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Iconic People of Colour
Elizabeth Ajao

Iconic People of Colour

$17.99
$17.99
The Meaning of Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey

The Meaning of Mariah Carey

$22.99
$22.99
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

$22.99
$22.99
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women
Wayetu Moore

The Dragons, the Giant, the Women

$24.99
$24.99
Permission to Dream
Chris Gardner

Permission to Dream

$24.99
$24.99
Blind Spot
Myriam Tadessé

Blind Spot

$24.99
$24.99
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: the Journals of Alice Walker
Alice Walker

Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: the Journals of Alice Walker

$34.99
$34.99
I Have Always Been Me
Precious Brady-Davis

I Have Always Been Me

$24.99
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

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Jack of Hearts QX11594
Jackie Huggins and Ngaire Jarro

Jack of Hearts QX11594

$27.99
$27.99
Jokowi and the New Indonesia
Darmawan Prasodjo

Jokowi and the New Indonesia

$44.99
$44.99
The cover of the book 'Remembering Shanghai' featuring a black and white photograph of a woman with a floral pattern in the background.
Isabel Sun Chao and Claire Chao

Remembering Shanghai

$34.99
$34.99
Rescuing Socrates
Roosevelt Montás

Rescuing Socrates

$39.99
$39.99
What Would Frida Do?
Arianna Davis

What Would Frida Do?

$24.99
$24.99
Diego Rivera
Chris W. Kim

Diego Rivera

$35.00
$35.00
Nomad Girl
Kanakiya Myra Ah Chee

Nomad Girl

$39.95
$39.95
Don't Forget Us Here
Mansoor Adayfi

Don't Forget Us Here

$45.00
$45.00
Memoirs from the Corner Country
Harold Hunt

Memoirs from the Corner Country

$27.99
$27.99
Born a Crime
Trevor Noah

Born a Crime

$22.99
$22.99
Fire Country
Victor Steffenson

Fire Country

$29.99
$29.99
Stronger
Dinesh Palipana

Stronger

$36.99
$36.99
Muddy People
Sara El Sayed

Muddy People

$34.99
$34.99
A Gypsy in Auschwitz
Otto Rosenberg

A Gypsy in Auschwitz

$32.99
$32.99
How We Met
Huma Qureshi

How We Met

$22.99
$22.99
Vibrate Higher
Talib Kweli

Vibrate Higher

$32.99
$32.99
Backstory
Avani Gregg

Backstory

$29.99
$29.99
Brave New Humans
Sarah Dingle

Brave New Humans

$34.99
$34.99
Fattily Ever After
Stephanie Yeboah

Fattily Ever After

$24.99
$24.99
The Turbulent Sea
Charles N. Li

The Turbulent Sea

$36.99
$36.99
Vulnerable AF
Tarriona "Tank" Ball

Vulnerable AF

$27.99
$27.99
Both/And
Huma Abedin

Both/And

$35.00
$35.00
IC3
Courttia Newland and Kadija Sesay

IC3

$22.99
$22.99
A Consequence of Sequence
Idayu Maarof with Mohd Firdaus Raih

A Consequence of Sequence

$27.99
$27.99
Seeking Asylum: Our Stories
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

Seeking Asylum: Our Stories

$39.99
$39.99
Ngangk Waangening
Aunty Doreen Nelson, Rhonda Marriott AM and Tracey Reibel

Ngangk Waangening

$30.00
$30.00
Geisha of Gion
Mineko Iwasaki

Geisha of Gion

$22.99
$22.99
The Man from the Future
Ananyo Bhattacharya

The Man from the Future

$45.00
$45.00
Punch Me Up to the Gods
Brian Broome

Punch Me Up to the Gods

$32.99
$32.99
Around the World in 68 Days
Koh Buck Song

Around the World in 68 Days

$27.99
$27.99
The Apple and the Tree
Marina Mahathir

The Apple and the Tree

$39.99
$39.99
A Long Road to Justice
Sylvia Yu Friedman

A Long Road to Justice

$27.99
$27.99
Why Karen Carpenter Matters
Karen Tongson

Why Karen Carpenter Matters

$24.99
$24.99
The Votive Pen
Nilanjana Sengupta

The Votive Pen

$29.99
$29.99
Sadeq Hedayat
Homa Katouzian

Sadeq Hedayat

$44.99
$44.99
Imperial Intimacies
Hazel V. Carby

Imperial Intimacies

$29.99
$29.99
Dying To Be Me
Anita Moorjani

Dying To Be Me

$26.99
$26.99
Becoming Abolitionists
Derecka Purnell

Becoming Abolitionists

$34.99
$34.99
Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation
Falola Toyin & Dauda Bola

Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation

$49.99
$49.99
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Amplify is an antiracist social enterprise bookshop dedicated to books by BIPOC authors. It was born out of a frustration with the structural racism in the publishing industry and a desire to tangibly make a change in a rigid industry.

We started as an online bookstore in 2020 and expanded into our Peel St shopfront in November 2024. There, you can browse our curation in person and attend bookish events.

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