The most wonderful review by Neil Bartlett for @theguardian.com's BOTD on Madeleine Dunnigan's '[It will] speak to anyone who can remember how glorious – and dangerous – it once felt to find yourself in possession of a fully functioning heart.' Out THURSDAY! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

😍😍😍 I wanted to choose just one non-daunt book to cheer on bar our own EARTH 7 but goddamn this stack is too good, help:

You must be mistaken Marguerite Duras, from 'The Malady of Death', tr Barbara Bray

reprint of Hernan Diaz's Pultizer-finalist IN THE DISTANCE arriving at the warehouse tmrw, a book praised by the Sunday Times as ‘Like Huckleberry Finn written by Cormac McCarthy: an adventure story as well as a meditation on the meaning of home.’ cdauntbookspublishing.co.uk/book/in-the-...

Any event at Bàrd Books is a good time but the Debut Nights are especially fun - a lovely way for debuts to kick their campaigns off, and for readers to hear from THE hottest new writers:

Fatima Bhutto is on the @theguardian.com's podcast with @nosheeniqbal.bsky.social, on surviving an abusive relationship while in the public eye. We publish her memoir THE HOUR OF THE WOLF on 26 Feb: www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

Srimoyee Bagchi for the Telegraph India on Anuradha Roy's CALLED BY THE HILLS is a really wonderful review - beautiful, thoughtful articulation of what makes this memoir so special: www.telegraphindia.com/amp/books/rh...

ICYMI: Fatima Bhutto was in this weekend's @theguardian.com, ahead of the publication of her memoir THE HOUR OF THE WOLF. A beautiful storyteller and person, her warmth and courage shines out:

Fatima Bhutto THE HOUR OF THE WOLF @dauntbookspub.bsky.social with us in May. General online booking from today www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e... Meanwhile great article by @nosheeniqbal.bsky.social in yesterday's @theguardian.com #booksky www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

6 May Fatima Bhutto zooms in to talk about #TheHourOfTheWolf to @marigoldatkey.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social #booksky Festival tickets 1 Feb: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e... Meanwhile 🐕 👇

Proofs are really fun because essentially we don't have to get approval from anyone. We just send the designers the copy and... give them free rein... these are two of our summer novels and couldn't be more different ALTHOUGH, mind you, both have masculinity and belonging at their heart

Love that @seventydys.bsky.social extracts the serious core of Ashton Politanoff's 'Dad Had a Bad Day':

Lovely, thoughtful review of Fatima Bhutto's THE HOUR OF THE WOLF: 'Tender and insightful'. Out in the US tomorrow (!), out in the UK next month. 'The uplifting finale begs the question of what valuable lessons we could all learn from respecting, rather than ransacking, the natural world.'

'Charged with intimate undercurrents of both resentment and affection' - @keeblearin.bsky.social for the @financialtimes.com on Elisa Shua Dusapin's THE OLD FIRE (tr. Aneesa Abbas Higgins and out now, hooray!!) (I can v much recommend Helen of Nowhere too)

thought Mestra was yet another new imprint for a second there

Madeleine Dunnigan, author of Feb's debut JEAN, writing for @lithub.com.web.brid.gy on novels set in boarding schools: lithub.com/containment-...

NOOOOOOOO

Coincidentally, I had the honour to walk behind a beautiful ghost-horse of a borzoi just yesterday. Fatima Bhutto will be talking about The Hour of the Wolf over zoom on 06 May nb!

'well, ANYWAY' - come on, Atkey. No sloppy mistakes on the day, promise:

DREAM @thetimes.com review from @cecibrowning.bsky.social of Elisa Shua Dusapin's THE OLD FIRE (tr. Aneesa Abbas Higgins) - a pleasure to read. She GETS it!! www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

Sarah Moss in the @theguardian.com's The Books of My Life: 'All books change my mind, that’s what they are for. Recently @hystericalblkns.bsky.social’s Ordinary Notes altered the way I understand much of the world around me.' www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

TGI FRIDAY! Some bonus content from @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social of his interview with author of debut novel JEAN, Madeleine Dunnigan, and author @farah-ali.bsky.social

YES!!! This makes me so happy!! Come, fall in love with this wonderful book!! Thank you, @wearebookanista.bsky.social 🌎

This July, we publish @ashtonpolitanoff.bsky.social's DAD HAD A BAD DAY. Recently unemployed Ned spirals into an obsession with tennis, putting everything else in his life at risk. Darkly comic, increasingly unhinged, this is a brilliant exploration of sport and masculinity. Cover by Luke Bird.

❤️💙 beat the January dark nights!! 💙❤️

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Aspiring editors! Fancy joining our team? jobs.thebookseller.com/career/28558...

let the heat sink deep into your bones

I missed this gorgeous review by @westcamel.bsky.social back in Dec of Elisa Shua Dusapin's THE OLD FIRE (tr. Aneesa Abbas Higgins) for European Literary Network: 'A major piece of work that deserves repeated rereading to unpack each of its mythic items.' www.eurolitnetwork.com/rivetingrevi...

Lovely to see Madeleine Dunnigan's JEAN incl in @the-independent.com's round-up of books to look out for in 2026 (thank you, Daisy Lester!: www.independent.co.uk/extras/indyb...

'Tender, melancholic and evocative.' Lovely review of Elisa Shua Dusapin's new novel, THE OLD FIRE (tr. by Aneesa Abbas Higgins). Thank you, SBK and @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social ! THE OLD FIRE is out later this month and you can pre-order here dauntbookspublishing.co.uk/book/the-old...

thank you, @ellacreamer.bsky.social, for incl Madeleine Dunnigan's JEAN in your @theguardian.com round-up of 2026 debut novels! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...

We are looking to recruit a Rights & Contracts Assistant to provide administrative support to ensure the smooth running of the Rights and Contracts departments. This is an exciting opportunity to launch your publishing career. faber.co.uk/careers/rights-contracts-assistant/

Really exciting news - Two Lines Press publish amazing stuff

Our wonderful debut novelist Madeleine Dunnigan is on the Rippling Pages podcast with @farah-ali.bsky.social . I'm saving to listen to this weekend - I know it'll be a treat:

HEAVEN. If any of you are looking for a sunlight- and delight-filled novel over Christmas, you couldn't go far wrong with this (I bet you've all read it before but you never know)

OUTRAGEOUS stack of bangers!! Good *lord*. Honoured to see so many of our titles here - the company they are keeping is quite something. Particularly lovely to see LIFE WITH A STAR here, one that continues to tick along nicely but deserves many more readers:

THE ODD WOMAN AND THE CITY 'captures the rhythms and idiosyncrasies of this vibrant metropolis [NYC] in sharp, insightful prose ... Gornick is a delightful companion – smart, curious and ever-observant. If, like me, you enjoy exploring cities on foot... you will likely love this one.'

Searchlight Sets Taika Waititi To Direct Deb Olin Unferth Novel ‘Barn 8’ For Film deadline.com/2025/12/sear...

AND a personal favourite of mine (I love all our covers nb), Jack Smyth's for Claire Baglin's ON THE CLOCK (tr. Jordan Stump) was on the @lithub.com.web.brid.gy list too. Jack went totally off piste for this, the sly, wise genius lithub.com/the-173-best...

cheering from the rooftops for David Pearson (@typeasimage on insta), whose cover for our edition of Joe Brainard's I REMEMBER was TOP (?!?!) of the @lithub.com.web.brid.gy covers round-up of the year (my fave annual round-up, cannot wait to dig into it properly) lithub.com/the-173-best...

@debolinunferth.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social !!!

'Her valley is full of small details and quiet patterns, revealing the mountains as they are and the communities that anchor them in compassion and kindness.' Lovely review of Anuradha Roy's CALLED BY THE HILLS, which we publish in the UK in January:

In April 2026, we publish two novels by the Japanese author Nao-Cola Yamazaki, both exploring the beauty and pain of love. Don't Laugh... is tr. by Polly Barton, Beautiful Distance by Charlotte Goff. These gorgeous covers are designed by Luke Bird, with illustrations by Ryo Kaneyasu.

"If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more." Los Campesinos:

We will do any amount of self-harm to avoid seeing what our real problems are

Thrilled to announce that in July 2026, we are publishing the magical EARTH 7 by Deb Olin Unferth. A love story set against both a love letter to planet Earth, and a portrait of its slow demise, EARTH 7 is a novel for our times, and for all times dauntbookspublishing.co.uk/book/earth-7/