Peepal Tree Press
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
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Publisher of Caribbean and Black British books. Proudly decolonising bookshelves since 1985.
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Join us this Thursday in Leeds at Next Chapter Books to celebrate the latest novel by
@amandasmythstories.bsky.social
and the upcoming collection by
@emilyzmarshall.bsky.social
. Tickets and information here:
www.nextchapterleeds.co.uk/events/p/pee...
Can't wait to see you there! ๐ฅฐ๐
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Jellybooks Ltd
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New from
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
'The Gift of Music and Song' Interviews with Jamaican Women Writers ๐ sample to peek insdie and share
www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...
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Sample of "The Gift of Music and Song"
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https://www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader/excerpts/the-gift-of-music-and-song_9781845236168-ex/L3Leb
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Join us this Thursday in Leeds at Next Chapter Books to celebrate the latest novel by
@amandasmythstories.bsky.social
and the upcoming collection by
@emilyzmarshall.bsky.social
. Tickets and information here:
www.nextchapterleeds.co.uk/events/p/pee...
Can't wait to see you there! ๐ฅฐ๐
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Guest blog:
#INSCRIBE
: Decoding the London Book Fair 2025: the digital progression of the publishing industry by Kimberly Azumah
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We are pleased to announce that Manzu Islam's Godzilla and the Song Bird has been longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards. Book lovers can also vote directly for the book in the Readers' Choice Awards as well!
www.peepaltreepress.com/blog/news-au...
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Bocas Lit Fest
2 months ago
Thanks to all who joined us at The Writers Centre for a lovely evening with
@amandasmythstories.bsky.social
, author of Look at You, who discussed her new novel-in-stories with Shivanee Ramlochan. More at:
facebook.com/share/p/15wa...
#bocas2025
@novelniche.bsky.social
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Fly on the Wall Press
3 months ago
Our Northern Publishers' Fair is back this Autumn! ๐ Sat 27th September, 11am-3:30pm
@manclibraries.bsky.social
โจ 16 publishers (and new agents table!) across all genres โจ Author book signings Perfect for readers, writers & literature lovers.
fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/87204...
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Monica Minott's latest book, Wandering Spirits of Exile, compiles
#conversations
with some of the
#musicians
,
#artists
and
#writers
creating new forms of
#BlackCreativity
to explore
#history
, individual
#ancestry
, and being
#Jamaican
in
#Britain
today.
www.peepaltreepress.com/books/wander...
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Wandering Spirits of Exile
Wandering Spirits of Exile by Monica Minott
https://www.peepaltreepress.com/books/wandering-spirits-exile
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John Robert Lee explores the sacred and the sacramental in poetry.
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Stewart Brown remembers seminal Caribbean publisher and writer Anne Walmsley (1931โ2025)
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Stewart Brown: A memory of THE Anne Walmsley | Peepal Tree Press
by Stewart BrownMervyn Morris, Anne Walmsley, James Berry, Stewart Brownย (London, c. mid-1990s)
https://www.peepaltreepress.com/blog/guest-bloggers/stewart-brown-memory-anne-walmsley
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Bocas Lit Fest
3 months ago
We're excited to welcome
#AmandaSmyth
to The Writers Centre to share from her new novel-in-stories, Look at You' and discuss the book with Shivanee Ramlochan. ๐๏ธSat 26 July ๐ 5.30 pm ๐The Writers Centre, 14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair โจFREE and open to all!
#bocas2025
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Coming 25 September 2025: The House in Bacolet by David Lambert Hugh and Julia want to โget involvedโ in the life of their new island home in Tobago โ little suspecting how much the past horrors of slavery, and their best intentions, will impact their lives.
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We have just signed two amazing new poetry books for 2026! These are returning members of the Peepal Tree family, so we know you'll all be pleased to see their latest work: * Riddled by Tanya Shirley * Before the Rain by Christine Craig
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Look at You is a powerful novel that follows its young narrator as she grows up between Trinidad, England, and Ireland. โA beautiful, moving, and cleverly structured collage of a novel.โ โ Neel Mukherjee โA remarkable novel.โ โ Monique Roffey More info:
www.peepaltreepress.com/books/look-a...
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Leeds Lit Fest
4 months ago
Many thanks Leeds Living for this great review of our Wild Women Writing the North event with
@emilyzmarshall.bsky.social
and
@rachelbower.bsky.social
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
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Leeds Lit Fest - Wild Women Writing the North | Leeds Living
As part of Leeds Lit Fest, โWild Woman Writing the Northโ brought together two distinctive literary voices for an evening gathering in an intimate corner of Hyde Park Book Club. The two writers, Rache...
https://leedsliving.co.uk/art-culture/leeds-lit-fest-wild-women-writing-the-north/
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ed public relations
5 months ago
Happy publication day to Amanda Smyth ๐
#LookAtYou
, a moving and beautifully written coming of age novel set in Trinidad, Yorkshire and Ireland! Out now, published by
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
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Jellybooks Ltd
6 months ago
New from
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
'Sweet Li Jie' by David Dabydeen In this book, two distant worlds converge: Wuhan Province in China and British Guiana. available from
@waterstones.bsky.social
๐ sample to peek inside and share
www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...
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Sample of "Sweet Li Jie" by David Dabydeen
Peek inside this book and discover another great read.
https://www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader/excerpts/sweet-li-jie_9781845236069-ex/beylb
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HopeRoad
7 months ago
Hello! We have joined
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
in the move over to Bluesky. Here's a sneak peek at our next four titles for all our friends over on this site! Small Boat is publishing April 23rd. Pre-order it here:
www.hoperoadpublishing.com
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Comma Press
8 months ago
What a lovely start to the day! ๐ฅณ Huge congrats to
@saraband-books.bsky.social
,
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
,
@flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
,
@carcanet.bsky.social
,
@uclanpublishing.bsky.social
,
@deadinkbooks.bsky.social
,
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
all the small press finalists up and down the UK!
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Poetry By Heart
8 months ago
We are sad to hear of the death of Velma Pollard.
#PoetryByHeart
had the good fortune to meet Velma at the Talk the Poem finals event UWI Mona. Sending love to our
#poetry
friends in Jamaica. Hear her poems thanks to
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
via Poetry Archive
poetryarchive.org/poet/velma-p...
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Velma Pollard - Poetry Archive
Velma Pollard was born in 1937. She grew up in Woodside, a rural Jamaican village, where her mother was a school teacher and her father was a farmer: their interest in the arts was to be one of the ma...
https://poetryarchive.org/poet/velma-pollard/
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