☀️ Poetry Summer Sale! ☀️ To celebrate the publication of our new collections Before the Rain and The Impossibility of Nothingness, we’re running a poetry summer sale - until Monday 6th July, enjoy 40% off all poetry titles on our website! www.peepaltreepress.com

I finally checked out Bruce Cayonne’s The Sign Man Exhibition at Big Black Box today. Pictured here alongside fete signs in the show is PITCH LAKE, my third collection of poems, published in 2017 featuring a cover designed by Bruce & now available 40% off from @peepaltreepress.bsky.social

This weeks episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way is with the wonderful Shauna M. Morgan. We spoke about Indo-Jamaican identity, prose vs prose poetry, and her debut collection Ground Provisions published by @peepaltreepress.bsky.social

The penultimate episode of series 6 (can you believe it!). I had a wonderful conversation with Shara McCallum about being brought up Rastafarian, the ethics of art, and writing short prose that isn’t prose poetry. Listen wherever good podcasts can be heard. @peepaltreepress.bsky.social

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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

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

📣April’s Bocas Book Bulletin is here! Featuring new Caribbean releases, Bocas Lit Fest news, awards/prizes, and March bestsellers at @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social! trinidadexpress.com/features/loc... #bocas2026 @peepaltreepress.bsky.social @jacarandabooks.bsky.social

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." www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/skeete...

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

🙌Thanks to everyone who joined us at The Writers Centre to celebrate David Lambert's debut novel, ‘The House in Bacolet’. More: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Dmu... #bocas2026 @peepaltreepress.bsky.social

📢Join the Peepal Tree Press team as our Social Media Executive! Closing date: April 6th, full job description & how to apply below www.peepaltreepress.com/blog/whappen... @inpressbooks.bsky.social

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 #bocas2026 .../2

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 @emilyzmarshall.bsky.social

🙌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 @peepaltreepress.bsky.social @iramathur19.bsky.social

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...

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... @inpressbooks.bsky.social

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...

John Robert Lee, author of After Poems, Psalms with Prime Minister of St. Lucia Philip J Pierre. www.peepaltreepress.com/books/after-...

'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 www.peepaltreepress.com/books/look-a... @amandasmythstories.bsky.social

‘“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 in @theguardian.com

Loving this long read in @theguardian.com by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social on Leeds’s very own @peepaltreepress.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...

'..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 @inpressbooks.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...

NFA WINTER SHOWCASE 📚⛄ 📅 TOMORROW @ 6:30pm 📍 @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f... Join us at Blackwell's for a cosy evening of stories, mince pies and wine 🥧🍷

Happy 40 years of Peepal Tree Press! Here are all our wonderful authors & teams celebrating four decades of publishing ❤️ @inpressbooks.bsky.social @inscribewriters.bsky.social

1/8 In celebration of the 40th anniversary of @peepaltreepress.bsky.social, a leading publisher of Caribbean literature, @bocaslitfest.bsky.social marked the literary milestone with a special event featuring 5 Peepal Tree authors. Each read from a Peepal Tree title especially meaningful to them.../2

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 #PeepalTreePress

yes- it's not back on the trains, but you can listen on our website poemsontheunderground.org/this-months-...

Look out for 'Barter' by Nii Ayikwei Parks from The Makings of You on your November commutes 👀 www.peepaltreepress.com/books/making... @niiayikwei.bsky.social @poemsonthetube.bsky.social

📣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... #bocas2025

📣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. #bocas2025 .../2

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... @inpressbooks.bsky.social

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. @emilyzmarshall.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social Info: www.waterstones.com/events/emily...

My lovely friend David Lambert’s first novel comes out tomorrow from @peepaltreepress.bsky.social! So delighted for him! www.peepaltreepress.com/books/house-...

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its publication, STORIES FROM YARD has a new cover, new edition, @peepaltreepress.bsky.social #books #stories #writing #Jamaica #Caribbean #reading #readers #writers #publishing #Caraibe

Dear friends, big news: @peepaltreepress.bsky.social have agreed to publish my second poetry collection titled ‘Rooms’‼️

Dear friends, my new poetry manuscript has been accepted by @peepaltreepress.bsky.social Any poetry outlets interested in interviews, readings, submissions or commissions, let me know!

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...

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! 🥰💙

Guest blog: #INSCRIBE: Decoding the London Book Fair 2025: the digital progression of the publishing industry by Kimberly Azumah

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...

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 @peepaltreepress.bsky.social

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...

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...

John Robert Lee explores the sacred and the sacramental in poetry. www.peepaltreepress.com/blog/guest-b...

Stewart Brown remembers seminal Caribbean publisher and writer Anne Walmsley (1931–2025) www.peepaltreepress.com/blog/guest-b...

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! #bocas2025 @peepaltreepress.bsky.social

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. www.peepaltreepress.com/books/house-...

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

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: www.peepaltreepress.com/books/look-a...