Malachi Whitaker
@malachiwhitaker.bsky.social
Official account of all things Malachi Whitaker, Yorkshire author, born Bradford (1895-1976). Moderated by Whitaker's Literary Executor, Valerie Waterhouse (PhD researcher, Salford University. Winner of BIO Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship, 2025-6)
Karina Jakubowicz & Gerri Kimber discussing Gerri's new book: "Katherine Mansfield: A Hidden Life" at Waterstones, Hampstead. The book reveals new research, with academic John Wood, on Mansfield's love affair with "New Age" editor AR Orage @litcamb.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Karina Jakubowicz & Gerri Kimber discussing Gerri's new book: "Katherine Mansfield: A Hidden Life" at Waterstones, Hampstead. The book reveals new research, with academic John Wood, on Mansfield's love affair with "New Age" editor AR Orage @litcamb.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
Fascinating evening at Waterstones, Hampstead, hearing Gerri Kimber in conversation with Karina Jakubowicz & Elleke Boehmer on her new book: Katherine Mansfield: A Hidden Life. Much discussion about Mansfield's love affair with Yorkshireman AR Orage, editor of The New Age @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Fascinating evening at Waterstones, Hampstead, hearing Gerri Kimber in conversation with Karina Jakubowicz & Elleke Boehmer on her new book: Katherine Mansfield: A Hidden Life. Much discussion about Mansfield's love affair with Yorkshireman AR Orage, editor of The New Age @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
Sitting pretty. Malachi Whitaker's 1939 memoir "And So Did I", among classics including Tara Westover's "Educated" and Charlene White's "No Place Like Home". @waterstones.bsky.social Leeds, Albion Street.
@bhousepress.bsky.social
@neglectedbooks.com
@bhousepress.bsky.social
@neglectedbooks.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Sitting pretty. Malachi Whitaker's 1939 memoir "And So Did I", among classics including Tara Westover's "Educated" and Charlene White's "No Place Like Home". @waterstones.bsky.social Leeds, Albion Street.
@bhousepress.bsky.social
@neglectedbooks.com
@bhousepress.bsky.social
@neglectedbooks.com
Jane Austen. Jan Morris. Malachi Whitaker. Malachi's 1939 memoir "And So Did I" in great company under "Biography" at Leeds Waterstones on Albion Street. @waterstones.bsky.social @bhousepress.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Jane Austen. Jan Morris. Malachi Whitaker. Malachi's 1939 memoir "And So Did I" in great company under "Biography" at Leeds Waterstones on Albion Street. @waterstones.bsky.social @bhousepress.bsky.social
Still no copies of Malachi Whitaker's light dark n witty 1939 memoir, "And So Did I" on the dedicated stand at Waterstones in her home city of Bradford. On order apparently. Waiting patiently (with fingers crossed!) @bhousepress.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Still no copies of Malachi Whitaker's light dark n witty 1939 memoir, "And So Did I" on the dedicated stand at Waterstones in her home city of Bradford. On order apparently. Waiting patiently (with fingers crossed!) @bhousepress.bsky.social
It's done!
Thanks to everyone who came to the talk on Malachi Whitaker for @litcamb.bsky.social last night.
What a privilege to speak with such an engaged and interested audience.
Here, I'm discussing Malachi's story "Unleashed", set in her father's Bradford bookbindery
(Valerie Waterhouse)
Thanks to everyone who came to the talk on Malachi Whitaker for @litcamb.bsky.social last night.
What a privilege to speak with such an engaged and interested audience.
Here, I'm discussing Malachi's story "Unleashed", set in her father's Bradford bookbindery
(Valerie Waterhouse)
October 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
It's done!
Thanks to everyone who came to the talk on Malachi Whitaker for @litcamb.bsky.social last night.
What a privilege to speak with such an engaged and interested audience.
Here, I'm discussing Malachi's story "Unleashed", set in her father's Bradford bookbindery
(Valerie Waterhouse)
Thanks to everyone who came to the talk on Malachi Whitaker for @litcamb.bsky.social last night.
What a privilege to speak with such an engaged and interested audience.
Here, I'm discussing Malachi's story "Unleashed", set in her father's Bradford bookbindery
(Valerie Waterhouse)
Latest sighting of Malachi Whitaker's brilliant 1939 memoir, 'And So Did', at Grove Bookshop, Ilkley. (With a "Signed by the Author" label by her "ghostwriter", obviously!) 😜
@bhousepress.bsky.social
@bhousepress.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Latest sighting of Malachi Whitaker's brilliant 1939 memoir, 'And So Did', at Grove Bookshop, Ilkley. (With a "Signed by the Author" label by her "ghostwriter", obviously!) 😜
@bhousepress.bsky.social
@bhousepress.bsky.social
Signing copies of my Afterword in Malachi Whitaker's 1939 memoir 'And So Did I' yesterday @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social with Malachi's daughter Val Tordoff. Reprinted for the first time in 38 years by Recovered Books, Boiler House Press, University of East Anglia @bhousepress.bsky.social (Valerie)
October 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Signing copies of my Afterword in Malachi Whitaker's 1939 memoir 'And So Did I' yesterday @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social with Malachi's daughter Val Tordoff. Reprinted for the first time in 38 years by Recovered Books, Boiler House Press, University of East Anglia @bhousepress.bsky.social (Valerie)
Thanks to the 90+ people who came to the launch event for Malachi Whitaker's 1939 memoir, And So Did I @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social reprinted after 38 years by @bhousepress.bsky.social
Thanks for the great questions & for buying so many copies of our Malachi's marvellous book!
Thanks for the great questions & for buying so many copies of our Malachi's marvellous book!
October 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Thanks to the 90+ people who came to the launch event for Malachi Whitaker's 1939 memoir, And So Did I @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social reprinted after 38 years by @bhousepress.bsky.social
Thanks for the great questions & for buying so many copies of our Malachi's marvellous book!
Thanks for the great questions & for buying so many copies of our Malachi's marvellous book!
Two days at BBC Written Archives, Caversham Park, Reading, working with wonderful archivists to go through Malachi's contributions to The Listener in 1930s and 40s; and hunting for BBC Radio 4 scripts. BBC aired 50+ broadcasts of Malachi's stories but sadly, all correspondence seems to be lost.
October 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Two days at BBC Written Archives, Caversham Park, Reading, working with wonderful archivists to go through Malachi's contributions to The Listener in 1930s and 40s; and hunting for BBC Radio 4 scripts. BBC aired 50+ broadcasts of Malachi's stories but sadly, all correspondence seems to be lost.
October 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
We have LIFT OFF!!!
Bradford author Malachi Whitaker's 1939 light dark n witty 1939 memoir is relaunched by @bhousepress.bsky.social for the first time since the 1980s.
@bradford2025.co.uk
@bradfordtanda.bsky.social
@ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
With a big thanks to @neglectedbooks.com
Bradford author Malachi Whitaker's 1939 light dark n witty 1939 memoir is relaunched by @bhousepress.bsky.social for the first time since the 1980s.
@bradford2025.co.uk
@bradfordtanda.bsky.social
@ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
With a big thanks to @neglectedbooks.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
We have LIFT OFF!!!
Bradford author Malachi Whitaker's 1939 light dark n witty 1939 memoir is relaunched by @bhousepress.bsky.social for the first time since the 1980s.
@bradford2025.co.uk
@bradfordtanda.bsky.social
@ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
With a big thanks to @neglectedbooks.com
Bradford author Malachi Whitaker's 1939 light dark n witty 1939 memoir is relaunched by @bhousepress.bsky.social for the first time since the 1980s.
@bradford2025.co.uk
@bradfordtanda.bsky.social
@ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
With a big thanks to @neglectedbooks.com
"Life has been perfect in parts, and..I am and always shall be grateful and glad that I was ever born."
Malachi Whitaker, And So Did I, 1939.
Republished #OTD by @bhousepress after an absence of 38 years
Malachi Whitaker, And So Did I, 1939.
Republished #OTD by @bhousepress after an absence of 38 years
September 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
"Life has been perfect in parts, and..I am and always shall be grateful and glad that I was ever born."
Malachi Whitaker, And So Did I, 1939.
Republished #OTD by @bhousepress after an absence of 38 years
Malachi Whitaker, And So Did I, 1939.
Republished #OTD by @bhousepress after an absence of 38 years
Happy Birthday Malachi Whitaker! Born #OTD 130 years ago. 🎈 🎈 🎈
Let the 130th Birthday Celebrations commence! Still a few FREE tickets left for online launch of Malachi's 1939 memoir And So Did I on 14/10 @bhousepress.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Let the 130th Birthday Celebrations commence! Still a few FREE tickets left for online launch of Malachi's 1939 memoir And So Did I on 14/10 @bhousepress.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
September 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Happy Birthday Malachi Whitaker! Born #OTD 130 years ago. 🎈 🎈 🎈
Let the 130th Birthday Celebrations commence! Still a few FREE tickets left for online launch of Malachi's 1939 memoir And So Did I on 14/10 @bhousepress.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Let the 130th Birthday Celebrations commence! Still a few FREE tickets left for online launch of Malachi's 1939 memoir And So Did I on 14/10 @bhousepress.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Getting a bit boastie round 'ere but here goes ...
"Malachi in the News". A reel
Thanks @bhousepress.bsky.social
(Valerie)
www.instagram.com/reel/DOvjhAc...
"Malachi in the News". A reel
Thanks @bhousepress.bsky.social
(Valerie)
www.instagram.com/reel/DOvjhAc...
September 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Getting a bit boastie round 'ere but here goes ...
"Malachi in the News". A reel
Thanks @bhousepress.bsky.social
(Valerie)
www.instagram.com/reel/DOvjhAc...
"Malachi in the News". A reel
Thanks @bhousepress.bsky.social
(Valerie)
www.instagram.com/reel/DOvjhAc...
Malachi Whitaker Event at Ilkley Lit Fest is now SOLD OUT.
(Look out for Returns!)
Loving the ❤️ for our Malachi!
www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/40-va...
(Look out for Returns!)
Loving the ❤️ for our Malachi!
www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/40-va...
September 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Malachi Whitaker Event at Ilkley Lit Fest is now SOLD OUT.
(Look out for Returns!)
Loving the ❤️ for our Malachi!
www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/40-va...
(Look out for Returns!)
Loving the ❤️ for our Malachi!
www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/40-va...
Malachi Whitaker in Yorkshire Post.
Bigger than the King!
😂 😂 😂
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and...
@yorkshirepost.co.uk
Bigger than the King!
😂 😂 😂
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and...
@yorkshirepost.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Malachi Whitaker in Yorkshire Post.
Bigger than the King!
😂 😂 😂
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and...
@yorkshirepost.co.uk
Bigger than the King!
😂 😂 😂
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and...
@yorkshirepost.co.uk
The Malachi Whitaker event @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social is part of this year's "Soft Power Strand".
"From peacemakers to philosophers, writing to war games, discover the people and events you didn’t hear about in history class."
Book here:
www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/40-va...
"From peacemakers to philosophers, writing to war games, discover the people and events you didn’t hear about in history class."
Book here:
www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/40-va...
September 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The Malachi Whitaker event @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social is part of this year's "Soft Power Strand".
"From peacemakers to philosophers, writing to war games, discover the people and events you didn’t hear about in history class."
Book here:
www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/40-va...
"From peacemakers to philosophers, writing to war games, discover the people and events you didn’t hear about in history class."
Book here:
www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/40-va...
The latest clandestine pic of the dedicated Malachi Whitaker stand at Waterstones, Bradford, sent in by a fan.
@waterstones Bradford: We got eyes on you! 😎 😎 😎
PS: Wonder why Malachi is called by her birth name, 'Marjorie'? Well, it's not wrong!
@waterstones Bradford: We got eyes on you! 😎 😎 😎
PS: Wonder why Malachi is called by her birth name, 'Marjorie'? Well, it's not wrong!
August 31, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The latest clandestine pic of the dedicated Malachi Whitaker stand at Waterstones, Bradford, sent in by a fan.
@waterstones Bradford: We got eyes on you! 😎 😎 😎
PS: Wonder why Malachi is called by her birth name, 'Marjorie'? Well, it's not wrong!
@waterstones Bradford: We got eyes on you! 😎 😎 😎
PS: Wonder why Malachi is called by her birth name, 'Marjorie'? Well, it's not wrong!
Malachi Whitaker's Yorkshire
Tickets are now on sale for this event @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
Discover the people, places and events that inspired Malachi's 1939 memoir 'And So Did I'
New edition out 30 September @bhousepress.bsky.social
www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/40-va...
Tickets are now on sale for this event @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
Discover the people, places and events that inspired Malachi's 1939 memoir 'And So Did I'
New edition out 30 September @bhousepress.bsky.social
www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/40-va...
August 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Malachi Whitaker's Yorkshire
Tickets are now on sale for this event @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
Discover the people, places and events that inspired Malachi's 1939 memoir 'And So Did I'
New edition out 30 September @bhousepress.bsky.social
www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/40-va...
Tickets are now on sale for this event @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
Discover the people, places and events that inspired Malachi's 1939 memoir 'And So Did I'
New edition out 30 September @bhousepress.bsky.social
www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/40-va...
Thrilled to see the Italian translation of Gentleman Overboard by Herbert Clyde Lewis at Libreria Metamorfosi, Sondrio, Italy
The novel was rediscovered after 70 yrs by Brad Bigelow of @neglectedbooks.com Reprinted in English by @bhousepress.bsky.social
www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
The novel was rediscovered after 70 yrs by Brad Bigelow of @neglectedbooks.com Reprinted in English by @bhousepress.bsky.social
www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
August 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Thrilled to see the Italian translation of Gentleman Overboard by Herbert Clyde Lewis at Libreria Metamorfosi, Sondrio, Italy
The novel was rediscovered after 70 yrs by Brad Bigelow of @neglectedbooks.com Reprinted in English by @bhousepress.bsky.social
www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
The novel was rediscovered after 70 yrs by Brad Bigelow of @neglectedbooks.com Reprinted in English by @bhousepress.bsky.social
www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
"If being a provincial means loving with an unreasoning love a small patch of earth which I have always known, and being glad I was born on it, and hoping I shall die there, then I am a provincial."
Malachi Whitaker, 1939, And So Did I
www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/40-va...
Malachi Whitaker, 1939, And So Did I
www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/40-va...
August 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
"If being a provincial means loving with an unreasoning love a small patch of earth which I have always known, and being glad I was born on it, and hoping I shall die there, then I am a provincial."
Malachi Whitaker, 1939, And So Did I
www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/40-va...
Malachi Whitaker, 1939, And So Did I
www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/40-va...
she's helping (2)!
August 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
she's helping (2)!
Just out!
Malachi Whitaker event announced at Ilkley Lit Fest on 12/1O at 12 midday.
"Malachi Whitaker's Yorkshire."
Celebrating the first edition of Malachi's 1939 memoir, And So Did I, for 38 years!
@bhousepress.bsky.social
Bookings coming soon!
@ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
Malachi Whitaker event announced at Ilkley Lit Fest on 12/1O at 12 midday.
"Malachi Whitaker's Yorkshire."
Celebrating the first edition of Malachi's 1939 memoir, And So Did I, for 38 years!
@bhousepress.bsky.social
Bookings coming soon!
@ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Just out!
Malachi Whitaker event announced at Ilkley Lit Fest on 12/1O at 12 midday.
"Malachi Whitaker's Yorkshire."
Celebrating the first edition of Malachi's 1939 memoir, And So Did I, for 38 years!
@bhousepress.bsky.social
Bookings coming soon!
@ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
Malachi Whitaker event announced at Ilkley Lit Fest on 12/1O at 12 midday.
"Malachi Whitaker's Yorkshire."
Celebrating the first edition of Malachi's 1939 memoir, And So Did I, for 38 years!
@bhousepress.bsky.social
Bookings coming soon!
@ilkleylitfest.bsky.social