11th July 2025
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Joey Batey
The actor, musician and now novelist grapples with the complexities of social media, ego and fandom in an incisive debut. Katie Fraser reports
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Imprint Raven Books Publication 23rd October 2025 Formats HB (9781526676818, £16.99) EB (9781526676870, £11.89) Editor Therese Keating Agent Molly Jamieson, United Agents
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ebating the merits of pigeon carri- ers is not where I expected my conversation with actor, musician and novelist Joey Batey to go, but I find myself proudly declaring
my allegiance to wood pigeons over their city- dwelling counterparts. This avian tangent follows Batey’s disavowal of instant digital messaging during our discussion of the portrayal of social media and fandom in his propulsive debut, It’s Not a Cult. Batey is best known for playing the confident,
wistful bard Jaskier in Netflix’s The Witcher, adapted from Andrzej Sapkowski’s fantasy series of the same name. He is currently filming the fourth and final series of the show, which sees Liam Hemsworth step into the role of monster hunter Geralt, a part previously played by Henry Cavill. Batey is also one talented half of The Amazing Devil, an independent folk band he formed with Madeleine Hyland after university. Some may think Batey’s creative pursuits,
particularly his involvement in The Witcher, would necessitate a social media presence, but Batey’s online footprint is sparse. He even checks with me to see whether he has an Instagram page
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