Random cover from my TBR pile:
The Cactus Grove by Michel Landa, translated by Edward Hyams (1960)
A French boy copes with an abusive father and a bullying older brother. Bought only because I spotted a copy on Flannery O'Connor's shelves in a photo.
#neglectedbooks
The Cactus Grove by Michel Landa, translated by Edward Hyams (1960)
A French boy copes with an abusive father and a bullying older brother. Bought only because I spotted a copy on Flannery O'Connor's shelves in a photo.
#neglectedbooks
January 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Random cover from my TBR pile:
The Cactus Grove by Michel Landa, translated by Edward Hyams (1960)
A French boy copes with an abusive father and a bullying older brother. Bought only because I spotted a copy on Flannery O'Connor's shelves in a photo.
#neglectedbooks
The Cactus Grove by Michel Landa, translated by Edward Hyams (1960)
A French boy copes with an abusive father and a bullying older brother. Bought only because I spotted a copy on Flannery O'Connor's shelves in a photo.
#neglectedbooks
Footage of Mrs. NeglectedBooks serving me breakfast each morning.
Actually, Fanny Brice and Robert Armstrong in Be Yourself! (1930). I'm fairly sure that Barbara Streisand never covered this tune.
Actually, Fanny Brice and Robert Armstrong in Be Yourself! (1930). I'm fairly sure that Barbara Streisand never covered this tune.
May 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Footage of Mrs. NeglectedBooks serving me breakfast each morning.
Actually, Fanny Brice and Robert Armstrong in Be Yourself! (1930). I'm fairly sure that Barbara Streisand never covered this tune.
Actually, Fanny Brice and Robert Armstrong in Be Yourself! (1930). I'm fairly sure that Barbara Streisand never covered this tune.
Random covers from my TBR pile:
Finding Out by Thomas Baird (1967)
Who defaced the Renoir the night before its grand unveiling? No, it wasn't climate change activists.
Baird was himself a museum curator who wrote a number of sophisticated social comedies set in the art world.
#neglectedbooks
Finding Out by Thomas Baird (1967)
Who defaced the Renoir the night before its grand unveiling? No, it wasn't climate change activists.
Baird was himself a museum curator who wrote a number of sophisticated social comedies set in the art world.
#neglectedbooks
January 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Random covers from my TBR pile:
Finding Out by Thomas Baird (1967)
Who defaced the Renoir the night before its grand unveiling? No, it wasn't climate change activists.
Baird was himself a museum curator who wrote a number of sophisticated social comedies set in the art world.
#neglectedbooks
Finding Out by Thomas Baird (1967)
Who defaced the Renoir the night before its grand unveiling? No, it wasn't climate change activists.
Baird was himself a museum curator who wrote a number of sophisticated social comedies set in the art world.
#neglectedbooks
Random cover from my TBR pile:
A Case in Madrid by Edmund Naughton (1973)
A direct-to-paperback novel by the author of McCabe, a fine novel & the basis of the classic Robert Altman film McCabe and Mrs. Miller. So ... is this a silk purse or a sow's ear?
#neglectedbooks
A Case in Madrid by Edmund Naughton (1973)
A direct-to-paperback novel by the author of McCabe, a fine novel & the basis of the classic Robert Altman film McCabe and Mrs. Miller. So ... is this a silk purse or a sow's ear?
#neglectedbooks
January 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Random cover from my TBR pile:
A Case in Madrid by Edmund Naughton (1973)
A direct-to-paperback novel by the author of McCabe, a fine novel & the basis of the classic Robert Altman film McCabe and Mrs. Miller. So ... is this a silk purse or a sow's ear?
#neglectedbooks
A Case in Madrid by Edmund Naughton (1973)
A direct-to-paperback novel by the author of McCabe, a fine novel & the basis of the classic Robert Altman film McCabe and Mrs. Miller. So ... is this a silk purse or a sow's ear?
#neglectedbooks
New on NeglectedBooks: Many Lives, One Love (1972), the memoirs of Fanny Butcher, the book editor of the Chicago Tribune for over 40 years. Though a committed enthusiast for books of all qualities, she could, on occasion, skewer one as "simply unbelievably terrible.”
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March 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
New on NeglectedBooks: Many Lives, One Love (1972), the memoirs of Fanny Butcher, the book editor of the Chicago Tribune for over 40 years. Though a committed enthusiast for books of all qualities, she could, on occasion, skewer one as "simply unbelievably terrible.”
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Random covers from my TBR pile:
Pick and Run by John Farrimond (1966)
A coal scavenger stumbles into the affairs of a Yorkshire gang.
Farrimond was an ex-miner who wrote 4-5 novels about life and crime in and around pit communities in the 1960s and 1970s.
#neglectedbooks
Pick and Run by John Farrimond (1966)
A coal scavenger stumbles into the affairs of a Yorkshire gang.
Farrimond was an ex-miner who wrote 4-5 novels about life and crime in and around pit communities in the 1960s and 1970s.
#neglectedbooks
January 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Random covers from my TBR pile:
Pick and Run by John Farrimond (1966)
A coal scavenger stumbles into the affairs of a Yorkshire gang.
Farrimond was an ex-miner who wrote 4-5 novels about life and crime in and around pit communities in the 1960s and 1970s.
#neglectedbooks
Pick and Run by John Farrimond (1966)
A coal scavenger stumbles into the affairs of a Yorkshire gang.
Farrimond was an ex-miner who wrote 4-5 novels about life and crime in and around pit communities in the 1960s and 1970s.
#neglectedbooks
Following up on this tweet, here's a thread with 10 Pre-Code movies and the novels they were adapted from.
#1. Show Girl (1928), starring Alice White.
Based on Show Girl (1928), the first of three Dixie Dugan movies by J. P. McEvoy.
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#1. Show Girl (1928), starring Alice White.
Based on Show Girl (1928), the first of three Dixie Dugan movies by J. P. McEvoy.
x.com/neglectedbooks...
August 25, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Following up on this tweet, here's a thread with 10 Pre-Code movies and the novels they were adapted from.
#1. Show Girl (1928), starring Alice White.
Based on Show Girl (1928), the first of three Dixie Dugan movies by J. P. McEvoy.
x.com/neglectedbooks...
#1. Show Girl (1928), starring Alice White.
Based on Show Girl (1928), the first of three Dixie Dugan movies by J. P. McEvoy.
x.com/neglectedbooks...
For any roadtrippers, cultural historians or people who want to get an insight into hitting the road in the 1960s, this is for you.
Reviewers can get in touch and I can organise a copy to be sent. (5)
#ethelmannin #anamericanjourney #roadtrips #neglectedbooks #boilerhousepress
Reviewers can get in touch and I can organise a copy to be sent. (5)
#ethelmannin #anamericanjourney #roadtrips #neglectedbooks #boilerhousepress
March 7, 2026 at 9:52 AM
For any roadtrippers, cultural historians or people who want to get an insight into hitting the road in the 1960s, this is for you.
Reviewers can get in touch and I can organise a copy to be sent. (5)
#ethelmannin #anamericanjourney #roadtrips #neglectedbooks #boilerhousepress
Reviewers can get in touch and I can organise a copy to be sent. (5)
#ethelmannin #anamericanjourney #roadtrips #neglectedbooks #boilerhousepress
Today on the blog I'm sharing my thoughts about the latest release from Recovered Books @neglectedbooks.com @bhousepress.bsky.social - the stunning "Makeshift" by Sarah Campion. More here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/h...
“Hunting for some anchor…” #makeshift @neglectedbooks @bhousepress
My last book for November is the latest title from one of my favourite indie imprints – Recovered Books from Boiler House Press. Since their first release of the magnificent “Gentleman …
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November 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Today on the blog I'm sharing my thoughts about the latest release from Recovered Books @neglectedbooks.com @bhousepress.bsky.social - the stunning "Makeshift" by Sarah Campion. More here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/h...
Just receive this book by Malachi Whitaker with an intro by Katya Taylor.
According to the New Statesman, it is ‘not an autobiography, not quite a journal, it combines in a most original way the qualities of both.’
Yes, please!
#boilerhousepress #neglectedbooks #MalachiWhitaker #KatyaTaylor
According to the New Statesman, it is ‘not an autobiography, not quite a journal, it combines in a most original way the qualities of both.’
Yes, please!
#boilerhousepress #neglectedbooks #MalachiWhitaker #KatyaTaylor
July 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Just receive this book by Malachi Whitaker with an intro by Katya Taylor.
According to the New Statesman, it is ‘not an autobiography, not quite a journal, it combines in a most original way the qualities of both.’
Yes, please!
#boilerhousepress #neglectedbooks #MalachiWhitaker #KatyaTaylor
According to the New Statesman, it is ‘not an autobiography, not quite a journal, it combines in a most original way the qualities of both.’
Yes, please!
#boilerhousepress #neglectedbooks #MalachiWhitaker #KatyaTaylor
You can read my initial thoughts on Makeshift on NeglectedBooks. I was only able to read this then extremely rare book thanks to the fact that it was available on @archive.org
Makeshift, by Sarah Campion (1940) – The Neglected Books Page
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November 9, 2025 at 3:35 AM
You can read my initial thoughts on Makeshift on NeglectedBooks. I was only able to read this then extremely rare book thanks to the fact that it was available on @archive.org
Click on the Boilerhouse Press post for details on how to order it. Out on May 31.
#roadtripping #greyhound #anamericanjourney #ethelmannin #literatureoftheroad #neglectedbooks #boilerhousepress
#roadtripping #greyhound #anamericanjourney #ethelmannin #literatureoftheroad #neglectedbooks #boilerhousepress
May 8, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Click on the Boilerhouse Press post for details on how to order it. Out on May 31.
#roadtripping #greyhound #anamericanjourney #ethelmannin #literatureoftheroad #neglectedbooks #boilerhousepress
#roadtripping #greyhound #anamericanjourney #ethelmannin #literatureoftheroad #neglectedbooks #boilerhousepress
Inviting a compare and contrast with the work of Jane Goodall ...
#FreedomToRead #NeglectedBooks #indiebookstores
#FreedomToRead #NeglectedBooks #indiebookstores
Seven years ago, I came across a strange novel about a woman who tries to raise a orangutan as a human. In 2020, with the help of @meandmybigmouth.bsky.social, Gertrude Trevelyan's Appius and Virginia saw print again after almost 90 years—and now her renaissance continues.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Inviting a compare and contrast with the work of Jane Goodall ...
#FreedomToRead #NeglectedBooks #indiebookstores
#FreedomToRead #NeglectedBooks #indiebookstores
Never underestimate the power of books 📖
Even neglected books. Actually, especially those.
It's like taking a daily walk around the block and one day discovering something you'd never seen before. Try it.
#bibliophile 💙📚
#neglectedbooks #indiebookstores #FreedomToRead
Even neglected books. Actually, especially those.
It's like taking a daily walk around the block and one day discovering something you'd never seen before. Try it.
#bibliophile 💙📚
#neglectedbooks #indiebookstores #FreedomToRead
You can find this interview with Nancy Pearl on YouTube. I'm so lucky to have such a wonderful person supporting the cause of rediscovering neglected books and writers.
July 7, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Never underestimate the power of books 📖
Even neglected books. Actually, especially those.
It's like taking a daily walk around the block and one day discovering something you'd never seen before. Try it.
#bibliophile 💙📚
#neglectedbooks #indiebookstores #FreedomToRead
Even neglected books. Actually, especially those.
It's like taking a daily walk around the block and one day discovering something you'd never seen before. Try it.
#bibliophile 💙📚
#neglectedbooks #indiebookstores #FreedomToRead
PS: Mentioned by Iain Sinclair in his intro to The Lowlife' is this out of print book from 1951 -- sounds great but clearly old copies are precious. Costs $57 on Amazon (just checking the price there).
#books #booksky #neglectedbooks
#books #booksky #neglectedbooks
April 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
PS: Mentioned by Iain Sinclair in his intro to The Lowlife' is this out of print book from 1951 -- sounds great but clearly old copies are precious. Costs $57 on Amazon (just checking the price there).
#books #booksky #neglectedbooks
#books #booksky #neglectedbooks
At 136 pages, Hans-Ulrich Treichel’s Lost is, as @neglectedbooks would put it, wafer thin; it’s also gorgeously trans by Carol Brown Janeway, w/a marvelous narrator & a plot perfect for book growing by
May 17, 2024 at 3:09 AM
At 136 pages, Hans-Ulrich Treichel’s Lost is, as @neglectedbooks would put it, wafer thin; it’s also gorgeously trans by Carol Brown Janeway, w/a marvelous narrator & a plot perfect for book growing by
My last review for #GermanLitMonth today, and it's of a remarkable and groundbreaking work by Else Jerusalem - Red House Alley, reprinted by @neglectedbooks.com #boilerhousepress #recoveredbooks - my thoughts here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/w...
“We rob these girls of their humanity and make them into slaves… #GermanLitMonth @neglectedbooks @bhousepress
My final read of the month is my fourth one for German Literature Month; I would have liked to have squeeze in more for that event, and *did* have a plan to spend time with a particular chunkster. …
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November 27, 2024 at 9:05 AM
My last review for #GermanLitMonth today, and it's of a remarkable and groundbreaking work by Else Jerusalem - Red House Alley, reprinted by @neglectedbooks.com #boilerhousepress #recoveredbooks - my thoughts here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/w...
Gertrude Trevelyan dies at age 38 from injuries suffered during the London Blitz.
#GertrudeTrevelyan #NeglectedBooks
#GertrudeTrevelyan #NeglectedBooks
This Friday, Boiler House Press will release William's Wife, its second reissue of a novel by Gertrude Trevelyan, easily the most unjustly neglected British woman novelist of the 1930s. I am passionate about bringing this woman's amazing work the recognition it so deeply deserves.
September 26, 2023 at 9:31 PM
Gertrude Trevelyan dies at age 38 from injuries suffered during the London Blitz.
#GertrudeTrevelyan #NeglectedBooks
#GertrudeTrevelyan #NeglectedBooks
You can follow editor@neglectedbooks on Eventbrite or subscribe to my email list on neglectedbooks.com
The Neglected Books Page
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September 7, 2023 at 7:44 PM
You can follow editor@neglectedbooks on Eventbrite or subscribe to my email list on neglectedbooks.com
PSA
"Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts" tells of how Virginia Faulkner turned the autobiography of notorious New York City madam Polly Adler into the 1950s bestseller "A House Is Not A Home."
#indiebookstores #NonFictionLife #NeglectedBooks
"Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts" tells of how Virginia Faulkner turned the autobiography of notorious New York City madam Polly Adler into the 1950s bestseller "A House Is Not A Home."
#indiebookstores #NonFictionLife #NeglectedBooks
I'm thrilled to have an excerpt from my book, Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts, published on LitHub. It tells of how Virginia turned the autobiography of notorious New York City madam Polly Adler into the 1950s bestseller A House Is Not A Home.
Virginia Faulkner: Writer, Editor and… Ghostwriter?
When Virginia Faulkner arrived at Grand Central Station aboard the Commodore train from Chicago on August 1, 1951, the composer Dana Suesse was there to greet her. The two women hadn’t seen each ot…
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January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
PSA
"Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts" tells of how Virginia Faulkner turned the autobiography of notorious New York City madam Polly Adler into the 1950s bestseller "A House Is Not A Home."
#indiebookstores #NonFictionLife #NeglectedBooks
"Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts" tells of how Virginia Faulkner turned the autobiography of notorious New York City madam Polly Adler into the 1950s bestseller "A House Is Not A Home."
#indiebookstores #NonFictionLife #NeglectedBooks
“And So Did I is an engrossing, often moving, beautifully written and contemplative work.” @kaggsy59.bsky.social offers an enthusiastic assessment of Malachi Whitaker's unique memoir, out today in the Recovered Books series from Boiler House Press. Available in the US from @asterismbooks.bsky.social
“Tea, like death, is a great leveller.” @neglectedbooks @bhousepress #malachiwhitaker
Over the last few years, I’ve been happy to champion the Recovered Books imprint from Boiler House Press; since their initial release, “Gentleman Overboard” in 2021, they’ve…
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September 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“And So Did I is an engrossing, often moving, beautifully written and contemplative work.” @kaggsy59.bsky.social offers an enthusiastic assessment of Malachi Whitaker's unique memoir, out today in the Recovered Books series from Boiler House Press. Available in the US from @asterismbooks.bsky.social
"Social media discussion platforms are acting as avenues that open up the landscape, that encourage us to discover the diversity of writers and perspectives that exists beyond the narrow and straight lines of the 'Western Canon.'"
#neglectedbooks
#neglectedbooks
September 13, 2023 at 2:30 PM
"Social media discussion platforms are acting as avenues that open up the landscape, that encourage us to discover the diversity of writers and perspectives that exists beyond the narrow and straight lines of the 'Western Canon.'"
#neglectedbooks
#neglectedbooks
"This long-neglected writer allowed the world—its politics, technologies and conflicts—to intrude on her books. Her rediscovery is perfectly timed."
#NeglectedBooks #indiebookstore #vintagebooks #books
#NeglectedBooks #indiebookstore #vintagebooks #books
I'm thrilled to see this article finally see the light of day. Oliver Soden provides the first comprehensive assessment of the work of Gertrude Trevelyan, whose novels we're proud to have reissued ("in handsome volumes") in the Recovered Books series from @bhousepress.bsky.social.
She wrote eight acclaimed novels in seven years. Then Gertrude Trevelyan disappeared completely from literary history.
Oliver Soden unravels one of literature’s greatest vanishing acts—and celebrates her return.
www.prospectmagazine...
Oliver Soden unravels one of literature’s greatest vanishing acts—and celebrates her return.
www.prospectmagazine...
July 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"This long-neglected writer allowed the world—its politics, technologies and conflicts—to intrude on her books. Her rediscovery is perfectly timed."
#NeglectedBooks #indiebookstore #vintagebooks #books
#NeglectedBooks #indiebookstore #vintagebooks #books
Some of my most memorable literary experiences have grown from neglected books by forgotten authors.
Take a chance and venture off the trodden path ...
#indiebookstore #neglectedbooks #reading
Take a chance and venture off the trodden path ...
#indiebookstore #neglectedbooks #reading
Passing Strangers, by Felix Riesenberg (1932). This is such a radical book. Economic exploitation, a terrorist bombing in Wall Street, breakdown of the established order. Felix Riesenberg was 53 and on his fifth career when he wrote it. Amazing book, amazing writer.
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August 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Some of my most memorable literary experiences have grown from neglected books by forgotten authors.
Take a chance and venture off the trodden path ...
#indiebookstore #neglectedbooks #reading
Take a chance and venture off the trodden path ...
#indiebookstore #neglectedbooks #reading