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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · Nov 16
Hello to all the new followers! I'm a startup indie publisher - a small fish in a huge publishing pond - and so I'm always looking for interesting ways to shine a spotlight on our books. I'm so proud to have published this mini stack, but I'm so excited about our new titles too📚 manderleypress.com
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“Once upon a time in Central Park, there was a garden. It was perched on a small hilltop and reached by high stone steps. It had flower beds blooming in spring, summer and autumn,
and a famous mulberry tree; and it was called the
Shakespeare Garden.”
- Helene Hanff, Letter from New York
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“Once upon a time in Central Park, there was a garden. It was perched on a small hilltop and reached by high stone steps. It had flower beds blooming in spring, summer and autumn, and a famous mulberry tree; and it was called the Shakespeare Garden.” - Helene Hanff, Letter from New York A photo of the book published by Manderley Press with a black and white illustration on the front cover of the author and her dog by Brice Eric Kaplan, with a bright yellow cloth spine against a pale grey background.
November 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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I was in #Whitby for the Literary Festival + visited the archives in the local museum to research the writer #StormJameson who we will republish next year. This ghoulish dried human hand (on display in the museum) points the way through the town. One can see why Bram Stoker’s #Dracula was set here!
I was in #Whitby for the Literary Festival + visited the archives in the local museum to research the writer #StormJameson who we will republish next year. This ghoulish dried human hand (on display in the museum) points the way through the town. One can see why Bram Stoker’s #Dracula was set here!
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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I drew this cover for WOMAN ALIVE from @manderleypress.bsky.social "A forgotten #sci-fi #dystopian classic, first published 90 years ago and now reissued with an introduction by Graham Norton". Preorder it now: www.manderleypress.com/shop/p/womanalive
The cover of the book WOMAN ALIVE by Susan Ertz. Illustrated with a drawing by Tom Gauld in shades of reds and pinks which shows a retro-futuristic city. In the arched door of a tall tower stands a female stick figure. Stairs lead down, through a layer of clouds to lower levels and tunnels from which a crowd of male stick figures emerges.
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Beautiful autumn light this morning. Perfect for photos of books with golden foil on the front when you want to capture the sparkle! ⚡️⚡️
(This is our new kid’s book - The Strange House by Raymond Briggs - introduced by @chrisriddell.bsky.social). I’m biased I know but it’s gorgeous… #booksky
The Strange house by Raymond Briggs – a rediscovered children’s classic published by Manderley press and introduced by Chris Riddell. This book is photographed outside in front of an autumnal tree and features a green cloth spine and an original illustration in chocolate brown on the front cover and copper foiled text too
November 3, 2025 at 9:18 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!
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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
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We are delighted and honoured to see our book Mary Shelley in Bath reviewed alongside the frighteningly fantastic Frankenstein by @realgdt.bsky.social in the latest edition of @nybooks.com. The perfect Halloween treat #booksky
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A review from the latest edition of the New York review of books featuring our title Mary Shelley in Bath published by Manderley press in London and Frankenstein the new film by Guillermo Del Toro A black poster with white text describing and promoting the latest film by Guillermo Del Toro - Frankenstein A stack of pink cloth spined editions of the Manderley Press title Mary Shelley in Bath, with a candle and a matching bookmark
October 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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This @manderleypress.bsky.social book is such a joy. Life-affirming escapism. I just spent 10 mins on Google Maps trying (& failing) to find a tiny alley off E 71st St that Hanff describes as a perfect English mews. Now I want to go to NYC to seek it out. There must/should be a map of Hanff spots🤔💡.
Shot of front cover of “Letters from New York” by Helene Hanff. It has a jaunty yellow spine and a line drawing of a woman with glasses walking a white scotty dog, with a backdrop of hedges/trees and NY skyscrapers. Screenshot from the book, Page 2 of 2: …..“blossoms and there was nobody to open the snapdragons; but more than that, she missed him. 'He was a lovely bumble bee,' she told me sadly. "The two of us worked out there together, we never bothered each other; we were companions.' Well, last week I was on her terrace one afternoon, and I don't know what made me ask, 'Did your bumble bee ever come back?' And Nina's mouth set in a disapproving line. 'His son was here this morning, she said. 'He's an ado-lescent, he has no manners. He kept flying in my face. And he dashed all over the place, from this flower to that, and then back to the first one. He hasn't any idea what he's doing!' 'He'll learn, I said. 'One day he'll be grown up and sedate, and you'll probably be sorry. Last year Nina's son, Claudie, was an adolescent. Now he's finished college, he's grown up and independent, hes joined the Marines and you have to call him Chuck.” Screenshot from the book, page 1 of 2: “This bafled me, because bird-watchers had persuaded me that birds are easily frightened. All year round when Im walking in the Park, singing or kicking leaves, I am shushed by bird-watchers who tiptoe up to a tree and stand looking up with out breathing, for fear of scaring the birds away. So I consulted Nina about this contradiction. 'Birds, said Nina judiciously, 'don't like bird-watchers. Birdwatchers stare at them, invading their privacy, so birds hide from them. Dogs pay no attention to the birds, so the birds like them.' I gotta tell you about Nina's bumble bee. Last year a bee came every day to pollinate her terrace. The old wooden terrace door had a hole in the top, and when the bee got tired he crawled into the hole and took a nap. But last fall Nina had a new door installed. And the next day the bee came and worked, and then looked for his nap hole. He searched more and more frantically for it, before he gave up and flew off. And this spring he didn't come back. Nina was inconsolable. Her orange tree had no”….
October 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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The spookiest of all the Manderley Press titles… If you need convincing just ask @realgdt.bsky.social - and check out his new film and special literary edition of Frankenstein at the same time - the perfect #Halloween treat! Special Gothic giftwrapping of this title at ManderleyPress.com
💙📚#bluesky
A copy of Mary Shelley in Bath introduced by Fiona Sampson and published by Manderley Press, 2025. A brightly coloured pink yellow orange and black book held by hand in front of three candles and a bowl of tangerines, photographed in a spooky Halloween style light. A copy of a Bluesky post by Guillermo Del Toro of the film director (Frankenstein) holding a copy of Mary Shelley in Bath, published by Manderley Press in 2025 and introduced by Fiona Sampson. A copy of a Bluesky post by Guillermo Del Toro of the film director’s (Frankenstein) model of Mary Shelley, writing with a copy of Mary Shelley in Bath on her desk, as published by Manderley Press in 2025 and introduced by Fiona Sampson.
October 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Ah autumn light - the perfect way to showcase the sparkly text on the front cover of our new book - The Strange House by Raymond Briggs. My daughter calls this design “goblin core” - do you agree? #autumn 💙📚#booksky
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October 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Posing with my favourite edition of my favourite book #rebecca by #daphnedumaurier - the inspiration behind #ManderleyPress and even though most Rebecca-named characters get a bad name in literature, I’m proud to be one of the clan! 💙📚#booksky
Rebeka Russell, publisher at Manderley Press, poses with her favourite edition of the novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. The cover is photo of an embroidered white linen fabric, upon which an R is featured prominently.
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Turns out the cat is mad keen for French novelists - in graphic novel format. I’m preparing for the forthcoming publication of the #GeorgeSand biography by @fionasampson.bsky.social - dear 💙📚#booksky readers - which book should I read first of this totally mesmerising 19th-century writer?
Manderley Press office mascot - aka Jeremy the cat - reading the graphic novelisation of the life and works of 19th-century French novelist George Sand. Paw outstretched.
October 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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The sheer joy of discovering a forgotten portrait of an author you're about to republish - by one of your favourite artists no less. There's nothing like it!
This is #SusanErtz by #Gluck from 1936. Dot-connections like this are one of the best parts of being a publisher 💙📚#booksky
A portrait of author Susan Ertz by Gluck, 1936
October 17, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Pretty much the exact view Mary Shelley would have had of Jacob's Ladder on the facade of Bath Abbey from her window as she wrote chapter 4 of #Frankenstein in 1816. Note the stone angels ascending and descending... @realgdt.bsky.social we can’t wait to see this played out on screen too! 💙📚#booksky
Pretty much the exact view Mary Shelley would have had of Jacob's Ladder on the facade of Bath Abbey from her window, as she wrote chapter 4 of #Frankenstein in 1816. Note the stone angels ascending and descending...
October 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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We celebrated Mary Shelley in Bath, in Bath itself! Thank you @fionasampson.bsky.social and @waterstonesbath.bsky.social for helping us to bring her words back to life. We can’t wait to see them resurrected on screen too - roll on #frankenstein by @realgdt.bsky.social later this month! 💙📚#booksky
A stack of books at Waterstones in Bath - Mary Shelley in Bath, introduced by Fiona Sampson and published by Manderley Press 2025.
October 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Imagine a perfect Venn diagram, with books, cats and science … at the very centre you’d find the one and only @tomgauld.bsky.social - which is why we are over the moon to announce that he has designed us a book cover. This is a teaser! Pop back for updates soon! 💙📚#booksky
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A digital portrait of illustrator, cartoonist and author Tom Gauld. A photographic portrait of illustrator, cartoonist and author Tom Gauld. A detail of a forthcoming book cover for Manderley Press, by illustrator, cartoonist and author Tom Gauld.
October 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Mmmm. Can you guess what colour spines we have planned for the next two Manderley Press titles? 📚🫶🌈 💙📚#booksky
A shelf of colourful Manderley Press books spine out in front of William Morris willow wallpaper.
October 5, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Calling all theatre lovers! We’re republishing Helene Hanff’s ‘Underfoot in Show Business’ - her WONDERFUL Broadway memoir - next year and want to reach out to fans of the author + musical theatre. Can you help us spread the word? More info👇
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Underfoot in Show Business by Helene Hanff Manderley Press Jean Hanff Korelitz Bruce Eric Kaplan — Manderley Press
The countless admirers of Helene Hanff’s 84, Charing Cross Road - and now Letter from New York too - will welcome this delightful account of her early days as a struggling writer on the edge of show b...
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October 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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It’s a grey day in London so we are planning some photo shoot arrangements of our books which we hope will add colour to the misty outdoors, from our lamplit desk straight to yours! 💙📚#booksky
A colourful stack of Manderley press books with their rainbow cloth spines.
October 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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“Whereas other chalk horses stand stiff and still on their hillsides, elegant, sometimes, but without any spark of life, the Uffington White Horse is magical; full of movement,
power and beauty.”
- Rosemary Sutcliff
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October 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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My piece in the Sunday Times about two early Raymond Briggs stories republished in one volume and the shaming incident which inspired them. @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
The delinquent childhood of Raymond Briggs, genius storyteller
The Strange House includes two early, rediscovered tales by the author of The Snowman
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September 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Raymond Briggs - junior criminal! I am beyond thrilled to point you in the direction of this awesome piece in the @thetimes.com all about our new book The Strange House. Publisher jumps for joy! Thank you @nicolettejones.bsky.social 💙📚#booksky
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September 29, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Playing around with the front cover to one of our 2026 titles ⚡️ If you loved reading 84, Charing Cross Road AND if you are a fan all things Broadway and New York then Underfoot in Show Business by Helene Hanff might be right up your street… 💙📚#booksky
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The front cover of underfoot in show business by Helene Hanff, a brand-new edition to be published in 2026 by Manderley press in london, introduced by Jean Hanff Korelitz and illustrated by Bruce Eric Kaplan. Featuring the author standing in front of a series of Broadway theatres holding a yellow dog and smiling.
September 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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ALL the best bookstores…
A photo of Joan Aiken’s Tales of London Town, a book with a bright green spine and a black-and-white sketch of a London square topped by a colorful rainbow, facing out on a bookstore shelf
September 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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I can't believe it's been a year since this came out... @manderleypress.bsky.social glorious Joan Aiken collection now seen in all the best bookshops... funny, scary AND with literary references!!! Tales of london Town
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September 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Seeing a book you created face out on a shelf in one of your favourite bookshops with a bookseller recommendation applied to the front cover… well that’s a publisher’s dream come true. Thank you to the Riverside Bookshop in London! 💙📚#booksky
Tales of London town by Joan Aiken, introduced by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, illustrated by Annabel Pearl, published by Manderley press 2024
September 25, 2025 at 6:26 AM