Peepal Tree Press
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Publisher of Caribbean and Black British books. Proudly decolonising bookshelves since 1985.
Happy publication day to RIDDLED by Tanya Shirley! RIDDLED is the prfound, and much-anticipated third collection from Jamaican poet Tanya Shirley. It explores illness, survival and resilience, balancing pain with beauty and care. Explore the collection now:
www.peepaltreepress.com/books/riddled
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The latest collection from Shara McCallum publishes today! Moving between Jamaica & museums of the world, BEHOLD gathers the voices & silences that shape our seeing: the labourers erased from the archive, children left behind, & quiet watchers in the gallery.
www.peepaltreepress.com/books/behold
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Bocas Lit Fest
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📣April’s Bocas Book Bulletin is here! Featuring new Caribbean releases, Bocas Lit Fest news, awards/prizes, and March bestsellers at
@paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social
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Declan O'Connor reads "Skeete's Bay, Barbados" from Elemental by John Robert Lee, produced for the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation. Directed by Matthew Thompson. "The sea rose angrily. It knew that freedom here was short."
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Declan O'Connor reads "Skeete's Bay, Barbados" by John Robert Lee
One always missed the turning, but found, in time
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/skeetes-bay-barbados
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HopeRoad
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2026 marks ten years of the Jhalak Prize! We're thrilled that Act Normal: Joy and Despair in Postcolonial Britain has been longlisted for the Prose Prize for this milestone year. ‘Terrific! Freewheeling, funny and rebellious’ - Irenosen Okojie Explore the longlist here:
www.jhalakprize.com
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Bocas Lit Fest
2 months ago
🙌Thanks to everyone who joined us at The Writers Centre to celebrate David Lambert's debut novel, ‘The House in Bacolet’. More:
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#bocas2026
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📢Join the Peepal Tree Press team as our Social Media Executive! Closing date: April 6th, full job description & how to apply below
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Bocas Lit Fest
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1/4 Books by fifteen authors with roots in eight territories have been shortlisted for the 2026 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature in three categories. Full details at
bocaslitfest.com/awards/ocm/
Sponsored by One Caribbean Media Limited
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Join Peepal Tree Press poet Emily Zobel Marshall (Other Wild, Bath of Herbs) and Leeds poets and DOMA board members Abdullah Adekola at Chapel FM Arts Centre, Seacroft for an afternoon creative writing workshop! 25th April - 2pm till early evening Ticket info coming soon
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Bocas Lit Fest
3 months ago
🙌Join us as we welcome David Lambert to The Writers Centre! 📖On Saturday 7th March, David will read from his debut novel ‘The House in Bacolet’, and discuss the book with author Ira Mathur. 🕠5.30 pm 📍14 Alcazar St. 🆓️FREE & open to all
#bocas2026
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Free Radicals, the 7th collection by John Kinsella published by Peepal Tree, is out today. For the vegan, anarchist, activist pacifist, poet the title of his poem ‘anti-islanding’ points to what this collection achieves. Explore the collection here:
www.peepaltreepress.com/books/free-r...
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The latest poetry collection Free Radicals by John Kinsella publishes February 5th. Including the poem 'I Refuse Chat GPT and It's Associates.' Pre-order the collection here:
www.peepaltreepress.com/books/free-r...
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4 months ago
If you love novels, especially novels that tell you about life in London (a unique place) do buy Ferdy Dennis’s latest novel
#ConcreteDreams
from the excellent
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
Here’s my review on the brilliant site
@writersmosaic.bsky.social
writersmosaic.org.uk/reviews/conc...
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Concrete Dreams | WritersMosaic Magazine
Max Farrar reviews Concrete Dreams by Ferdinand Dennis, a family saga that explores race, colourism, masculinity and British imperialism over generations.
https://writersmosaic.org.uk/reviews/concrete-dreams/
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John Robert Lee, author of After Poems, Psalms with Prime Minister of St. Lucia Philip J Pierre.
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'Smyth captures the beauty of the mundane, untangles complex human dynamics to reveal the love at its core, and writes with such an affection for her own history that the reader cannot help but be absorbed.' - Zimmer Magazine
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5 months ago
‘“For 12 years we did everything,” he says; typeset, printed, folded, bound, and made books on the premises.’ A brief history of
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
by
@nesrinemalik.bsky.social
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Illustrating the ‘postcolonial experience’: 40 years of Peepal Tree Press
As the publisher celebrates an important milestone, we chart its journey from an ‘expensive hobby’ to an international household name
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/03/illustrating-the-postcolonial-experience-40-years-of-peepal-tree-press?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Liam Bishop
5 months ago
Loving this long read in
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by
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on Leeds’s very own
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
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Illustrating the ‘postcolonial experience’: 40 years of Peepal Tree Press
As the publisher celebrates an important milestone, we chart its journey from an ‘expensive hobby’ to an international household name
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/03/illustrating-the-postcolonial-experience-40-years-of-peepal-tree-press
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'..a window into that transformative Peepal Tree treatment.' 🧡 Thank you to Nesrine Malik for her interview with founder Jeremy Poynting and Fiction Editor Jacob Ross featured in this week's The Long Wave for the Guardian
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Illustrating the ‘postcolonial experience’: 40 years of Peepal Tree Press
As the publisher celebrates an important milestone, we chart its journey from an ‘expensive hobby’ to an international household name
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/03/illustrating-the-postcolonial-experience-40-years-of-peepal-tree-press
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Comma Press
5 months ago
NFA WINTER SHOWCASE 📚⛄ 📅 TOMORROW @ 6:30pm 📍
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Join us at Blackwell's for a cosy evening of stories, mince pies and wine 🥧🍷
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Happy 40 years of Peepal Tree Press! Here are all our wonderful authors & teams celebrating four decades of publishing ❤️
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@inscribewriters.bsky.social
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Bocas Lit Fest
6 months ago
1/8 In celebration of the 40th anniversary of
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Andre Bagoo (he/him)
6 months ago
I’ll be joining
@bocaslitfest.bsky.social
‘s 40th anniversary celebration of
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
this week, reading from a Peepal Tree title that is especially meaningful to me. Which book shall I read from? There’s only one way to find out. Come on down.
#Bocas2025
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Poems on the Underground
6 months ago
yes- it's not back on the trains, but you can listen on our website
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This Month’s Poems
Days of November 2009 read by Sheenagh Pugh This month we feature our new Autumn Poems on the Underground which will be on London Underground and Overground trains through November. To mark Armisti…
https://poemsontheunderground.org/this-months-poems
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Look out for 'Barter' by Nii Ayikwei Parks from The Makings of You on your November commutes 👀
www.peepaltreepress.com/books/making...
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Bocas Lit Fest
6 months ago
📣November’s Bocas Book Bulletin is here! Featuring new Caribbean releases, upcoming events and workshops, awards & prizes, and October’s bestsellers at
@paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social
! Enjoy:
trinidadexpress.com/features/loc...
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📣The pioneering publishing house
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
turns 40 in 2025! Join us on Sat 8th Nov to celebrate with a special readings from five Peepal Tree authors: James Christopher Aboud, Andre Bagoo, Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné, J. Vijay Maharaj, and Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw.
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Happy publication day to Concrete Dreams by Ferdinand Dennis! 💙 Find your copy of the gripping story of Lucas Bostock, a Jamaican immigrant who arrives in 1950s London determined to succeed here:
www.peepaltreepress.com/books/concre...
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OTHER WILD this Saturday 11th with Emily Zobel Marshall, 2025 Bookshop Day Ambassador, at Waterstones Leeds. Chaired by Sai Murray, the event explores collection and the lives of errant women&creatures.
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Una McCormack
8 months ago
My lovely friend David Lambert’s first novel comes out tomorrow from
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
! So delighted for him!
www.peepaltreepress.com/books/house-...
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The House in Bacolet
The House in Bacolet by David Lambert
https://www.peepaltreepress.com/books/house-bacolet
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A. McKenzie
7 months ago
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its publication, STORIES FROM YARD has a new cover, new edition,
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#books
#stories
#writing
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#Caribbean
#reading
#readers
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#publishing
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7 months ago
Dear friends, big news:
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
have agreed to publish my second poetry collection titled ‘Rooms’‼️
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Dear friends, my new poetry manuscript has been accepted by
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Any poetry outlets interested in interviews, readings, submissions or commissions, let me know!
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Jellybooks Ltd
7 months ago
New from
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
'The Gift of Music and Song' Interviews with Jamaican Women Writers 📖 sample to peek insdie and share
www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...
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Sample of "The Gift of Music and Song"
Peek inside this book and discover another great read.
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! 🥰💙
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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!
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9 months ago
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Bocas Lit Fest
9 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
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Fly on the Wall Press
10 months ago
Our Northern Publishers' Fair is back this Autumn! 📅 Sat 27th September, 11am-3:30pm
@manclibraries.bsky.social
✨ 16 publishers (and new agents table!) across all genres ✨ 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
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#artists
and
#writers
creating new forms of
#BlackCreativity
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#history
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#ancestry
, and being
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#Britain
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Wandering Spirits of Exile
Wandering Spirits of Exile by Monica Minott
https://www.peepaltreepress.com/books/wandering-spirits-exile
10 months ago
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John Robert Lee explores the sacred and the sacramental in poetry.
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10 months ago
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Stewart Brown remembers seminal Caribbean publisher and writer Anne Walmsley (1931–2025)
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Stewart Brown: A memory of THE Anne Walmsley | Peepal Tree Press
by Stewart BrownMervyn Morris, Anne Walmsley, James Berry, Stewart Brown (London, c. mid-1990s)
https://www.peepaltreepress.com/blog/guest-bloggers/stewart-brown-memory-anne-walmsley
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10 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. 🗓️Sat 26 July 🕠5.30 pm 📍The Writers Centre, 14 Alcazar Street, St. Clair ✨FREE and open to all!
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Coming 25 September 2025: The House in Bacolet by David Lambert Hugh and Julia want to ‘get involved’ in the life of their new island home in Tobago — 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. “A beautiful, moving, and cleverly structured collage of a novel.” — Neel Mukherjee “A remarkable novel.” — Monique Roffey More info:
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Leeds Lit Fest
11 months ago
Many thanks Leeds Living for this great review of our Wild Women Writing the North event with
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Leeds Lit Fest - Wild Women Writing the North | Leeds Living
As part of Leeds Lit Fest, ‘Wild Woman Writing the North’ 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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Happy publication day to Amanda Smyth 👏
#LookAtYou
, a moving and beautifully written coming of age novel set in Trinidad, Yorkshire and Ireland! Out now, published by
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Jellybooks Ltd
about 1 year 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
📖 sample to peek inside and share
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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
about 1 year 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
about 1 year ago
What a lovely start to the day! 🥳 Huge congrats to
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@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
,
@flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
,
@carcanet.bsky.social
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@uclanpublishing.bsky.social
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@deadinkbooks.bsky.social
,
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
all the small press finalists up and down the UK!
add a skeleton here at some point
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