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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
Collective Movements
Control
A Daughter of the Samurai
The Gift of Intensity
A History of Japan in Manga
The Indonesian Table
Indigenous Resurgence in an Age of Reconciliation
The Journey to Lupan-On (The Mythology Class #3)
Mochi, Cakes and Bakes
Not so Black and White
Nuts and Bolts
Party of One
Performing Postracialism
The Sacred Balance
Scary Smart
Seafaring
Stir Crazy
This Thread of Gold
A Time Outside this Time
Mulganai
Windward Family
Blackwater
Innovation: Knowledge and Ingenuity
Plants: Past, Present and Future
Drama Free
Where Black Stars Rise
Royals and Rebels
X-Gender Vol. 1
None of the Above
A Career in Books
How to Read Now
No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies
The Joys of Motherhood
The Intersectional Environmentalist
The Stormy Sea
Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki
How to Write About Africa
We Were Dreamers
Korean American
My Alcoholic Escape from Reality
An Admirable Point
Smashing Serendipity
The Black Jacobins
Reclaim
Fire Rush
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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.
Amplify started as an online bookstore in 2020 and expanded into our Peel St shopfront in November 2024. In the physical shop, you can browse our curation in person and attend bookish events.
After being online-only for four years we opened our physical shopfront in November 2025. The bricks-and-mortar shop allows us to showcase the collection in full for leisurely browsing, chats, and holds a third space offering in our reading room.
We host a wide range of bookish and community-oriented events at Amplify. They are cosy, affordable, alcohol-free, and a great, low-stakes way to meet new people.
We offer various community events including speed dating, book swaps, and crafting workshops, as well as book launches and author salons. Our in-house book club is held once a month in our reading room.
Publishing has a diversity problem. There are less 'diverse' books being published which limits the discoverability and reach of those authors.
Representation is important.
