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A. McKenzie @alemckenzie.bsky.social · 12d

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

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marvinpoet.bsky.social @marvinpoet.bsky.social · 6d

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

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marvinpoet.bsky.social @marvinpoet.bsky.social · 6d

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!

Sample of "The Gift of Music and Song"

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Jellybooks Ltd @jellybooks.bsky.social · 10d

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...

Peek inside this book and discover another great read.

www.jellybooks.com

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! 🥰💙

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

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

Wandering Spirits of Exile

Peepal Tree Press @peepaltreepress.bsky.social · Jul 31

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...

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · Jul 27

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

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · Jul 8

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...

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Peepal Tree Press @peepaltreepress.bsky.social · Jul 24

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...

Wandering Spirits of Exile by Monica Minott

Stewart Brown: A memory of THE Anne Walmsley | Peepal Tree Press

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Peepal Tree Press @peepaltreepress.bsky.social · Jul 24

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

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Peepal Tree Press @peepaltreepress.bsky.social · Jul 24

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

by Stewart BrownMervyn Morris, Anne Walmsley, James Berry, Stewart Brown (London, c. mid-1990s)

Leeds Lit Fest - Wild Women Writing the North | Leeds Living

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · Jul 3

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

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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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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 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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Leeds Lit Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social · Jun 19

Many thanks Leeds Living for this great review of our Wild Women Writing the North event with @emilyzmarshall.bsky.social and @rachelbower.bsky.social

@peepaltreepress.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

As part of Leeds Lit Fest, ‘Wild Woman Writing the North’ brought together two distinctive literary voices for an evening gathering in an intimate corner of Hyde Park Book Club. The two writers, Rache...

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ed public relations @edpr.bsky.social · Apr 24

Happy publication day to Amanda Smyth 👏

#LookAtYou, a moving and beautifully written coming of age novel set in Trinidad, Yorkshire and Ireland!

Out now, published by @peepaltreepress.bsky.social 📚

Sample of "Sweet Li Jie" by David Dabydeen

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Jellybooks Ltd @jellybooks.bsky.social · Apr 8

New from @peepaltreepress.bsky.social

'Sweet Li Jie' by David Dabydeen

In this book, two distant worlds converge: Wuhan Province in China and British Guiana.

available from @waterstones.bsky.social

📖 sample to peek inside and share
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Peek inside this book and discover another great read.

www.jellybooks.com

Velma Pollard - Poetry Archive

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · Feb 25

Hello! We have joined @peepaltreepress.bsky.social in the move over to Bluesky.

Here's a sneak peek at our next four titles for all our friends over on this site! Small Boat is publishing April 23rd. Pre-order it here: www.hoperoadpublishing.com

@inpressbooks.bsky.social | @englishpen.bsky.social

HopeRoad's next four titles being published.

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · Feb 19

What a lovely start to the day! 🥳

Huge congrats to @saraband-books.bsky.social, @peepaltreepress.bsky.social, @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social, @carcanet.bsky.social, @uclanpublishing.bsky.social, @deadinkbooks.bsky.social, @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social all the small press finalists up and down the UK!

The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Feb 19

Congratulations to our Small Press of the Year Finalists: North England 🤩

Saraband, Peepal Tree Press, Carcanet Press, UCLan Publishing, Bluemoose Books, Dead Ink Books, Fly On The Wall Press and Comma Press! #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards

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Poetry By Heart @poetrybyheart.bsky.social · Feb 19

We are sad to hear of the death of Velma Pollard. #PoetryByHeart had the good fortune to meet Velma at the Talk the Poem finals event UWI Mona. Sending love to our #poetry friends in Jamaica. Hear her poems thanks to @peepaltreepress.bsky.social via Poetry Archive poetryarchive.org/poet/velma-p...

Velma Pollard was born in 1937. She grew up in Woodside, a rural Jamaican village, where her mother was a school teacher and her father was a farmer: their interest in the arts was to be one of the ma...

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Peepal Tree Press @peepaltreepress.bsky.social · Feb 10

Thanks very much Stu! 💫