Jimena Gorráez
jimenagorraez.bsky.social
Jimena Gorráez
@jimenagorraez.bsky.social
Publicist, Daunt Books Publishing
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!
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🎉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.👌
July 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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...
July 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🎉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 💜
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July 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Out on 14 August is SWIMMING STUDIES by Leanne Shapton. Our edition comes with a brand new introduction by Rita Bullwinkel, author of Headshot.
With colour illustrations by the author throughout, this is a beautiful work of art from a singular talent.
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July 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
We have THREE books coming out in July, I know 3!
Joe Brainard's I REMEMBER - 3 July
Lidjia Hilje's sun-soaked debut SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA - 17 July
Maria Sonia Cristoff's FALSE CALM: A Journey Through the Ghost Towns of Patagonia (tr. Katherine Silver) - 31 July
Which one will you read first?
July 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🍁Happy Canada Day! Celebrating the remarkable Canadians on our list including Marian Engel (BEAR), Sarah Bernstein (THE COMING BAD DAYS), Mavis Gallant (GREEN WATER, GREEN SKY) and Leanne Shapton (SWIMMING STUDIES, out Aug)🍁
July 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🎉Happy publication day to LIFEBLOOD by Mina Holland.
A raw, honest and moving memoir of caring for a baby with a rare and life-threatening illness.
'I will be forever changed from reading this tender and raw account of one family’s fight to thrive.’ Emma Barnett
June 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🎉Happy publication day to MISINTERPRETATION by Albanian-American writer Ledia Xhoga. 🎉
🗽A story interrogating legacies of family and country, the boundary between compassion and self-preservation, and the power of language.🗨️
‘A heart-stopping, emotional thriller. I loved it.’ Rita Bullwinkel
June 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Happy publication day to THAT'S ALL I KNOW by Elisa Levi (tr. Christina MacSweeney).
A novel of rural entrapment and coming of age, That’s All I Know bears the traces of Beckett and Lorca, rings with the echo of folktales and has a fierce, unapologetic vitality at its heart.
May 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Out 5 June is MISINTERPRETATION, the debut by Ledia Xhoga. A story interrogating legacies of family and country. Set in NY and Albania and look at that praise!
May 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Thrilled to partner with Tokyobike for this event celebrating our latest essay anthology. Join contributors Xani Byrne and Annie Lord discussing the impact cycling has had in their lives.
📍Tokyobike, 87-89 Tabernacle Street London EC2A 4BA
🗓️Thu 22 May, 6:30pm

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May 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Congratulations to all the finalists of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize. The award went to Percival Everett for JAMES🏆
We are so proud of Rita Bullwinkel's HEADSHOT🥊A novel that captured readers' imagination with its incredibly original topic and characters. What a phenomenal ride it has been!
May 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
It makes my heart sing to see Elisa Levi's debut THAT'S ALL I KNOW (tr. Christina MacSweeney) on this brilliant list and with such incredible company.
'Often funny, often tragic, constantly utterly berserk. Elisa Levi is truly an author to watch.'

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May 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Do you run a parenting website/blog in the UK? If so, please get in touch. I have a book that could be of interest to your readers. Thank you.
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#booksky #parenting
April 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Finished copies of THE CITY AND THE HOUSE by Natalia Ginzburg (tr. Dick Davis)are ready to be sent out. We publish 8 May and our edition has a new introduction by Natasha Brown.
April 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Look at this gorgeous finished copy of Elisa Levi's debut THAT'S ALL I KNOW (tr Christina MacSweeney). A stunning and deeply philosophical book with echoes of Lorca and Beckett. Out 22 May.
April 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Delighted to share the dates and bookshops hosting events to mark the publication of LIFE IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING: TALES FROM THE UKRAINIAN EAST by Victoria Donovan.
These events offer a powerful and timely reflection on Ukraine’s past and present, do join us if you can!
Links to events in the 🧵
April 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Ahead of publication in June, Mina Holland's moving memoir Lifeblood was reviewed by Pandora Sykes in her popular Substack Books and Bites. She praised it as ‘A glorious testimony to life, to recovery, to possibility.’ 
substack.com/@pandorasyke...
April 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Happy publication day to FREEWHEELING: ESSAYS ON CYCLING! From @jonmcgregor.bsky.social cycling the overnight Dunwich Dynamo to @phlaimeaux.bsky.social
building an Italian racer; from Imogen Binnie BMX-ing with her kids to @yararf.bsky.social & Xani Byrne on a tandem, there's something for everyone
April 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
They say you should never meet your heroes. I did yesterday and it was one of the most memorable experiences I've had in a long time.
Nona Fernández is one of a kind, a phenomenal writer, generous, funny and incredibly intelligent.
Read her. Her books will change you.👾
April 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🎉Happy publication day to ON THE CLOCK🕙by Claire Baglin, tr. Jordan Stump.

Exploring themes of reliance on machinery, zero-hour jobs, hierarchy within work and unsung female labour, On the Clock has universal and timely resonance.

'Astonishing.' 5 ⭐Daily Telegraph
'Impressive.' Financial Times
March 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
It's a wrap! Huge thanks to the beautiful Bàrd Books for hosting @angelotijssens.bsky.social and @michehut.bsky.social last event chaired brilliantly by Barry Pierce.
Thank you Flip Through Flanders for making THE EDGES book tour possible.
#booksky
March 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The sun is out, get on your bike!
Our essay collection celebrating cycling is out 10 April with contributors including Yara Rodrigues Fowler, Xani Byrne, Annie Lord, David O'Doherty, Mina Holland and more.
#booksky @dauntbookspub.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What a brilliant evening we had at Flanders House with Angelo Tijssens and Michele Hutchison in conversation with Suzi Feay.
Angelo's debut THE EDGES is out now @dauntbookspub.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM