2023 releases

An immersive historical debut which tells the story of a mixed-race woman who plays a freak on the stage in Victorian London and finds herself caught in a reckoning with...

A powerful collection of journalism on race, racism and Black life and death from one of the nation's leading political voices.For the last three decades Gary Younge has had a...

A profound guide to existing on your own terms, the first trade book from renowned intersectional feminist scholar Sara Ahmed We have to keep saying it because they keep doing...

A deliciously scandalous pageturner about the dark side of suburbia, peeling back the layers of an insta-perfect life to reveal rotten friendships, manipulation masquerading as love and families riddled with...

Good for Nothing is a warmly written YA story that explores grief, small UK towns, police prejudice and the power of friendship. It is the perfect next read for fans...

Hanna Flint speaks from the heart in Strong Female Character, a personal and incisive reflection on how cinema has been the key to understanding herself and the world we live...

A memoir on race, identity and belonging A powerful memoir exploring race and motherhood What does it mean to be a parent in a space where you are the minority?...

For fans of Yaa Gyasi, Toni Morrison, and Richard Flanagan — gripping historical novel of a Black soldier's experience in the Second World War — a rare, moving, untold tale...

Recipes and stories from a home kitchen Made in Bangladesh explores the delicious cuisine of Bangladesh in 75 tantalising recipes. Taking you through the six Bangladeshi seasons – summer, monsoon,...

Spend less. Shop smarter. Revolutionise your wardrobe THE MUST-HAVE GUIDE FROM TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM SENSATION, ANDREA CHEONG! Why Don't I Have Anything to Wear? will help you unlearn the habits...

Racism, Medicine, and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare A vital, eye-opening exploration of race and health In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are all too aware of...

A young cinephile leaves his rural village in India with big dreams, only to find himself trapped in menial jobs and forced to work off a debt he may never...

The Japanese wisdom of chōwa offers a fresh perspective on how to live, and new ways to find balance among the many different directions that modern life pulls us in....

A darkly comic, boundary-pushing debut following an adrift Pakistani translator in London who attends a mysterious language school that boasts complete fluency in just ten days, but at a secret,...

Translated by Sam Taylor From the author of the International Booker Prize-winning At Night All Blood is Black: a moving and immersive adventure story set in eighteenth century Senegal The...

A history in three metamorphoses There is not just one story of silk. In silk is science, history and mythology. In silk is the future. Aarathi Prasad’s Silk is a...

A bustling, vibrant tour of flavour-packed Syrian dishes 90 sensational recipes celebrating the flavours of Syria, that can easily be made in the comfort of your own home This is...

A woman reeling from a disastrous love affair finds love and hope in Shakespeare and Palestine'Magnificent' OBSERVER'Different to anything else being written right now in English' SUNDAY TIMES'A pretty flawless writer' THE TIMESAfter...

More than friends. Less than official. Definitely complicated. #Merky Books' first unputdownable romcom. When the love of her life shows up with a girlfriend, Tia decides it's time to put...

Natural histories of place, identity and homeReflecting on family, identity and nature, belonging is a personal memoir about what it is to have and make a home. It is a...

An urgent exploration of how the gendering of emotions came about, and what we can do to change these damaging stereotypes, by award-winning behavioural and data scientist Dr Prayga Agarwal...

An uplifting poetry collection from the number one bestselling author of My Name Is Why, Lemn Sissay OBE For the past decade, Lemn Sissay has composed a short poem as...

Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award 2022 When my family emigrated it felt as if we'd been stood on our heads. Michelle de Kretser's electrifying take on scary monsters turns...

A Collection of Black British PoetryThis seminal collection of Black British poets ignited a movement when it was first published in 1998. It celebrated the rising stars of the time,...

Britain and the Aftermath of EmpireBritain didn't just put the empire back the way it had found it.Uncommon Wealth is the little known and shocking history of how Britain treated...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES Three friends. Three 'perfect' lives. Here comes Trouble Ronke wants Happily Ever After and 2.2. kids. She's dating Kayode and wants him...

THE BUNKER IS DESIGNED TO KEEP THEM ALL SAFE.In the end, very few people made it to the bunker. Now they wait there for the outside world to heal. Wolfe...

From the internationally bestselling author ofExit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change One morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has...

'A rollicking debut' - Telegraph  'A necessary exploration of identity and belonging' - Derek Owusu, author of That Reminds Me  In Ashleigh Nugent's dynamic coming-of-age comedy of errors, Locks, teenager Aeon is on a quest...

You can choose your house. Not your neighbours. WELCOME TO YOUR DREAM HOME… Salma Khatun is extremely hopeful about Blenheim, the safe suburban development to which she, her husband and...

In this highly anticipated companion to the New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club YA Pick A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, Flora...

Finding Home in a System That Fails Us We've all had our share of dodgy landlords, mould and awkward house shares. But journalist Kieran Yates has had more than most:...

From award-winning author Benjamin Dean comes a deliciously dark and addictive YA thriller following the lives of Gen Z’s rich and famous through the lens of an undercover teen journalist....

Libby is determined to stay on her no-man fast: no more romance, no more cheating men, no more heartbreak. But in the city of love there is no escaping fate...

Finding the Truth in All the Noise From acclaimed writer, journalist, and physician Dr. Seema Yasmin comes a “savvy, accessible, and critical” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) book about the importance...

We are all a part of a culture that is broken – and nobody benefits from it. It’s in the news we read, the films we watch, the music we...

Following their award-winning debut, Fleche (2019), comes Mary Jean Chan's gleaming second collection: Bright Fear. Through poems which engage fearlessly with intertwined themes of identity, multilingualism and postcolonial legacy, Chan's...

Surviving the insanity of a racist world An all-encompassing, insightful and wry look at living in a racist world, by a leading Black British voice in the academy and in...

She found magic in the most unlikely of places. Mika Moon follows three rules: hide your magic, keep your head down, and stay away from other witches. Mika is good...

Four generations of women experience love, loss, war and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban Revolution and, finally, the fall of the Berlin Wall in this sweeping...

‘By thinking about gendered inequality as rooted in something unalterable within us, we fail to see it for what it is: something more fragile that has had to be constantly...