letter from New York too - will welcome this delightful account of her early days as a struggling writer on the edge of show b...

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 6d

It’s a grey day in London so we are planning some photo shoot arrangements of our books which we hope will add colour to the misty outdoors, from our lamplit desk straight to yours! 💙📚#booksky

A colourful stack of Manderley press books with their rainbow cloth spines.

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 8d

“Whereas other chalk horses stand stiff and still on their hillsides, elegant, sometimes, but without any spark of life, the Uffington White Horse is magical; full of movement,
power and beauty.”
- Rosemary Sutcliff
💙📚#booksky
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 10d

My piece in the Sunday Times about two early Raymond Briggs stories republished in one volume and the shaming incident which inspired them. @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

The delinquent childhood of Raymond Briggs, genius storyteller

The Strange House includes two early, rediscovered tales by the author of The Snowman

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 10d

Raymond Briggs - junior criminal! I am beyond thrilled to point you in the direction of this awesome piece in the @thetimes.com all about our new book The Strange House. Publisher jumps for joy! Thank you @nicolettejones.bsky.social 💙📚#booksky
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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you! We can’t wait to publish this one in Feb as a sister to Letter from New York! Hoorah for Helene Hanff 🫶

Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 13d

Playing around with the front cover to one of our 2026 titles ⚡️ If you loved reading 84, Charing Cross Road AND if you are a fan all things Broadway and New York then Underfoot in Show Business by Helene Hanff might be right up your street… 💙📚#booksky
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Leviathan Bookstore @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social · 13d

ALL the best bookstores…

A photo of Joan Aiken’s Tales of London Town, a book with a bright green spine and a black-and-white sketch of a London square topped by a colorful rainbow, facing out on a bookstore shelf

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 13d

Whhooooopppp!!!!!!

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 13d

I can't believe it's been a year since this came out... @manderleypress.bsky.social glorious Joan Aiken collection now seen in all the best bookshops... funny, scary AND with literary references!!! Tales of london Town
www.joanaiken.com/books/tales-...

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you! It’s by the wonderful artist Annabel Pearl!

Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 14d

Seeing a book you created face out on a shelf in one of your favourite bookshops with a bookseller recommendation applied to the front cover… well that’s a publisher’s dream come true. Thank you to the Riverside Bookshop in London! 💙📚#booksky

Tales of London town by Joan Aiken, introduced by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, illustrated by Annabel Pearl, published by Manderley press 2024

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 14d

Never travel anywhere without a box of books. Right?
#booksky #lifeofapublisher

Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 16d

“Raymond Briggs's
forgotten classic is just as charming as The Snowman”

Thank you to @telegraphnews.bsky.social for this wonderful review of our new book - The Strange House by Raymond Briggs, introduced by @chrisriddell.bsky.social

💙📚 #booksky

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The Strange House by Raymond Briggs, A Manderley Press edition 2025, introduced by Chris Riddell — Manderley Press

These stories for children were written and illustrated by Raymond Briggs and set in Wimbledon, London, where he grew up. Briggs is perhaps best known for Father Christmas, and The Snowman (which was ...

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Children's Books at The Agency @theagencybooks.bsky.social · 16d

“Two rediscovered early works show how the beloved author of The Snowman and Father Christmas perfected his blend of the fantastical and ordinary”- @theobserveruk.bsky.social

The Strange House, a new edition of two short stories by #RaymondBriggs, is out now from @manderleypress.bsky.social!📚

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 17d

⚡️Flash Sale!⚡️

To celebrate the publication of our newest book - The Strange House by Raymond Briggs - we are offering a 20% discount across manderleypress.com, until 23rd Sept, at 23.59.

Simply add this discount code at checkout!

FLASHSALE20

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The Strange house by Raymond Briggs introduced by Chris Riddell published by Manderley press 2025

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 23d

“Love was a feeling completely bound up with colour, like thousands of rainbows superimposed one on top of the other.”
- Paulo Coelho
#booksky #color #love

Coloured book spines of titles by Manderley Press, London

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 26d

Oh that’s gorgeous!

Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 26d

Sometimes dreams really do come true! A wonderful review of our newest publication - The Strange House - two rediscovered stories by Raymond Briggs (author of The Snowman) - as seen in @theobserveruk.bsky.social - observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/how-raymond-briggs-found-his-style #booksky

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 28d

A huge and heartfelt thank you to Chris Riddell for signing these copies of our brand new book The Strange House by Raymond Briggs. Chris was taught by Raymond in the 1980s and has written a wonderful introduction to showcase this edition of two forgotten children’s classics set in London! #booksky

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 29d

If cats could read…. #booksky #catsky

Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · Sep 8

They say never meet your heroes but I’d give my right arm to chat with Raymond Briggs. The next best thing - visiting the street where he grew up in Wimbledon, where he set ‘Ethel and Ernest’, and which also inspired ‘The Strange House’ #booksky

Ashen grove - Wimbledon, London. the street where Raymond Briggs grew up, where he set ‘Ethel and Ernest’, and which also inspired ‘The Strange House’

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · Sep 8

“Classics to bewitch a new generation”
We are thrilled to see this lovely review of our brand new book - The Strange House by Raymond Briggs - in the @irishtimes.com today. What a wonderful way to start the week 📚 #booksky

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · Sep 7

I’m on the train home, engrossed already. Thank you!!!