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Chris Parker @chrisparkerwriter.bsky.social · 6d

Exciting bookpost! Thanks @prototypepubs.bsky.social

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Blackwell's Manchester @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social · 6d

13/11: Poet and novelist Caleb Klaces will be discussing his novel Mr Outside, about a care home-bound father and his son. Grief, conflict, humour and the beauty of a life lived. We're big fans of @prototypepubs.bsky.social here and are very excited for this! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mr-outside...

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Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social · 6d

To mark #NationalPoetryDay we’re having a flash sale, with 40% off all poetry titles in our catalogue until midnight on Sunday.

Just enter the code npd25 on checkout.

prototypepublishing.co.uk/shop/type-1-...

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Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social · 13d

To celebrate the publication of Mr Outside, Caleb Klaces will be touring the UK, with dates confirmed in London, Edinburgh, York and Manchester, and more venues to be added soon.

We very much hope you can join us at one of these events:

prototypepublishing.co.uk/2025/09/24/c...

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Jen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social · 15d

Great interview with my publisher @prototypepubs.bsky.social 🖤 www.new-books-in-german.com/interview-wi...

www.new-books-in-german.com

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Catharine Cellier-Smart | Smart Translate @smart-translate.bsky.social · 17d

"#Translators are [...] required to [...] sign up to the idea that invisibility is hard-wired into their value, and that a truly great translation is the one that the reader fails to notice".
In @jencalleja.bsky.social's"Fair" (pub. by @prototypepubs.bsky.social )
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Fair by Jen Calleja review – on the magic of translation

A highly original book from the author of Goblinhood explores the art and work of translating fiction

www.theguardian.com

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Golden Hare Books @goldenharebooks.bsky.social · 27d

We're looking forward to celebrating the publication of Mr Outside by Caleb Klaces with a trio of brilliant writers! Caleb will be joined in the bookshop on Thurs 30th Oct by Martin MacInnes and Oli Hazzard. Tickets via link in bio. @prototypepubs.bsky.social

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Voce Books @vocebooks.bsky.social · 26d

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS

📚 Excited to welcome JEN CALLEJA back to Voce with an invitation for the book fair, art fair, (possibly fun fair?) where her new @prototypepubs.bsky.social book FAIR: THE LIFE-ART OF TRANSLATION takes place.

🎟️ Please book your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

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Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social · 28d

On 15 Oct, Sulaiman Addonia will be at Bàrd Books with journalist/writer Gary Younge, sharing their perspectives on London, writing, Sudan, the experiences of refugees, & more.

It's going to be a brilliant evening.

Tickets £5, redeemable against a book:

www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-detail...

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Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social · Sep 9

We’re excited to be co-hosting a special event at The Broadway Bookshop as part of their 20th anniversary celebrations, with Chloe Aridjis, whose story and essay collection, Dialogue with a Somnambulist, we published in 2021.

Thurs 9 Oct, 7–9pm

RSVP: [email protected]

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Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are thrilled to share the news that Hasib Hourani's rock flight has made the shortlist for the Michael Murphy Poetry Prize!

Congratulations to all of the shortlisted poets and publishers.

The winner will be announced on #NationalPoetryDay.

The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are delighted to announce the shortlist for our Michael Murphy Poetry Prize! englishassociation.ac.uk/michael-murp... Winner announced on #NationalPoetryDay!

@carcanet.bsky.social

@prototypepubs.bsky.social

@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

@faberbooks.bsky.social

@picadorbooks.bsky.social

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · Aug 28

A couple of @prototypepubs.bsky.social reads to get through this week!

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Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hey, @neglectedbooks.com, @amayna60.bsky.social and other people of good taste, we have a new Madame Nielsen in English next year from @prototypepubs.bsky.social

www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...

PEN Translates winners announced - News & Events - English PEN

Awarding 14 titles from 10 publishers, 13 languages and 11 regions.

www.englishpen.org

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Jen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social · Sep 5

Autumn book tour dates for FAIR! See you there! @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social

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Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social · Sep 3

We’re delighted to announce the second leg of UK events to mark the recent publication of @jencalleja.bsky.social’s translator memoir Fair.

10 Sept: Brick Lane Bookshop
2 Oct: Voce Books
8 Oct: Collected Books
16 Oct: Veranda Books

Details/tickets here: prototypepublishing.co.uk/2025/09/03/j...

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Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social · Aug 11

'skittish, innovative and unapologetically wacky', with 'a message that all readers should understand and the publishing industry should promote'.

Thank you Esther Lafferty for this excellent review of @jencalleja.bsky.social's 'Fair' in The Times of Malta:

x2.timesofmalta.com/20250810/sun...

Book review: 'Fair - The Life-Art of Translation' by Jen Calleja

The recently published 'Fair - The Life-Art of Translation' is a bonkers rollercoaster of a read which sheds a light on the secrets of literary translation, its wonders and woes

x2.timesofmalta.com

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Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social · Aug 8

You can order the collection with a discount of 30% in our summer sale with the code SUMMER30.

prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/rock...

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Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social · Aug 8

Really delighted to share the news that Hasib Hourani's rock flight has been longlisted for the Michael Murphy Poetry Prize.

Congratulations to all of the longlisted poets and publishers!

englishassociation.ac.uk/michael-murp...

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Georgia Reads @georgiarybanks.bsky.social · Aug 5

44. Mountainish By Zsuzsanna Gahse translated Katy Derbyshire
@prototypepubs.bsky.social

515 short notes, all informed by observations made somewhere in the Alps or while thinking Mountainish thoughts.

Hard to describe, easy to enjoy.

#WITmonth #WomenInTranslation #ReadTheWorld 🇭🇺🇨🇭

Me holding my copy of the book up in front of a leafy green hedge in the sunshine

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Inpress Books 📚 @inpressbooks.bsky.social · Aug 4

If your shelves lean toward the beautifully strange, don’t sleep on…

🎀 Girlbeast

⛰️ Mountainish

🌿 The Earth is Falling

@prototypepubs.bsky.social publish bold, inventive and quietly unforgettable stories that linger long after the covers close ❤️‍🔥

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Jen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social · Jul 25

✨ FAIR is Book of the Day in The Guardian ✨

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

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Fair by Jen Calleja review – on the magic of translation

A highly original book from the author of Goblinhood explores the art and work of translating fiction

www.theguardian.com

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Georgia Reads @georgiarybanks.bsky.social · Jul 31

I’m starting my #WITmonth adventure up in the Alps this year with Mountainish by Zsuzsanna Gahse, translated by Katy Derbyshire, published by @prototypepubs.bsky.social

#WomenInTranslation #ReadTheWorld #TranslationThurs

Me holding the book up in front of a leafy green hedge. The cover is split into two blocks of colour. Green on top with the title and white on the bottom with the author and translator details.

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Jo Rigg @jorigg.bsky.social · Jul 17

Been a good two days for post! TBR pile now quite large thanks to @taniahershman.bsky.social @thebraag.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social @jamiewoods77.bsky.social Bring on the rainy weekend

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Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social · Jul 17

Winner of the 2023 Danish Critics Prize, and shortlisted for numerous others.

‘Girlbeast is a fever dream of a novel that put a knot in my stomach. A provocative, vulgar and tender fable about the uneasy ruin of girlhood.’ – Lucy Rose

prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/girl...
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Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social · Jul 17

In a world that fetishises girlhood, it asks whether a girl be blamed for internalising the roles imposed upon her? Can she wield her youth as power in a system designed to render her powerless?

Brave, provocative & unflinching, Girlbeast is a gripping, vital novel.

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