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Peepal Tree Press @peepaltreepress.bsky.social · 2d

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...

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 17d

Award winning author Pete Kalu returns with a kaleidoscopic memoir that explodes with life in 250 errant mini-essays. Act Normal: Joy and Despair in Postcolonial Britain publishes October 23rd. Celebrate with us🎈

Tickets: houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/author...

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Peepal Tree Press @peepaltreepress.bsky.social · 18d

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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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · Sep 10

Very pleased to read this powerful piece by @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social for The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When I left India, Ireland welcomed me in. I won’t let bigotry destroy the country we love | Cauvery Madhavan

People from the Indian community, and others, are facing violence that was once unthinkable. We must not give in to the racists, says novelist Cauvery Madhavan

www.theguardian.com

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you Sally!

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Sally Bromley @sallybromley.bsky.social · Jul 24

Loved The Inheritance @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
Donal Ryan vibes.
Marlo inherits a cottage in rural Ireland, falls in love with Kitty whose son has links with a boy from the Battle of Kinsale. Great chrs & fabulous writing.
#bookpost

Book cover of The Inheritance @CauveryMadhavan Small house in the hills and two boys in a forest, one on white which suggests he's a ghost.

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English PEN @englishpen.bsky.social · Jul 29

Come with us across London’s bookshops to search for PEN Translates books in the wild – part 2!

All of our PEN Translates award-winning titles are recognisable by the ‘winner English PEN award’ roundel on their front covers. Look out for it next time you’re browsing your local bookshop!

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · Jul 24

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-...

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Peepal Tree Press @peepaltreepress.bsky.social · Jul 16

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...

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Peepal Tree Press @peepaltreepress.bsky.social · Jul 16

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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Peepal Tree Press @peepaltreepress.bsky.social · Jul 17

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-...

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · Jul 11

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

West Cork Literary Festival @wcorklitfest.bsky.social · Jun 29

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...

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...

www.rte.ie

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · Jul 2

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 below🔗 and find Vincent's reading list and playlist at the Service95 website.

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

Small Boat: Vincent Delecroix on Asylum, Responsibility & the Limits of Sympathy

Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa · Episode

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West Cork Literary Festival @wcorklitfest.bsky.social · Jun 29

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...

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...

www.rte.ie

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TripFiction @tripfiction.bsky.social · Jun 29

#WIN 1 of 3 copies of Paro by Namita Gokhale

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

1970s #Mumbai #delhi

Ends 12 July. UK only

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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

www.tripfiction.com

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TripFiction @tripfiction.bsky.social · Jun 5

#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/...
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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.

www.tripfiction.com

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · May 28

Paro: Dreams of Passion publishes tomorrow. Discover Namita Gokhale's "serio-comic début novel of lust, lucre, sex and suicide" here hoperoadpublishing.com/books/paro-d...
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worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social · Apr 16

Congratulations to Claire Storey, translator of The Darkness of Colours by Martín 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!

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

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Avery Udagawa @averyudagawa.bsky.social · Apr 18

The 2025 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize goes to “engaging and often unsettling” The Darkness of Colours by Martín Blasco, translated from Spanish (Argentina) by Claire Storey, published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. glli-us.org/2025/04/17/2...
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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. This is the seventh year…

glli-us.org

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · Apr 18

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

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · Apr 20

HUGE congrats to Claire Storey for winning the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative's 2025 Translated YA Book Prize, for her translation of Martín Blasco's THE DARKNESS OF COLOURS (@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social). Here's a reading from the book by the translator herself!
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Claire Storey reads from Martín Blasco's THE DARKNESS OF COLOURS (HopeRoad/Peepal Tree Press, 2024)

YouTube video by Translators Aloud

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Apr 8

The 2025 International Booker shortlist has been announced 👇

Indie publishers enjoy full sweep of 2025 International Booker shortlist for first time ever

www.thebookseller.com

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Inpress Books 📚 @inpressbooks.bsky.social · Apr 8

🎉 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! 🌍📚

Reach out to your local rep, or place your order via [email protected] 🧡

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · Apr 8

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-...

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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · Apr 8

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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