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/
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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-...
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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:
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Tickets available here:
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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:
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'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. ❤️ ❄️📚
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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 ❤️
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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...
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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...
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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! 🥰💙
Very pleased to read this powerful piece by @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social for The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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
September 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Very pleased to read this powerful piece by @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social for The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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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
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
July 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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
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
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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!
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!
July 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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!
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!
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-...
Explore the YA must-read here: hoperoadpublishing.com/books/women-...
July 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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-...
Explore the YA must-read here: hoperoadpublishing.com/books/women-...
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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...
“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...
July 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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...
“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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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
* Riddled by Tanya Shirley
* Before the Rain by Christine Craig
July 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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
* Riddled by Tanya Shirley
* Before the Rain by Christine Craig
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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.
www.peepaltreepress.com/books/house-...
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-...
July 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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-...
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-...
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
@cauverymadhavan.bsky.social
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...
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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...
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July 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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
@cauverymadhavan.bsky.social
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...
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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July 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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...
Watch the interview below🔗 and find Vincent's reading list and playlist at the Service95 website.
open.spotify.com/episode/070Y...
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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...
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
June 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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...
www.rte.ie/culture/2024...
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#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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www.tripfiction.com/giveaway-3-c...
1970s #Mumbai #delhi
Ends 12 July. UK only
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
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
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June 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#WIN 1 of 3 copies of Paro by Namita Gokhale
www.tripfiction.com/giveaway-3-c...
1970s #Mumbai #delhi
Ends 12 July. UK only
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
www.tripfiction.com/giveaway-3-c...
1970s #Mumbai #delhi
Ends 12 July. UK only
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
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#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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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.
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June 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
#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/...
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
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/...
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
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...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
@inpressbooks.bsky.social