HopeRoad
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
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/
https://www.hoperoadpublishing.com/
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· 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-...
Explore Small Boat here: www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/small-...
Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, translated by Helen Stevenson chronicles the events of Nov 2021 when an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants capsized in the Channel causing the death of 27 people on board.
Today, the Cranston report found the deaths avoidable.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Today, the Cranston report found the deaths avoidable.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
February 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, translated by Helen Stevenson chronicles the events of Nov 2021 when an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants capsized in the Channel causing the death of 27 people on board.
Today, the Cranston report found the deaths avoidable.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Today, the Cranston report found the deaths avoidable.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Tomorrow! Join us for the launch of Venice Requiem at Brick Lane Bookshop.
Author Khalid Lyamlahy and translator Ros Schwartz in conversation, chaired by Rebekah Vince. Tickets from £6 available here: bricklanebookshop.org/product/book...
@khalidlym.bsky.social @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social
Author Khalid Lyamlahy and translator Ros Schwartz in conversation, chaired by Rebekah Vince. Tickets from £6 available here: bricklanebookshop.org/product/book...
@khalidlym.bsky.social @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Tomorrow! Join us for the launch of Venice Requiem at Brick Lane Bookshop.
Author Khalid Lyamlahy and translator Ros Schwartz in conversation, chaired by Rebekah Vince. Tickets from £6 available here: bricklanebookshop.org/product/book...
@khalidlym.bsky.social @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social
Author Khalid Lyamlahy and translator Ros Schwartz in conversation, chaired by Rebekah Vince. Tickets from £6 available here: bricklanebookshop.org/product/book...
@khalidlym.bsky.social @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social
Upcoming events for Venice Requiem:
FEB 4TH: Brick Lane Bookshop
FEB 5TH: Veranda Books
FEB 6TH: Maison Française d'Oxford
These events are supported by Institut Français Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social
@khalidlym.bsky.social
Tickets: www.hoperoadpublishing.com/blog/events/...
FEB 4TH: Brick Lane Bookshop
FEB 5TH: Veranda Books
FEB 6TH: Maison Française d'Oxford
These events are supported by Institut Français Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social
@khalidlym.bsky.social
Tickets: www.hoperoadpublishing.com/blog/events/...
January 29, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Upcoming events for Venice Requiem:
FEB 4TH: Brick Lane Bookshop
FEB 5TH: Veranda Books
FEB 6TH: Maison Française d'Oxford
These events are supported by Institut Français Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social
@khalidlym.bsky.social
Tickets: www.hoperoadpublishing.com/blog/events/...
FEB 4TH: Brick Lane Bookshop
FEB 5TH: Veranda Books
FEB 6TH: Maison Française d'Oxford
These events are supported by Institut Français Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social
@khalidlym.bsky.social
Tickets: www.hoperoadpublishing.com/blog/events/...
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#BookoftheWeek
Venice Requiem by @khalidlym.bsky.social, translated by Ros Schwartz and published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social — “A vibrant and poetic tribute to all African migrants. A necessary book” (Jury of the Alain Spiess Second Novel Prize).
👉 www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice...
Venice Requiem by @khalidlym.bsky.social, translated by Ros Schwartz and published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social — “A vibrant and poetic tribute to all African migrants. A necessary book” (Jury of the Alain Spiess Second Novel Prize).
👉 www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice...
January 28, 2026 at 12:59 PM
#BookoftheWeek
Venice Requiem by @khalidlym.bsky.social, translated by Ros Schwartz and published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social — “A vibrant and poetic tribute to all African migrants. A necessary book” (Jury of the Alain Spiess Second Novel Prize).
👉 www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice...
Venice Requiem by @khalidlym.bsky.social, translated by Ros Schwartz and published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social — “A vibrant and poetic tribute to all African migrants. A necessary book” (Jury of the Alain Spiess Second Novel Prize).
👉 www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice...
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Next week, I'll be in London & Oxford to present "Venice Requiem", the English translation by @rosschwa.bsky.social of my novel, published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. Thanks @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social for the support! www.institut-francais.org.uk/khalid-lyaml... #VeniceRequiem #booklaunch
Khalid Lyamlahy in the UK for the release of Venice Requiem - Institut Français · Royaume-Uni
Based on the true story of Pateh Sabally, a 22-year-old Gambian refugee who died in Venice’s Grand Canal in 2017, the novel follows a narrator trying to understand the events that led to his death. Th...
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January 27, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Next week, I'll be in London & Oxford to present "Venice Requiem", the English translation by @rosschwa.bsky.social of my novel, published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. Thanks @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social for the support! www.institut-francais.org.uk/khalid-lyaml... #VeniceRequiem #booklaunch
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Friends & Colleagues in Oxford: @rosschwa.bsky.social and I will be presenting my #novel "Venice Requiem" @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social on Friday 6 Feb. 5:15pm at @mfoxford.bsky.social. We will be in conversation with Jane Hiddleston @exeter.ox.ac.uk mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/event/book-p... #VeniceRequiem
Book Presentation: 'Venice Requiem' by Khalid Lyamlahy, translated by Ros Schwartz
With author Khalid Lyamlahy (University of Chicago) and translator Ros Schwartz I Chaired by: Jane Hiddleston (Exeter)
mfo.web.ox.ac.uk
January 21, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Friends & Colleagues in Oxford: @rosschwa.bsky.social and I will be presenting my #novel "Venice Requiem" @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social on Friday 6 Feb. 5:15pm at @mfoxford.bsky.social. We will be in conversation with Jane Hiddleston @exeter.ox.ac.uk mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/event/book-p... #VeniceRequiem
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Do join us if you can for our next #TranslationBookClub hosted by @bookblast.org's Georgia de Chamberet (9th Feb) to discuss Vincent Delecroix's International Booker Prize-shortlisted #SmallBoat translated by Helen Stevenson and published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social - all welcome!
January 21, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Do join us if you can for our next #TranslationBookClub hosted by @bookblast.org's Georgia de Chamberet (9th Feb) to discuss Vincent Delecroix's International Booker Prize-shortlisted #SmallBoat translated by Helen Stevenson and published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social - all welcome!
'A work of fiction written as a form of witness — refusing easy moral display' — Litro
Venice Requiem by Khalid Lyamlahy, translated by Ros Schwartz publishes 5th Feb
@khalidlym.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice...
Venice Requiem by Khalid Lyamlahy, translated by Ros Schwartz publishes 5th Feb
@khalidlym.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice...
January 15, 2026 at 11:36 AM
'A work of fiction written as a form of witness — refusing easy moral display' — Litro
Venice Requiem by Khalid Lyamlahy, translated by Ros Schwartz publishes 5th Feb
@khalidlym.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice...
Venice Requiem by Khalid Lyamlahy, translated by Ros Schwartz publishes 5th Feb
@khalidlym.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice...
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"A work of fiction written as a form of witness — refusing easy moral display, and instead pressing on the harder question: what does it mean to look, to narrate, to arrive late?". Grateful to @litromagazine.bsky.social for this review! litromagazine.com/world-series...
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
"A work of fiction written as a form of witness — refusing easy moral display, and instead pressing on the harder question: what does it mean to look, to narrate, to arrive late?". Grateful to @litromagazine.bsky.social for this review! litromagazine.com/world-series...
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
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"A vital, compassionate work that challenges, honours and, ultimately, elevates the human spirit" - My novel, "Venice Requiem", tr. Ros Schwartz, was featured in the Aug. 2025 issue of @thebookseller.com! Grateful to N. Onwuemezi! hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice...
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
"A vital, compassionate work that challenges, honours and, ultimately, elevates the human spirit" - My novel, "Venice Requiem", tr. Ros Schwartz, was featured in the Aug. 2025 issue of @thebookseller.com! Grateful to N. Onwuemezi! hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice...
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
LITRO Magazine opens their 2026 World Series with Venice Requiem by Khalid Lyamlahy, translated by Ros Schwartz publishing February 5th by HopeRoad.
Pre-order now on directly or with your local indie.
www.litromagazine.com/world-series...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social @litromagazine.bsky.social
Pre-order now on directly or with your local indie.
www.litromagazine.com/world-series...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social @litromagazine.bsky.social
Venice Requiem | Litro Magazine
A Litro #TuesdayTales feature on Venice Requiem, a translated novel by Khalid Lyamlahy — Venice, memory, migration, and the ethics of witness.
www.litromagazine.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:29 AM
LITRO Magazine opens their 2026 World Series with Venice Requiem by Khalid Lyamlahy, translated by Ros Schwartz publishing February 5th by HopeRoad.
Pre-order now on directly or with your local indie.
www.litromagazine.com/world-series...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social @litromagazine.bsky.social
Pre-order now on directly or with your local indie.
www.litromagazine.com/world-series...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social @litromagazine.bsky.social
Vamba Sheriff, author of Bound to Secrecy, launches the “One Wor(l)d” Writing Workshop Series
Read more here: brittlepaper.com/2025/12/supp...
Read more here: brittlepaper.com/2025/12/supp...
Support Young Writers in Liberia and Ghana: Vamba Sherif Foundation Launches "One Wor(l)d" Writing Workshop Series
Vamba Sherif is on a mission to empower young writers in Monrovia, Liberia, and Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana through a transformative series of writing workshops. Through his newly established foun...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Vamba Sheriff, author of Bound to Secrecy, launches the “One Wor(l)d” Writing Workshop Series
Read more here: brittlepaper.com/2025/12/supp...
Read more here: brittlepaper.com/2025/12/supp...
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Working my way through some 2025 books, but these are some others this year that have been published and I really enjoyed
Will be sharing more as I get through them
So much good stuff in here!
I did cover a couple of these in my ‘Ask the Host’ segments
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Will be sharing more as I get through them
So much good stuff in here!
I did cover a couple of these in my ‘Ask the Host’ segments
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
December 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Working my way through some 2025 books, but these are some others this year that have been published and I really enjoyed
Will be sharing more as I get through them
So much good stuff in here!
I did cover a couple of these in my ‘Ask the Host’ segments
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Will be sharing more as I get through them
So much good stuff in here!
I did cover a couple of these in my ‘Ask the Host’ segments
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
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Thrilled to share that "Venice Requiem", the #translation of my #novel by Ros Schwartz is coming out on Feb. 5 with @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social ! Deeply grateful to Ros for her exceptional work & to my publisher Pete Aryton. Many thanks to @oliviasnaije.bsky.social & Raphaël Thierry! bit.ly/4pFcEUY
December 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Thrilled to share that "Venice Requiem", the #translation of my #novel by Ros Schwartz is coming out on Feb. 5 with @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social ! Deeply grateful to Ros for her exceptional work & to my publisher Pete Aryton. Many thanks to @oliviasnaije.bsky.social & Raphaël Thierry! bit.ly/4pFcEUY
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Join us this Thursday at Blackwells in Manchester for festive night of Book shenanigans with some cracking writers!
Tickets available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
Tickets available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
December 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Join us this Thursday at Blackwells in Manchester for festive night of Book shenanigans with some cracking writers!
Tickets available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
Tickets available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
'Act Normal is not so much a memoir as the butterfly musings of the genius Peter Kalu. ... Peter writes as if possessed by the ghosts of his past. The reader will encounter an almost Dickensian roll call of characters for whom the word “eccentric” barely scratches the surface.'
-Marcia Hutchinson 🧡
-Marcia Hutchinson 🧡
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
'Act Normal is not so much a memoir as the butterfly musings of the genius Peter Kalu. ... Peter writes as if possessed by the ghosts of his past. The reader will encounter an almost Dickensian roll call of characters for whom the word “eccentric” barely scratches the surface.'
-Marcia Hutchinson 🧡
-Marcia Hutchinson 🧡
Join HopeRoad and Pete Kalu this Thursday December 4th for the Northern Fiction Alliance Winter Showcase! @northernfiction.bsky.social
Usher in the festive season with some of your favourite writers, mince pies and cheers. ❤️ ❄️📚
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
Usher in the festive season with some of your favourite writers, mince pies and cheers. ❤️ ❄️📚
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Join HopeRoad and Pete Kalu this Thursday December 4th for the Northern Fiction Alliance Winter Showcase! @northernfiction.bsky.social
Usher in the festive season with some of your favourite writers, mince pies and cheers. ❤️ ❄️📚
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
Usher in the festive season with some of your favourite writers, mince pies and cheers. ❤️ ❄️📚
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, translated by Helen Stevenson,is BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime in December.
All episodes are now available on BBC Sounds and the first episode broadcasts tonight Monday 1st December at 22:45pm on BBC Radio 4. 🔗https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m002mz6t
All episodes are now available on BBC Sounds and the first episode broadcasts tonight Monday 1st December at 22:45pm on BBC Radio 4. 🔗https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m002mz6t
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, translated by Helen Stevenson,is BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime in December.
All episodes are now available on BBC Sounds and the first episode broadcasts tonight Monday 1st December at 22:45pm on BBC Radio 4. 🔗https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m002mz6t
All episodes are now available on BBC Sounds and the first episode broadcasts tonight Monday 1st December at 22:45pm on BBC Radio 4. 🔗https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m002mz6t
SMALL BOAT is BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime.
The first episode of the drama inspired by the actual events of November 2021 broadcasts Monday 1st December at 10:45pm.
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
The first episode of the drama inspired by the actual events of November 2021 broadcasts Monday 1st December at 10:45pm.
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
SMALL BOAT is BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime.
The first episode of the drama inspired by the actual events of November 2021 broadcasts Monday 1st December at 10:45pm.
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
The first episode of the drama inspired by the actual events of November 2021 broadcasts Monday 1st December at 10:45pm.
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
Rest in peace to Jimmy Cliff ❤️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Rest in peace to Jimmy Cliff ❤️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Happy Publication Day to ACT NORMAL: JOY AND DESPAIR IN POSTCOLONIAL BRITAIN by Pete Kalu
Find your copy now to discover why it is safer to be an amoeba than a stilt-walker. 💙
www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/act-no...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
Find your copy now to discover why it is safer to be an amoeba than a stilt-walker. 💙
www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/act-no...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Happy Publication Day to ACT NORMAL: JOY AND DESPAIR IN POSTCOLONIAL BRITAIN by Pete Kalu
Find your copy now to discover why it is safer to be an amoeba than a stilt-walker. 💙
www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/act-no...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
Find your copy now to discover why it is safer to be an amoeba than a stilt-walker. 💙
www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/act-no...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
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An evening of engaging discussion @hatchards.bsky.social with Véronique Tadjo about her novel In the Company of Men @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social She highlighted the importance of solidarity in times of despair.
Join us at our next book club, Mon 10 Nov 6pm, focus: Oliver Norek The Winter Warriors
Join us at our next book club, Mon 10 Nov 6pm, focus: Oliver Norek The Winter Warriors
October 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
An evening of engaging discussion @hatchards.bsky.social with Véronique Tadjo about her novel In the Company of Men @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social She highlighted the importance of solidarity in times of despair.
Join us at our next book club, Mon 10 Nov 6pm, focus: Oliver Norek The Winter Warriors
Join us at our next book club, Mon 10 Nov 6pm, focus: Oliver Norek The Winter Warriors
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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.
@emilyzmarshall.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social
Info: www.waterstones.com/events/emily...
@emilyzmarshall.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social
Info: www.waterstones.com/events/emily...
October 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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...
@emilyzmarshall.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social
Info: www.waterstones.com/events/emily...
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...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
Tickets: houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/author...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
Tickets: houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/author...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
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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! 🥰💙
Tickets and information here: www.nextchapterleeds.co.uk/events/p/pee...
Can't wait to see you there! 🥰💙
September 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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! 🥰💙
Tickets and information here: www.nextchapterleeds.co.uk/events/p/pee...
Can't wait to see you there! 🥰💙