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A Long Way from Douala
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A Long Way from Douala

Max Lobe (Translated by Ros Schwartz)

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‘The sights, sounds and smells of modern Cameroon, this is in fact a classic road trip, a Homeric quest. A jostling, poignant tale, it left me hungry for more’ Michela Wrong, author Borderlines and It's Our Turn to Eat..


Important issues of violence, terrorism, homosexuality and migration feature in

A Long Way from Douala, the first publication in English of a work by Max Lobe, an important new voice in African writing.


Paperback £9.99 | Ebook £6.99


Coming in March

In The Company of Men: The Ebola Tales

Véronique Tadjo (Translated by the author in collaboration with John Cullen)

(Translated by the author in collaboration with John Cullen).

‘Brief and haunting, this makes for a timely testament to the destructive powers of pandemics’ Publishers Weekly

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In a series of moving snapshots, Véronique Tadjo illustrates the terrible extent of the Ebola epidemic: the doctor who tirelessly treats patients day after day in a sweltering tent, protected from the virus only by a plastic suit.


Paperback £9.99 | Ebook £6.99


In The Company of Men

Out 15th March 2021

Spring/Summer 2021

Jaipur Journals

Out 29th April 2021

Jaipur Journals

Namita Gokhale

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'There is no event more magical than the Jaipur Lit Fest. This book captures the magic’ Gloria Steinem


'Namita Gokhale's new novel is a literary laugh riot, which is sure to send the book world into a mad rush to unscramble who is who!’ Meena Kandasamy


Partly a love letter to one of the great literary shows on earth, partly a satire about the glittery set that throngs this literary venue year in year out, and partly an ode to the millions of aspiring writers who inhabit literary festivals, Jaipur Journals provides incisive insights into the heart of a literary festival.


Paperback £9.99 | Ebook £6.99

29 Locks

Out 24th June 2021

29 Locks

Nicola Garrard

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'Nicola Garrard finds and sustains a fresh voice, from inside a hazardous childhood world. Her characters are convincing and the development of her story original and satisfying. An impressive, accomplished debut'  Dr Lindsey Traub, Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize


A coming-of-age novel set in contemporary London and Hertfordshire. Fifteen-year-old Donald Leroy Samson is the son of an absentee St Lucian father and a drug-addicted English mother. When Donny’s bored, rich, white girlfriend Zoe is offered a dubious modelling audition, the couple ‘borrow’ a barge and navigate the 29 locks from Hertfordshire down into Kings Cross.


Paperback £8.99 | Ebook £6.99

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Four days, four events in England with the wonderful Max Lobe, author of DOES SNOW TURN A PERSON WHITE INSIDE?. Starting on the 20th, he will be visiting from Switzerland for events in London and Brighton. All event links in our bio and details below! 20th of February: A fabulous supper club with Afrori Books - your chance to meet Max, with only eight tickets available! 21st of February: In conversation at Afrori Books, with reading, signing, and Q&A. 22nd of February: Max is the special guest author at Polari in Heaven, London's award-winning LGBTQ+ literary salon. 23rd of February: Waterstones Gower Street will host Max and his translator Ros Schwartz, joined by bigblackbooks founder Jane Link. We hope to see you there!
Congratulations to Fatima Daas, whose novel The Last One (translated by Lara Vergnaud) has been longlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize 2023!
Fancy some early Christmas shopping? 🎊Because we think that DOES SNOW TURN A PERSON WHITE INSIDE? will make a great gift for all your book loving friends 🎁Check it out in the link in our bio!
Looking forward to the England game tomorrow? You should check out DREAM LIKE ME: South Asian Football Trailblazers and get to know some of the inspiring names behind the sport ⚽️ All the details in the link in our bio!
Tonight! @_manishatailor_ will be at @indiangymkhanafc in Osterley #Hounslow, touring #DreamLikeMe ⚽️ Still time to register, link in bio!
John Agard's fantastic first collection of adult fiction, INSPECTOR DREADLOCK HOLMES & Other Stories changes our view of who we are and where we come from. Find out more through the link in our bio.
🎉It's PUBLICATION DAY for INSPECTOR DREADLOCK HOLMES & Other Stories. Congratulations to John Agard for his first collection of adult fiction! You are in for a treat! Get your copy through the link in our bio!
Really looking forward to the Blog Tour for INSPECTOR DREADLOCK HOLMES & Other stories!
DOES SNOW TURN A PERSON WHITE INSIDE? The latest book from Max Lobe, author of the popular A LONG WAY FROM DOUALA, is being published on the 2nd of November 2022! You can find out more about this moving reflection on the immigrant experience through the link in our bio!
DREAM LIKE ME: South Asian Football Trailblazers profiles 42 inspiring individuals from South Asian backgrounds across a range of disciplines in football. Available now in paperback and Ebook! Find out more through the link in our bio!
In celebration of #blackhistorymonth now is a good a time as any to check out these amazing stories. You can find them all and more through the link in our bio!
It's PUBLICATION DAY for DREAM LIKE ME: South Asian Football Trailblazers. Congratulations to Manisha Tailor for this important book! Get your copy through the link in our bio!
The publication of DREAM LIKE ME: South Asian Football Trailblazers is only two days away! The author Manisha Tailor, MBE, is an Assistant Head of Coaching at QPR Football Club. She has a background in education and founded an organisation that uses football and education to engage with Black, Asian and Minority Groups. If you want to learn more about her fascinating personal history or her upcoming book, you can have a look through the link in our bio!
Hands up if you love the hardback edition of TWENY-EIGHT POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS: A Windrush Story as much as us! Order yours now through the link in our bio.
We are really looking forward to the upcoming publication of INSPECTOR DREADLOCK HOLMES & Other Stories, on the 20th of October 2022. A surreal and playful tongue-in-cheek collection of short stories that send up imperial myths. From award winning poet, John Agard. Find out more through the link in our bio
Looks like @_manishatailor_ is limbering up and getting ready for publication day of DREAM LIKE ME: South Asian Football Trailblazers on the 29th of September 💪 Pre-order now through the link in our bio!
Not that you need another reason to pick up a book, but it's #readabookday, so here are some of our suggestions! You can find them all and more through the link in our bio
Two of our recent authors, @nicolagarrard7 and Tony Fairweather. Check out their amazing books 29 LOCKS and TWENTY-EIGHT POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS: A Windrush Story through the link in our bio!
A brilliant event with Fatima Daas, with Shumona Sinha and Marjorie Lofti, at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival- on the complex facets of identity, and rejection of a single story! #thelastone #eibf
The Nicky Burkett series is full of humour, mystery, and style. It mixes without discrimination among diverse communities; it follows their speech patterns: cockney and Caribbean unite. It demonstrates the resilience in these communities, an ability to survive against all outside pressures and values. Find out more through the link in the bio
In the 16th Century Ottoman Empire where those of different regions and religions scarcely interact, an English boy and Songhai girl work together on adventures that bridge the mythical and the historical in this #youngadult three part series, with these ebook edition covers!
Yesterday marked the 75th anniversary since the partition of the Sub-Continent. In recognition of this, here are some of our titles from the region. #southasianheritagemonth
THE STRIKER SERIES makes for some great #YA summer holiday reads. Friendship, identity, perseverance, adventure and all things football ⚽️ Check it out through the link in our bio!
EXHUMATION tracks the story of author Leena Dhingra’s Great-uncle Madan Lal Dhingra, who was executed at Pentonville Prison in 1909. Part history, part memoir, this is also the story of Leena’s journey in coming to terms with this painful episode from her family’s past. #southasianheritagemonth
Celebrating South Asian Heritage Month! Here are some of our wonderful South Asian writers.
Schools out for the Summer! Keep busy with some of the great stories from our Young Adult collection 📚. Check out all our YA collection at the link in our bio!
In the lead up to the Summer ☀️holidays, now is the perfect time for our YA readers to get stuck in to THE CHRONICLES OF WILL RYDE & AWA MARYAM AL-JAMEEL Trilogy by @rehankhanauthor. Have a further look about the books at the link in our bio!
From inception to publication, it was great to see @jamesnunnart‘s process in creating the spectacular cover for Tony Fairweather's TWENTY-EIGHT POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS: A WINDRUSH STORY
We are so excited to be sharing the fresh cover for Manisha Tailor’s, YA book DREAM LIKE ME: SOUTH ASIAN FOOTBALL TRAILBLAZERS. Publication on 29/09/2022 🗓. You can check out all the information about the book through the link on our bio.
It was a great event at the Brixton Library 📚 where Tony Fairweather held a book reading, and talked about his novel TWENTY-EIGHT POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS: A WINDRUSH STORY. Also of course it was wonderful to see @nicolagarrard7 showing her support!!!
‘Riveting sensitive snapshots of inner-city London life’ THE BLACK & WHITE MUSEUM is a remarkable collection of short stories by Ferdinand Dennis, acclaimed author of DUPPY CONQUEROR. Have a look through the link in our bio👀.
It's been wonderful to see all the lovely and thoughtful reviews that came back from the blog tour ✒️for TWENTY-EIGHT POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS: A WINDRUSH STORY 🚢, so we thought we’d share a few. A huge thank you to @randomthingstours and to all those involved! 💫
It's the start of Summer 🌻and we can’t wait to spend it reading some great books in the sunshine🌞 ! If you're the same, here are some of our summer picks.
Happy Independent Bookshop Week Everyone! Shout out to all the remarkable Indie Bookshops that keep our shelves full! #indiebookshopweek
Happy #PrideMonth! Here are a few of our recent titles that cover some brilliant LGBTQ stories from across the world 🏳️‍🌈 Which of these titles are next on your list?📚
#EmpathyDay is here! This is a special & important celebration that explores how stories help children understand and share other people's perspectives. Find more information through @empathylabuk
‘It's a travesty that this novel has been erased from British and international literary history. It is just as relevant today as when it was published - perhaps even more so’ – @bidisha_online. Check out THE NOWHERE MAN, selected as part of the #BigJubileereads, this Jubilee weekend!
Wonderful, lively and very well deserved book launch for TWENTY-EIGHT POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS and Tony Fairweather, hosted at @brxhousetheatre! Big thanks to @sharronewallace for some great photos 📸
It’s finally publication day for TWENTY-EIGHT POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS: A WINDRUSH STORY!!!Big congratulations to Tony on his debut novel 💫 Get your copy through the link in our bio!
Really looking forward to the Blog Tour for TWENTY-EIGHT POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS: A WINDRUSH STORY. It’s being run by @randomthingstours and we just can’t wait to read all the reviews!
Publication week for TWENTY EIGHT POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS : A WINDRUSH STORY is kicking off in style! 🚢 Today the author Tony Fairweather went to sign pre-orders at the warehouse in Milton Keynes 📚🖊 Head to our website or your nearest bookshop to pick up a copy (with chances to get in signed in person coming up…!)
Tony Fairweather was born in South London, the son of Jamaican parents. He opened one of the first Black Bookshops in the UK. In 1989 he founded ‘The Write Thing’, an events company, which led to his working with a veritable Who’s Who of the Black literary world. Tony is the founder and curator of the Windrush Collection and the Windrush Exhibition of artefacts. He has now turned his attention to writing. Check out his book TWENTY-EIGHT POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS – coming on the 26th of May – pre-orders available through the link in our bio
They've arrived! Hardback copies of TWENTY-EIGHT POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS are here and looking beautiful!! We can't wait for this one to arrive in bookshops. Book reviewers and bloggers - please get in touch if you would like a copy!
Coming up - TWENTY-EIGHT POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS events tour! 🛳 Don't miss the chance to see Tony Fairweather talking about his brilliant debut novel, with artefacts from his Windrush Collection! Live and online events across London open for booking now - more info on our events page.
Happy Monday! Who else can feel summer coming? If you aren't by the sea, and wishing you were, we suggest picking up a copy of BRIGHTON FUNK, the brilliant debut of @NawrasNofel 🌞🎢 A coming of age story, set in 70s Brighton, and brilliant choice for YA readers (of all ages!) More info on our website!
Who is reading THE NOWHERE MAN by Kamala Markandaya for the #BigJubileeRead? 🙋 'Generations of readers lost out on reading this gem. Now I hope it will take its rightful place in literary history.' – @bernardineevaristo . Find out more about the campaign and the wonderful books on the list from @readingagency , @bbcarts & @aceagrams
The motives and back-stories of the West Indian people who boarded the HMT Empire Windrush is a key part of the story, but one that has never been fully told. This powerful narrative reveals what happened on board that ship, which was packed with young, excited people who had never before left their parents, their parishes – let alone their islands… On 26 May we publish TWENTY-EIGHT POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS: A WINDRUSH STORY by Tony Fairweather, founder of The Write Thing and founder and curator of the Windrush Collection. 🚢 Pre-orders available now, through link in bio 🚢
We’re thrilled that THE NOWHERE MAN by Kamala Markandaya has been selected for the #BigJubileeRead! This national campaign from @readingagency, @bbcarts and @aceagrams coincides with Her Majesty The Queen’s #PlatinumJubilee. THE NOWHERE MAN is one of seventy titles chosen by an expert panel that will introduce you to a brilliant selection of authors and books. Discover the full list at bbc.co.uk/arts Head to your local library or bookshop to get your copy now, and if your reading group wants to join in the celebration, resources are available at readinggroups.org
With this bank holiday sunshine ☀️ it’s surely the perfect setting to get stuck into our latest release BRIGHTON FUNK! Available via our website
Missed Fatima Daas in conversation with Diyora Shadijanova at the French Institute in London last month? You can catch it here https://youtu.be/jwX58artzqQ 📺 Signed copies of the last one available at Foyles Charing Cross, as well as many of our favourite indies in London, Edinburgh and Glasgow !
With the final part of @rehankhanauthor’s trilogy newly published, it's the perfect time to lose yourself in The Chronicles of Will Ryde & Awa Maryam Al-Jameel!
The motives and back-stories of these West Indian people is a key part of the Windrush story, one that has never been fully told... On 26 May we publish Twenty-Eight Pounds Ten Shillings: A Windrush Story by Tony Fairweather with a foreword by @vernon_patrick. Pre-orders available now via our website!
'I cannot pretend literature can change the world. But it can make a change in people’s minds.' – Max Lobe, interviewed by Ellen Addis in Africa in Words! We are very excited to be bringing you a second novel by @max_lobe1 this August. Pre-order Max's high-altitude romance, DOES SNOW TURN A PERSON WHITE INSIDE, tr by @rosschwartz .
In search of something new for Young Adult readers this Easter holidays? ☀️📚Look no further - we've fabulous debuts from @nofelnawras and @nicolagarrard7 , as well at the final part of @rehankhanauthor‘s Chronicles of Will Ryde & Awa Maryam Al-Jameel! Find our full YA list at the link in our bio - and drop us a message if you'd like help choosing!
Happy publication day to the one and only BRIGHTON FUNK! We can't wait for you to read @nofelnawras’s brilliant YA debut! To celebrate, here's a new blog by Nofel, on the mystery of writing. www.hoperoadpublishing.com/look-up 🎈🎊🎇
Great to see Tony Fairweather’s upcoming book TWENTY-EIGHT POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS in the hands of some familiar faces 👀 Twenty-Eight Pounds Ten Shillings: A Windrush Story is being released on the 26th May 2022 and we can’t wait!
Good morning 🌞🌱 A glorious day to lose yourself in the third and final part of the adventures of Will Ryde and Awa Maryam Al-Jameel! A DEMON'S TOUCH by @rehankhanauthor is available now in shops or direct from us!
Happy St Patrick’s Day everyone! A day as fine as any to learn about the story of the Connaught Rangers, through the immersive storytelling of Cauvery Madhavan’s THE TAINTED 🍀🇮🇪🇮🇳
📚✨Time for another look ahead! Here are the brilliant titles that we'll be bringing your way this Spring... ✨📚 🌞First up is @NawrasNofel 's coming of age story in 1970s Brighton #BrightonFunk #YA 🕵🏾‍♂️In April a tongue in cheek collection of short stories by awarded poet & performer John Agard #DreadlockHolmesandOtherStories 🛳In May comesTony Fairweather's story of the passengers and happenings on board the HMT Empire Windrush #TwentyEightPoundsTenShillings #windrush Head to our website to show your support for these books with a pre-order!
Wonderful having Fatima Daas in London and signing off her trip with a tour through some of London’s loveliest bookshops! #iwd22 #thelastone
🎊Happy International Women's Day everyone! 🎊 ☄️Here are just some of our recent books written by inspirational women across the globe ☄️ #iwd2022 #internationalwomensday
It’s been amazing to see Fatima Daas signing books in Edinburgh, including the brilliant @portybooks! Fatima will be speaking at @afglasgow tonight, and @ifru_london tomorrow (tickets still available!) 📸@portybooks
This Wednesday! Join us for an online launch event for THE BLACK AND WHITE MUSEUM, with author Ferdinand Dennis and @renaissanceone! Expect readings, conversation with Melanie Abrahams and special guest Yvonne Brewster, as well as an audience Q&A: Tickets (FREE) here: ⁠ ⁠ https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-black-and-white-museum-by-ferdinand-dennis-tickets-262021793237⁠
"Rarely have I read a novel about identity that demands its readers sit with contradictions & complexity this much. The main character’s identity is a mosaic made of pieces that don’t fit together, & that aren’t made to fit together.' – Sophie Marie Niang⁠ ⁠ Thank you Sophie Marie Niang and Bad Form Review for this BRILLIANT interview of Fatima Daas! Fatima's novel THE LAST ONE, tr by Lara Vergnaud can be found here: ⁠ https://www.badformreview.com/read/ja3"
✨🙌🏿📚 We're over the moon to see 29 LOCKS, Nicola Garrard’s YA debut, long-listed for the Branford Boase award!📚🙌🏿✨Congratulations Nicola! #BBA22 #BranfordBoaseAward #TeamDonny
‘The Last One was published in French in 2020 and has been showered with accolades and prizes. I hope it will meet a similar reception in its English translation, as we push against pigeonholing and towards a reclamation of all the many things we are and can be.’ Thank you @sabrinamahfouz for this brilliant review of THE LAST ONE by Fatima Daas, tr by Lara Vergnaud, featured in this weekend’s @guardian! THE LAST ONE publishes this Thursday ✨
‘I wanted to write a story that belonged both to me and to other people; all the events I wrote about were distorted and transformed, with the goal of blurring the lines between autobiography and autofiction; of experimenting, having fun with it’ Today in @englishpen_, read Fatima Daas on names, translated by Lara Vergnaud. Link in bio. Fatima’s debut THE LAST ONE publishes 27/01!
Great to see Tariq Mehmod’s YOU'RE NOT PROPER in brilliant company for @nwnnewwritingnorth #BalancetheBooks project!
Wondering what we've in store over next few months? Our Winter-Spring catalogue is now available, with details of the wonderful books starting our year ✨📚✨ ➡️link in bio!
Anyone else in need of some January escapism? Max Lobe's riotous road trip novel, A LONG WAY FROM DOUALA, tr by Ros Dchwartz might be just the ticket 🎫🚍🌞
✨Happy New Year everyone! Great to be starting the year with THE LAST ONE by Fatima Daas, tr by Lara Vergnaud, listed in @guardian’s 2022 highlights! ✨ THE LAST ONE publishes on 27 January, and is available to preorder now (link in bio)
Our sparkling titles of 2021! Thanks to all our wonderful authors, translators, editors, designers and readers! ✨ The HopeRoad office will be closed between 23rd December - 3rd January, ahead of a busy year in 2022! 🎇 Wishing all of you a happy and restorative festive season! 🎄
THE BLACK AND WHITE MUSEUM by Ferdinand Dennis is @guardian’s Book of The Day! Brilliant review by Maya Jaggi, setting these ‘elegiac snapshots with their subtle epiphanies' in the context of the author’s wider work. 🌃
'The words read: Give your family a perfect Christmas.' Today in @thelondonmagazine read 'Christmas Fire' one of Ferdinand Dennis's early short-stories, to be published for the first time in THE BLACK AND WHITE MUSEUM. Link in bio!
Looking for a Christmas present for the teen in your life? 🎁 We‘re thrilled to see Nicola Garrard’s YA debut #29LOCKS listed as one of Suzi Feay’s 5 must-reads on 2021 in the Financial Times this weekend! 🌟 Available from your local bookshop or direct from us!
In anticipation of Ferdinand Dennis's THE BLACK AND WHITE MUSEUM, which we publish in 1 week, here is a✨NEW BLOG ✨in which the author observes the reawakening of London post-lockdowns, reflecting on the changes to the city over the last year... and the return to normal life 🌆🌃 Link in bio!
Only 2 weeks until we publish THE BLACK AND WHITE MUSEUM, the much anticipated short story collection from Ferdinand Dennis! Keep your eyes peeled for a preview of the book, and a blogpost by the author 👀... and keep those pre-orders coming! 📬
It's been a busy fortnight for Nicola Garrard! We love seeing students respond to #29LOCKS – so much that we have a new page on our website for school visits! Take a look – and feel free to get in touch to arrange a visit at your school!
Only one day to go until our online launch party for Leena Dhingra's EXHUMATION, with guests @bidisha__online and Victoria Brittain, in collaboration with @renaissanceone 🎉🎉🎉 Join us at 7 this Wednesday - ticket link in bio!
Wonderful to see @max_lobe1's A LONG WAY FROM DOUALA tr by @rosschwartz, piled high in brilliant company at Foyles Charing X this weekend! 📚Thank you fabulous @foylesforbooks booksellers!
1 month until we publish THE BLACK AND WHITE MUSEUM by Ferdinand Dennis!🌃 A collection of short stories spanning the emotional drama of faded love, the loss of individual and shared memory and the wistful longing for home. Pre-orders available now!
Enjoyed Ferdinand Dennis's DUPPY CONQUEROR? Pre-orders are now available for the author's latest collection of short stories, coming in December! 'An elegant writer, both in fiction and non-fiction, who deftly weaves the tales of the diaspora into his work' – Gary Younge
We're very excited to be back with @renaissanceone for an online launch of Leena Dhingra’s EXHUMATION: The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra. Join us on 10/11, where Leena will be in conversation with @bidisha__online & Victoria Brittain on her unraveling of family secrets, and the dark legacy of colonialism. Ticket link in bio!
Brilliant event at Nantwich Bookshop last Friday, with Leena Dhingra discussing and signing her recently published EXHUMATION: The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra 📚🎉 Keep your eyes peeled for news of another exciting event with @renaissanceone later this week! 📬
Looking for a Halloween read with a twist? Look no further than DUPPY CONQUEROR by Ferdinand Dennis 👻 'Nothing less than a history of the twentieth-century, seen through Afro-Caribbean spectacles’ - Guardian Served with a hearty helping of spine-chills for spooky season! December brings a new offering from the acclaimed author of DUPPY CONQUEROR! THE BLACK AND WHITE MUSEUM is a collection of short stories that powerfully portray the black presence in post-Windrush London, with its hurtling gentrification and everyday racism. See our website for more!
One week on and we’re still on a high from the open air launch of Nicola Garrard’s 29 LOCKS! We thought we’d treat you to a reading from the event, on canals... in more ways than one!
Over the moon to see Young Adult books by HopeRoad authors @petekalu, Tariq Mehmood and @nicolagarrard7 feature on the brilliant new #FreeToBeMe reading guide by @kidsbooksirel 📚💥
A really special evening celebrating 29 LOCKS by @nicolagarrard7 on the Regent’s Canal! 🎉 Our first in person event since 2018, and it couldn’t have been in a better spot than @word_on_the_water! A huge thanks to all who came and chased the rain away! ☂️ Highlights included meeting our talented illustrator @oliviahopeanthony as well as her model for the book cover, brilliant readings by @nicolagarrard7 and live music🎷
Tomorrow we publish 29 LOCKS by @nicolagarrard7 ! Join us at @word_on_the_water - London’s bookbarge on the Regent's Canal, at 5pm on Thursday 30th, to celebrate this 💥 YA debut with the author! Free event, no need to book. Here’s hoping for some sunshine! 🤞🏾
Join us next Thursday on the Regent’s Canal, for the launch of 29 LOCKS, Nicola Garrard’s stunning YA debut, at Word on the Water in Coal Drops Yard. Expect readings, book signing, audience Q&A, a glass or two... and perhaps a little music. No need to book – just turn up! We can’t wait to see you for our first in-person event since 2020!
It's September – publication month for Nicola Garrard’s show-stopping YA debut, 29 LOCKS! We can't sing enough praises for this book, so here's some reviews from our readers... and the wonderful author with her box of books 📚📦
‘A gripping story... Véronique Tadjo’s book is an all-too-resonant parable for our time' Thrilled to see @veroniquetadjo’s IN THE COMPANY OF MEN listed in Harper’s Bazaar best books of 2021! #readWIT
Fighting those end of summer blues, or on the hunt for that last beach read? Namita Gokhale’s JAIPUR JOURNALS strikes the perfect balance of sweetness and sting – the perfect tonic for a grey August! 🌞📚
Join the fabulous Leena Dhingra in raising a glass to her newly published EXHUMATION 🎉🥂 More info here: https://www.hoperoadpublishing.com/authors/leena-dhingra
Congratulations to Leena Dhingra on publication day of EXHUMATION: the Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra 🎊🥂 'A brave story about yesterday that is supremely relevant to us today' – Ahdaf Soueif Available to order direct from us, or at your favourite local bookshop!
"What are you reading this Women in Translation Month? #WITMonth We're so proud to publish brilliant translated fiction by female authors, from Anna Banti’s rediscovered classic, ARTEMISIA, to Véronique Tadjo’s parable for our times, IN THE COMPANY OF MEN: THE EBOLA TALES.
2 weeks to go until we publish Leena Dhingra's EXHUMATION: The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra. As she unravels the buried history of her great uncle this is also the story of Leena’s journey to come to terms with this painful episode from her family’s past. Don’t miss the chance to see Leena speak with Kishwar Desai as part of #SouthAisianHeritageMonth. Link in bio!
Can't decide on your next summer read? Head to our website to enjoy a taste of new books by Cauvery Madhavan, Max Lobe, Véronique Tadjo, Namita Gokhale and Ferdinand Dennis with sample chapters hand selected by the author.
School's out for summer 🌞☔️ We've a fabulous selection of stories for young adult readers, whether or not you're going away this year. Plus head to our YouTube to enjoy brilliant readings from some of our latest YA titles!
‘Being a north African woman, but also French, the only member of the family born in France. Being lesbian, being Muslim....It was almost a luxury for me, through fiction, to make all those identities coexist in my central character.' Fatima Daas in Guardian books this weekend. Swipe for a taste of her interview and head to the Guardian for more. Small Axes will publish The Last One by Fatima Daas in January 2022 - watch this space! Photo © Olivier Roller
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