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Proofs coming SOON!! Hang on, I need to switch accounts

Other people by Celia Dale.

Another excellent reissue by @dauntbookspub.bsky.social by Celia Dale. Queen of suburban English noir.

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

Buddo says you're nearly home & dry.

Thank you @dauntbookspub.bsky.social for sending early copies of two Beryl Bainbridge novels, being reissued next year.
Reading "An Awfully Big Adventure"
love the way she does it!
straight into the action
use a REALLY well-turned sentence to ADVANCE the narrative & save yourself a whole paragraph!

Photo of An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge

"Stella lounged against a cocktail cabinet whose glass frontage was engraved with the outline of a naked woman. I'm not going to be cowed, she thought. Not by nipples."
Bliss to be indoors on a rainy day reading my new favourite author. Thank you @dauntbookspub.bsky.social for this wonderful proof!

heyyyy YES!! Thrilled you're enjoying it - thank you so much for this lovely missive and I'm laughing at this *perfect* extract, now wondering if we can do merch - 'I'm not going to be cowed, she thought. Not by nipples' on a t-shirt?

Tom Crewe in his recent LRB piece praised BB's 'ruthless efficiency' - just spot on!! So glad you're enjoying An Awfully Big Adventure, total pleasure to send you both.

oh, thank you!! Hope it converts you to Bainbridge (if you're not already there).

Congrats to everyone on the long list! ✨
Am especially proud of my pal Kevin Gerry Dunn, translator of HUNGRY FOR WHAT by Maria Bastarós ( @dauntbookspub.bsky.social). Go team! 👏

Hooray for Gerry!!!

Oh my god stop the bus! Look what just came through the door! A thousand thank yous to the magnificent @dauntbookspub.bsky.social and esp @marigoldatkey.bsky.social!

strong contender for my favourite, I must admit

do you know what, I didn't even SEE this, I just sensed she might be for you???

Little stilettos of truth entering you and you never know they’ve punctured you emotionally till the laughter stops.

guess what's coming in 2027...

Enormously proud to be the new UK home of Beryl Bainbridge. In March 2026, we kick things off in earnest by publishing AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE, with an intro by Yiyun Li, and THE BOTTLE FACTORY OUTING, with an intro by A. K. Blakemore. Ruthlessly smart, darkly comic, her novels are sharp-edged gems

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

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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'

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

Buddo says you're nearly home & dry.

why does Buddo bring me so much comfort??

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

regrettably, it doesn't!!

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

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.’

‘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

The finest response I've seen so far.

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."

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.

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 …

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

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