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Peepal Tree Press
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Publisher of Caribbean and Black British books. Proudly decolonising bookshelves since 1985.
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Peepal Tree Press @peepaltreepress.bsky.social · Oct 9
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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Happy 40 years of Peepal Tree Press! Here are all our wonderful authors & teams celebrating four decades of publishing ❤️

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November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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1/8 In celebration of the 40th anniversary of @peepaltreepress.bsky.social, a leading publisher of Caribbean literature, @bocaslitfest.bsky.social marked the literary milestone with a special event featuring 5 Peepal Tree authors. Each read from a Peepal Tree title especially meaningful to them.../2
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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I’ll be joining @bocaslitfest.bsky.social ‘s 40th anniversary celebration of @peepaltreepress.bsky.social this week, reading from a Peepal Tree title that is especially meaningful to me. Which book shall I read from? There’s only one way to find out. Come on down.

#Bocas2025 #PeepalTreePress
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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yes- it's not back on the trains, but you can listen on our website poemsontheunderground.org/this-months-...
This Month’s Poems
Days of November 2009 read by Sheenagh Pugh This month we feature our new Autumn Poems on the Underground which will be on London Underground and Overground trains through November. To mark Armisti…
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November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Look out for 'Barter' by Nii Ayikwei Parks from The Makings of You on your November commutes 👀

www.peepaltreepress.com/books/making...

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November 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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📣November’s Bocas Book Bulletin is here! Featuring new Caribbean releases, upcoming events and workshops, awards & prizes, and October’s bestsellers at @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social! Enjoy: trinidadexpress.com/features/loc...
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November 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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📣The pioneering publishing house @peepaltreepress.bsky.social turns 40 in 2025! Join us on Sat 8th Nov to celebrate with a special readings from five Peepal Tree authors: James Christopher Aboud, Andre Bagoo, Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné, J. Vijay Maharaj, and Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Happy publication day to Concrete Dreams by Ferdinand Dennis! 💙

Find your copy of the gripping story of Lucas Bostock, a Jamaican immigrant who arrives in 1950s London determined to succeed here: www.peepaltreepress.com/books/concre...

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October 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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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...
October 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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My lovely friend David Lambert’s first novel comes out tomorrow from @peepaltreepress.bsky.social! So delighted for him!

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The House in Bacolet
The House in Bacolet by David Lambert
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September 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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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
Book cover - “Stories from Yard”
September 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Dear friends, big news: @peepaltreepress.bsky.social have agreed to publish my second poetry collection titled ‘Rooms’‼️
October 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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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!
October 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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New from @peepaltreepress.bsky.social

'The Gift of Music and Song'

Interviews with Jamaican Women Writers

📖 sample to peek insdie and share
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Sample of "The Gift of Music and Song"
Peek inside this book and discover another great read.
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October 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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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! 🥰💙
September 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Guest blog: #INSCRIBE: Decoding the London Book Fair 2025: the digital progression of the publishing industry
by Kimberly Azumah
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September 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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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!

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July 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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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
July 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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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.

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July 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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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
Wandering Spirits of Exile by Monica Minott
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July 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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John Robert Lee explores the sacred and the sacramental in poetry. www.peepaltreepress.com/blog/guest-b...
July 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Stewart Brown remembers seminal Caribbean publisher and writer Anne Walmsley (1931–2025) www.peepaltreepress.com/blog/guest-b...
Stewart Brown: A memory of THE Anne Walmsley | Peepal Tree Press
by Stewart BrownMervyn Morris, Anne Walmsley, James Berry, Stewart Brown (London, c. mid-1990s)
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July 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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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
July 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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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.

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July 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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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
July 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM