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Independent publisher supporting neglected voices. Books from and about Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Small Axes publishing post-colonial classics and fiction in translation. Working with Peepal Tree Press. https://www.hoperoadpublishing.com/

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With the Lionesses through to the #Euro2025 final we can't think of a better week to celebrate the publication of Manisha Tailors's new book Women: The Heartbeat of Sport.

Explore the YA must-read here: hoperoadpublishing.com/books/women-...

24.07.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

β€œA beautiful, moving, and cleverly structured collage of a novel.”
β€” Neel Mukherjee

β€œA remarkable novel.”
β€” Monique Roffey

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

16.07.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

16.07.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming 25 September 2025: The House in Bacolet by David Lambert

Hugh and Julia want to β€˜get involved’ in the life of their new island home in Tobago β€” little suspecting how much the past horrors of slavery, and their best intentions, will impact their lives.

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

17.07.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Join Cauvery Madhavan, author of The Inheritance, this Saturday at #BantryBookshop as part of West Cork Literary Festival - info on the free event below. πŸ€πŸ“—
@cauverymadhavan.bsky.social

11.07.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Small Boat: Vincent Delecroix on Asylum, Responsibility & the Limits of Sympathy Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa Β· Episode

Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, translated by Helen Stevenson is Dua Lipa's Monthly Read for July for the Service95 Book Club.

Watch the interview belowπŸ”— and find Vincent's reading list and playlist at the Service95 website.

open.spotify.com/episode/070Y...

02.07.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan - read an extract It's 1986 and 29-year-old Marlo O'Sullivan of London-Irish stock has just found out that his sister is his mother. To steady his life, he moves to Glengarriff, to a cottage he has inherited, in the st...

We love this novel by our West Cork neighbour @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social. Cauvery will be chatting about The Inheritance in #BantryBookshop on Sat 12 July at 11.30am as part of WCLF. #FreeEvent @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
www.rte.ie/culture/2024...

29.06.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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GIVEAWAY : 3 copies of PARO by Namita Gokhale - MUMBAI / DELHI - TripFiction GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of Paro by Namita Gokhale - MUMBAI / DELHI in the 1970s Transport yourself back to 1970s Mumbai / Delhi with the classic tale: Paro by

#WIN 1 of 3 copies of Paro by Namita Gokhale

www.tripfiction.com/giveaway-3-c...

1970s #Mumbai #delhi

Ends 12 July. UK only

@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social

29.06.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lead Review (Paro) - TripFiction 3.75* Priya is the 'voyeur and diarist' of the comings and goings of Paro, a striking woman who holds sway wherever she goes. "..being a Beautiful Woman.

#Bookreview:

Paro by Namita Gokhale, short novel set in 1970s/80s #INDIA (Bombay/Delhi)

TripFction:
www.tripfiction.com/review/lead-...
Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DKhDyc9Nkgh/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TripFiction....
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social

05.06.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Paro: Dreams of Passion publishes tomorrow. Discover Namita Gokhale's "serio-comic dΓ©but novel of lust, lucre, sex and suicide" here hoperoadpublishing.com/books/paro-d...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social

28.05.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a slide announcing the winner of the 2025 GLLI Translated YA Book Prize: The Darkness of Colours, by MartΓ­n Blasco, translated from Spanish (Argentina) by Claire Storey

Screenshot of a slide announcing the winner of the 2025 GLLI Translated YA Book Prize: The Darkness of Colours, by MartΓ­n Blasco, translated from Spanish (Argentina) by Claire Storey

Congratulations to Claire Storey, translator of The Darkness of Colours by MartΓ­n Blasco - winner of the 2025 #GLLITranslatedYABookPrize!
Claire is our former blog co-editor and is a tireless champion of translated YA/kid lit!
Congratulations to the author and to @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social too!

16.04.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Congratulations to the 2025 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize winner & honor books The 2025 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is pleased to announce the winner and honor books for the 2025 prize.Β  This is the seventh year…

The 2025 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize goes to β€œengaging and often unsettling” The Darkness of Colours by MartΓ­n Blasco, translated from Spanish (Argentina) by Claire Storey, published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. glli-us.org/2025/04/17/2...
#PublishingIndustryNews #YA

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Enjoying this on a sunny day in Leeds! @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social

18.04.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Claire Storey reads from MartΓ­n Blasco's THE DARKNESS OF COLOURS (HopeRoad/Peepal Tree Press, 2024)
YouTube video by Translators Aloud Claire Storey reads from MartΓ­n Blasco's THE DARKNESS OF COLOURS (HopeRoad/Peepal Tree Press, 2024)

HUGE congrats to Claire Storey for winning the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative's 2025 Translated YA Book Prize, for her translation of MartΓ­n Blasco's THE DARKNESS OF COLOURS (@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social). Here's a reading from the book by the translator herself!
youtu.be/wWMhPh_Lcr8?...

20.04.2025 09:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Indie publishers enjoy full sweep of 2025 International Booker shortlist for first time ever

The 2025 International Booker shortlist has been announced πŸ‘‡

08.04.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5
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πŸŽ‰ Big news here at INPRESS HQ! We’re beyond proud to share that Heart Lamp, A Leopard-Skin Hat, and Small Boat from @hoperoadpublishing have made the International Booker Prize shortlist! πŸŒπŸ“š

Reach out to your local rep, or place your order via customerservice@booksource.net 🧑

08.04.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're thrilled to announce that Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, translated by Helen Stevenson, has been shortlisted for The International Booker Prize 2025.
Explore Small Boat here: www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/small-...

08.04.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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From small boats to big birds, here's everything you need to know about the #InternationalBooker2025 shortlist.

thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

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Presenting the #InternationalBooker2025 shortlist.

Find out more about all the books, authors and translators: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2025

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Vincent Delecroix, Helen Stevenson (Translator) – Small Boat ( 2023, English translation 2025) When Hope Road reached out to me to review Small Boat back in the end of February, I took a look at the synopsis and thought inwardly that due to the subject matter, I wouldn’t be surprised i…

'Small Boat is the type of book that burns into your consciousness.' Thank you @bobsphere.bsky.social for this thoughtful reading of Small Boat.

Read the full review here: thebobsphere.wordpress.com/2025/04/03/v...

@inpressbooks.bsky.social

03.04.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for reading and sharing! 🧑

31.03.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s what I read in March feat @thebookerprizes.bsky.social @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social @serpents-tail.bsky.social @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social @andotherstories.bsky.social @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social

31.03.2025 07:41 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

We will miss you terribly Alex but will remember those very early days 🧑

24.03.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, trans. by Helen Stevenson publishes today. Explore the International Booker longlisted book here: hoperoadpublishing.com

24.03.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for reading & sharing πŸ’™

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Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix
Translated by Helen Stevenson
Long listed for the 2025 International Booker Prize

Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix Translated by Helen Stevenson Long listed for the 2025 International Booker Prize

A stark and moving fictionalisation of a 2021 migrant boat disaster.

Mostly narrated by the coastguard who failed to send rescue; she represents us all.

Let us question our indifference and complicity in these tragedies.

Memorable.

From @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
#bookerprize
#books πŸ’™πŸ“šπŸ–‹οΈ

22.03.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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12 days to go. πŸ”— hoperoadpublishing.com

12.03.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm SO looking forward to #WorldBookDay 2025! I'll be visiting Robert Clack School on this special day to talk to Year 8 about the joys of reading, writing, publishing and my books, #29Locks, #21Miles and (coming soon!) #OnTheEdge😍

04.03.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reading some new books in the sun and in, dare I say it, spring like weather

πŸ‘€Amanda Smyth - LOOK AT YOU

🚀Vincent Delecroix (tr. Helen Stevenson) - SMALL BOAT

@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social

01.03.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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'A gut punch of a novel' –International Booker Judges

Small Boat is available to pre-order now: www.hoperoadpublishing.com

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