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So we coloured in Helene Hanff’s dog - of course it had to be yellow (in honour of the New York taxi cab, Playbill booklets and the starry lights of Broadway, where this book is set). #underfootinshowbusiness #booksky 💛🌟🚖📒
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Coming soon. A forgotten #sci-fi #dystopian classic, first published 90 years ago and now reissued with an introduction by Graham Norton and a brand new cover commissioned from @tomgauld.bsky.social - pre-orders are open and shipping is worldwide!
#booksky
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Woman Alive by Susan Ertz, A Manderley Press edition 2026, introduction by Graham Norton — Manderley Press
Woman Alive is a curious science fiction novel from 1936 by Susan Ertz, set in London in a dystopian future where only one woman is left alive after all others in the world are wiped out in a pandemic...
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November 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
So thrilled to hear this!
We're thrilled that Omar Khalifa's SAND-CATCHER has been longlisted for the @littranslate.bsky.social National Translation Award for Prose! Huge congratulations to Omar Khalifa and translator Barbara Romaine.
September 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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February 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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This is the year to celebrate Mary Shelley afresh: a new film - ‘Frankenstein’ - by @realgdt.bsky.social, an adaptation of ‘The Bride!’ (of Frankenstein) by Maggie Gyllenhaal … and of course our new book ‘Mary Shelley in Bath’. Bring on the Gothic 🖤 #booksky #frankenstein #maryshelley
February 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Brilliant piece discussing a new perspective on Mary Shelley's conception of 'Frankenstein', inspired by the new book 'Mary Shelley in Bath', published by @manderleypress.bsky.social and introduced by Fiona Sampson

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Frankenstein inspired by suicide of Mary Shelley’s half-sister, book reveals
New collection of author’s diary entries provides tragic insight
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Beyond thrilled to receive this beautiful book in the post today. I'm very proud to have played a small role in its publication! Mary Shelley in Bath, with an excellent introduction by the brilliant Fiona Sampson, is available at @manderleypress
January 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Some rather bewildered looking sheep at the end of the garden this morning
January 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
What a fabulous piece about a brilliant indie press!
December 23, 2024 at 2:14 PM
This is well worth a look
Delighted to be featured in today’s @theguardian.com celebrating our new collection of stories by Joan Aiken - Tales of London Town - and a century of the authors life and works! tinyurl.com/bddksrb5
December 21, 2024 at 2:59 PM
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Our very first pop up shop! Wishing you all a very pleasant festive evening. I will be at The Corner Gallery in south London with florentines and a glass of fizz to hand. Ready to chat books! Come join us if you live nearby!
December 13, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Book post! Just received 'Washington Square' by Henry James and introduced by Colm Tóibín, as well as these gorgeous bookmarks and postcards, all from the fabulous @manderleypress.bsky.social

Such a wonderful press devoted to publishing beautiful books about buildings and places. Check them out!
December 5, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Happy publication day to the brilliant Sand-Catcher by Omar Khalifah, translated by Barbara Romaine and published by the fabulous @coffeehousepress.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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You heard it here first! We are delighted to announce our first Christmas pop up bookshop - in London. Please join us for drinks, nibbles … and books! We’ll be at the fabulous Corner Galley, next door to Carshalton Beeches station, 7-9pm on 12th Dec 🎄📚
#booksky #london #popupbookshop
#christmas 💙📚
November 28, 2024 at 11:02 PM
A lovely scene to wake up to!
November 23, 2024 at 8:47 AM