Just received a recommendation by #PersephoneBooks: "Sofia Petrovna" by #LydiaChukovskaya - one of the few surviving contemporaneous accounts of the #GreatPurge, composed secretly in a school notebook in lilac ink during the winter of 1939-40...1/
January 30, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Just received a recommendation by #PersephoneBooks: "Sofia Petrovna" by #LydiaChukovskaya - one of the few surviving contemporaneous accounts of the #GreatPurge, composed secretly in a school notebook in lilac ink during the winter of 1939-40...1/
Head to our Instagram page to see our trade teams' picks for festive reading, gifting, and their favourite MUP book they've worked on this year.
Picks from @canongatebooks, @SceptreBooks, @PersephoneBooks & more. 📚 #booksky
Picks from @canongatebooks, @SceptreBooks, @PersephoneBooks & more. 📚 #booksky
December 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Head to our Instagram page to see our trade teams' picks for festive reading, gifting, and their favourite MUP book they've worked on this year.
Picks from @canongatebooks, @SceptreBooks, @PersephoneBooks & more. 📚 #booksky
Picks from @canongatebooks, @SceptreBooks, @PersephoneBooks & more. 📚 #booksky
Lovely Literary News!
My author mom and I both loved Winifred Watson's 1938 "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" and I scoured libraries for years looking for more to no avail... Happily, #PersephoneBooks is republishing one that got away, Hop, Step and Jump!
www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/25-years-a...
My author mom and I both loved Winifred Watson's 1938 "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" and I scoured libraries for years looking for more to no avail... Happily, #PersephoneBooks is republishing one that got away, Hop, Step and Jump!
www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/25-years-a...
25 years after 'Miss Pettigrew', Winifred's back in print
Authors Watson and Eva Ibbotson recalled
www.culturednortheast.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Lovely Literary News!
My author mom and I both loved Winifred Watson's 1938 "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" and I scoured libraries for years looking for more to no avail... Happily, #PersephoneBooks is republishing one that got away, Hop, Step and Jump!
www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/25-years-a...
My author mom and I both loved Winifred Watson's 1938 "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" and I scoured libraries for years looking for more to no avail... Happily, #PersephoneBooks is republishing one that got away, Hop, Step and Jump!
www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/25-years-a...
#16 of my 2025 books: surprisingly good American novel from 1920s about a woman who does not have a domestic bone in her body who is able to become the careerist when her husband falls from a roof and has to stay at home. He is the perfect parent: infinitely patient. #booksky #persephonebooks
October 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
#16 of my 2025 books: surprisingly good American novel from 1920s about a woman who does not have a domestic bone in her body who is able to become the careerist when her husband falls from a roof and has to stay at home. He is the perfect parent: infinitely patient. #booksky #persephonebooks
The May newsletter for #PersephoneBooks is always full of interesting literary and artsy tidbits.
This month's includes an invitationto sign a petition against the year-round shooting of hares (in breeding season too), for UK residents only:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
#animalwelfare
This month's includes an invitationto sign a petition against the year-round shooting of hares (in breeding season too), for UK residents only:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
#animalwelfare
Petition: Protect hares and their young from shooting during the breeding season
We call on the Government to stop the shooting of hares during their peak breeding season, by establishing a legally enforceable close season for hares in England and Wales, from 1st February to 30th ...
petition.parliament.uk
June 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The May newsletter for #PersephoneBooks is always full of interesting literary and artsy tidbits.
This month's includes an invitationto sign a petition against the year-round shooting of hares (in breeding season too), for UK residents only:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
#animalwelfare
This month's includes an invitationto sign a petition against the year-round shooting of hares (in breeding season too), for UK residents only:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
#animalwelfare
How pretty is this? Here’s hoping I make the time to read it. #PersephoneBooks
April 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
How pretty is this? Here’s hoping I make the time to read it. #PersephoneBooks
This is the second @PersephoneBooks I’ve read this week #thevictorianchaiselongue by #MargaritaLaski if you are a fan of #theyellowwallpaper this is for you. #thrillerbooks #gothic #gothicrealism #1950s #London #novella #shortstory less then 100 pgs amazing @jamesbrinsford.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This is the second @PersephoneBooks I’ve read this week #thevictorianchaiselongue by #MargaritaLaski if you are a fan of #theyellowwallpaper this is for you. #thrillerbooks #gothic #gothicrealism #1950s #London #novella #shortstory less then 100 pgs amazing @jamesbrinsford.bsky.social
I started my first @persephonebooks on Wednesday I went with book no.1 and I highly recommend #William-AnEnglishman by #cicelyhamilton 👌 #ww1 #suffragettes #politics #booksbooksbooks #beautifulbooks #booklover #bookworm @jamesbrinsford.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I started my first @persephonebooks on Wednesday I went with book no.1 and I highly recommend #William-AnEnglishman by #cicelyhamilton 👌 #ww1 #suffragettes #politics #booksbooksbooks #beautifulbooks #booklover #bookworm @jamesbrinsford.bsky.social
For myself as a #audhd #audhdwoman I find @persephonebooks a delight to visit and do beautifully set out. I went armed with a #list and found the #books easy to find. Great afternoon with @jamesbrinsford.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
For myself as a #audhd #audhdwoman I find @persephonebooks a delight to visit and do beautifully set out. I went armed with a #list and found the #books easy to find. Great afternoon with @jamesbrinsford.bsky.social
Its publication day for #CrookedCross by #SallyCarson #PersephoneBooks @midascampaigns.bsky.social
It’s a simply astounding read and is my book of the year so far!
Find out more on insta ⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.instagram.com/p/DIiW89Fg8d...
It’s a simply astounding read and is my book of the year so far!
Find out more on insta ⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.instagram.com/p/DIiW89Fg8d...
April 17, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Its publication day for #CrookedCross by #SallyCarson #PersephoneBooks @midascampaigns.bsky.social
It’s a simply astounding read and is my book of the year so far!
Find out more on insta ⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.instagram.com/p/DIiW89Fg8d...
It’s a simply astounding read and is my book of the year so far!
Find out more on insta ⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.instagram.com/p/DIiW89Fg8d...
In this world of horrific acts and brutality against vulnerable people then a massive thanks to #PrivateEye and #PersephoneBooks for delivering comfort.
April 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In this world of horrific acts and brutality against vulnerable people then a massive thanks to #PrivateEye and #PersephoneBooks for delivering comfort.
More about that trip to England--the day trip to Bath this time:
#PersephoneBooks, #Bath, #Travel, #Vacation, #England
maryjmetz.blogspot.com/2025/02/bath...
#PersephoneBooks, #Bath, #Travel, #Vacation, #England
maryjmetz.blogspot.com/2025/02/bath...
Bath Time!
The extremely charming front window at Persephone Books I'm endeavoring to keep the momentum going by writing this quick (as if) post about...
maryjmetz.blogspot.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:47 AM
More about that trip to England--the day trip to Bath this time:
#PersephoneBooks, #Bath, #Travel, #Vacation, #England
maryjmetz.blogspot.com/2025/02/bath...
#PersephoneBooks, #Bath, #Travel, #Vacation, #England
maryjmetz.blogspot.com/2025/02/bath...
Wonderful praise has just come in for 'Crooked Cross' by Sally Carson from the novelist Rachel Joyce, who calls it 'an electrifying masterpiece.'
'Crooked Cross' by Sally Carson, from #PersephoneBooks paints a vivid and prescient portrait of one's family's struggles during the rise of the Nazis.
'Crooked Cross' by Sally Carson, from #PersephoneBooks paints a vivid and prescient portrait of one's family's struggles during the rise of the Nazis.
January 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Wonderful praise has just come in for 'Crooked Cross' by Sally Carson from the novelist Rachel Joyce, who calls it 'an electrifying masterpiece.'
'Crooked Cross' by Sally Carson, from #PersephoneBooks paints a vivid and prescient portrait of one's family's struggles during the rise of the Nazis.
'Crooked Cross' by Sally Carson, from #PersephoneBooks paints a vivid and prescient portrait of one's family's struggles during the rise of the Nazis.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#bookchallenge #skybooks #persephonebooks
#bookchallenge #skybooks #persephonebooks
January 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#bookchallenge #skybooks #persephonebooks
#bookchallenge #skybooks #persephonebooks
In honor of Jane Austen's birthday, a flashback to the time I visited Bath, and was prevented from attending the Regency Costumed Parade at the Jane Austen festival when I fell ill after eating a dodgy scone. #bathuk #bath #england #janeausten #travel #travelphotography #persephonebooks
A Letter from Bath
Walking in the footsteps of Jane Austen
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December 16, 2024 at 5:23 PM
In honor of Jane Austen's birthday, a flashback to the time I visited Bath, and was prevented from attending the Regency Costumed Parade at the Jane Austen festival when I fell ill after eating a dodgy scone. #bathuk #bath #england #janeausten #travel #travelphotography #persephonebooks
I’m planning a trip to see this Tirzah Garwood exhibition in Spring. I’ve been obsessed with her ever since I read (and sobbed my heart after reading) her memoir, Long Live Great Barfield! which PersephoneBooks republished amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious; Dora Carrington: Beyond Bloomsbury – review | Painting | The Guardian
A wry, vivacious original, the artist better known as Mrs Eric Ravilious beguiles in a long overdue retrospective, while her contemporary is outshone by friends and lovers
amp.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:06 PM
I’m planning a trip to see this Tirzah Garwood exhibition in Spring. I’ve been obsessed with her ever since I read (and sobbed my heart after reading) her memoir, Long Live Great Barfield! which PersephoneBooks republished amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Hoping Persephone Books will join Bluesky. I have missed following them. #persephonebooks
November 15, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Hoping Persephone Books will join Bluesky. I have missed following them. #persephonebooks
New on the blog today, I've written about my favourite Persephone Books.
Including titles by R. C. Sherriff, Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Mollie Panter-Downes. Enjoy! #PersephoneBooks #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2024/05/24/m...
Including titles by R. C. Sherriff, Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Mollie Panter-Downes. Enjoy! #PersephoneBooks #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2024/05/24/m...
My Favourite Persephone Books
I’m sure Persephone Books needs no introduction from me, but just in case you’re not familiar with this publisher, they reprint forgotten gems that have fallen out of print – mostly titles by women wr...
jacquiwine.wordpress.com
May 24, 2024 at 6:15 AM
New on the blog today, I've written about my favourite Persephone Books.
Including titles by R. C. Sherriff, Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Mollie Panter-Downes. Enjoy! #PersephoneBooks #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2024/05/24/m...
Including titles by R. C. Sherriff, Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Mollie Panter-Downes. Enjoy! #PersephoneBooks #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2024/05/24/m...
I adore everything #persephonebooks you honestly can’t go wrong with any of their books. Typically female centric lost works from authors who were ahead of their times.
January 29, 2024 at 6:09 PM
I adore everything #persephonebooks you honestly can’t go wrong with any of their books. Typically female centric lost works from authors who were ahead of their times.
My rainy weekend just got much more interesting with the delivery of these three #PersephoneBooks; Still Missing, Good Food on the Aga, and Mariana.
January 20, 2024 at 10:37 PM
My rainy weekend just got much more interesting with the delivery of these three #PersephoneBooks; Still Missing, Good Food on the Aga, and Mariana.
Madeline Linford’s nieces with books from our collection and her relaunched book from @persephonebooks. Writer & Manchester Guardian journalist, Linford also wrote about manchester, Blackpool etc with a quiet wit.
November 16, 2023 at 6:26 PM
Madeline Linford’s nieces with books from our collection and her relaunched book from @persephonebooks. Writer & Manchester Guardian journalist, Linford also wrote about manchester, Blackpool etc with a quiet wit.
Here's my review of one of the new releases from the fabulous PersephoneBooks. troutiemcfishtales.blogspot.com/2023/10/sofi...
Sofia Petrovna exposes the true horror of Stalin's purges, a story which is all the more chilling because it unfolds against a background of total ordinairiness...
Sofia Petrovna exposes the true horror of Stalin's purges, a story which is all the more chilling because it unfolds against a background of total ordinairiness...
Sofia Petrovna by Lydia Chukovskaya - a review
SOFIA PETROVNA by Lydia Chukovskaya Translated by Aline Werth Preface by Dr Helen Tilly Persephone Books From the blurb: "One of the few s...
troutiemcfishtales.blogspot.com
October 21, 2023 at 2:20 PM
Here's my review of one of the new releases from the fabulous PersephoneBooks. troutiemcfishtales.blogspot.com/2023/10/sofi...
Sofia Petrovna exposes the true horror of Stalin's purges, a story which is all the more chilling because it unfolds against a background of total ordinairiness...
Sofia Petrovna exposes the true horror of Stalin's purges, a story which is all the more chilling because it unfolds against a background of total ordinairiness...
A flat white, carrot cake, and an engaging conversation at #TillsAndCompany with Francesca Beaumarchais from #PersephoneBooks was not the worst way to kick off a #Saturday. Highly recommended. #booksky
September 30, 2023 at 11:15 AM
A flat white, carrot cake, and an engaging conversation at #TillsAndCompany with Francesca Beaumarchais from #PersephoneBooks was not the worst way to kick off a #Saturday. Highly recommended. #booksky
Maybe a project for @PersephoneBooks ?
January 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Maybe a project for @PersephoneBooks ?