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London-based independent publisher of fiction, poetry, anthologies & interdisciplinary projects, committed to championing the work of new voices in free-form contemporary literature. https://prototypepublishing.co.uk/
Me holding my copy of the book up in front of a leafy green hedge in the sunshine
Author photo taken by Maurice Haas
44. Mountainish By Zsuzsanna Gahse translated Katy Derbyshire
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515 short notes, all informed by observations made somewhere in the Alps or while thinking Mountainish thoughts.
Hard to describe, easy to enjoy.
#WITmonth #WomenInTranslation #ReadTheWorld 🇭🇺🇨🇭
If your shelves lean toward the beautifully strange, don’t sleep on…
🎀 Girlbeast
⛰️ Mountainish
🌿 The Earth is Falling
@prototypepubs.bsky.social publish bold, inventive and quietly unforgettable stories that linger long after the covers close ❤️🔥
✨ FAIR is Book of the Day in The Guardian ✨
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Me holding the book up in front of a leafy green hedge. The cover is split into two blocks of colour. Green on top with the title and white on the bottom with the author and translator details.
I’m starting my #WITmonth adventure up in the Alps this year with Mountainish by Zsuzsanna Gahse, translated by Katy Derbyshire, published by @prototypepubs.bsky.social
#WomenInTranslation #ReadTheWorld #TranslationThurs
A pile of books and pamphlets
Been a good two days for post! TBR pile now quite large thanks to @taniahershman.bsky.social @thebraag.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social @jamiewoods77.bsky.social Bring on the rainy weekend
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Winner of the 2023 Danish Critics Prize, and shortlisted for numerous others.
‘Girlbeast is a fever dream of a novel that put a knot in my stomach. A provocative, vulgar and tender fable about the uneasy ruin of girlhood.’ – Lucy Rose
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(3/3)
In a world that fetishises girlhood, it asks whether a girl be blamed for internalising the roles imposed upon her? Can she wield her youth as power in a system designed to render her powerless?
Brave, provocative & unflinching, Girlbeast is a gripping, vital novel.
(2/3)
Girlbeast by Cecilie Lind, translated by Hazel Evans, publishes today.
Highly acclaimed in Denmark, Girlbeast is a fearless, unsettling, poetic novel in which power shifts unpredictably, and desire and coercion become indistinguishable.
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(1/3)
On Sunday evening, from 6pm, there will be free readings curated by Eve Esfandiari-Denney and Thea McLachlan, with Ghayath Almadhoun, Brodie Crellin, Imogen Cassels, Will Harris and K Patrick.
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We are so looking forward to Stems next weekend, a new book fair curated & hosted by our author Helen Marten at her studio in Haggerston (55 Laburnum Street, London E2 8BD). The fair is free & open to all, and so many of our favourite publishers will be there.
11.07.2025 08:03 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0This is so great to hear!
09.07.2025 14:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Just finished reading 'Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other' by Danielle Dutton from @prototypepubs.bsky.social
- what an amazing, exciting, inventive book. Thrilling ideas on ekphrasis. 100% recommend :-)
We have three events coming up this week with both Lina and Saskia: at Tenderbooks in London tonight, East Bristol Books in Bristol on Thursday, and West Cork Literary Festival on Saturday.
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Interspersed with black-and-white photographs, and written with the same unashamed and unfiltered honesty that defines Scheynius’s photography, Diary of an Ending is an intimate hybrid of memoir and autofiction, a meditation on the passage of time and the transformative power of creativity.
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... with reflective essays written in English five years on, exploring ideas about art and photography, sex and passion, the act of diary-making, destructive relationships, motherhood and home.
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Diary of an Ending, the 1st prose work by renowned photographer Lina Scheynius, publishes today.
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Blurring the boundaries between diary & essay, it explores the break-up of a relationship, combining extracts from Scheynius’s diary (tr. Saskia Vogel)...
Very kind things people have said so far about FAIR: THE LIFE-ART OF TRANSLATION @prototypepubs.bsky.social
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Told through a striking combination of text and image, Klaces’ distilled novel explores the stories we tell about our lives, intimacy in crisis, and the fragile line between reality and delusion.
You can pre-order it here: prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/mr-o...
Coming soon: Mr Outside by Caleb Klaces (Oct 2025)
We are extremely excited to announce that we will soon be publishing the 2nd novel by Caleb Klaces, following his acclaimed debut Fatherhood, the 1st novel Prototype ever published.
Proof copies are here; email admin[at]prototypepublishing.co.uk.
You have about 8.5hrs left to get your entries in for this year's @wasafirimag.bsky.social New Writing Prize. Get on it! www.wasafiri.org/writing-priz...
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Stream for FREE tonight my Fane Productions talk with the fantastic author Kate Zambreno to hear more about their two haunting texts, Book of Mutter & Appendix Project, published by the inimitable @prototypepubs.bsky.social
Watch tonight or stream until 9th July: www.fane.co.uk/kate-zambreno
New from @prototypepubs.bsky.social
'Girlbeast' by Cecilie Lind, tr. by Hazel Evans
Highly acclaimed in 🇩🇰, this is a fearless and poetic reimagining of the Lolita narrative, where power shifts unpredictably, and desire and coercion become indistinguishable.
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Interview with the inspiring novelist Sulaiman Addonia at the London Library
'There is this prevailing idea of what a novel is about and how you have to perform within this frame...to attain success. I’ve lived in oppressive states & the last thing I want to do is curtail my imagination.'
A wonderful interview with Sulaiman Addonia: www.middleeasteye.net/discover/sul...
The Uncorrected Independent Publishers Fair at the Peckham Pelican today!
11-6
Books and cold drinks; what more could you need?
The Uncorrected Independent Publishers' Fair returns this Saturday to the Peckham Pelican, with a wonderful group of indie publishers & great line-up of readers.
Come & hang out, have a cold drink, browse the stalls, chat to the publishers, & catch the readings at 2pm.
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This book is such a treasure!
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It's 1 year this month since we published Sulaiman Addonia's The Seers. The audiobook, co-published with @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social, can be downloaded for free til Sunday!
Free downloads are limited, so be quick!
Enter code PROTOTYPE-100 on checkout
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Tonight in Glasgow!
at Mount Florida Books! FREE! mountfloridabooks.com/products/jen... @prototypepubs.bsky.social
In the words of H. Gareth Gavin, ‘Pleasure Beach does for neon lycra cycling shorts, Nik Naks, and acid trips what Ulysses did for lemon soap: it kaleidoscopes the everyday in a way that remakes the world’
We love this book, and had so much fun launching it in Blackpool and London two years ago.
