Collection:
North Africa
The Republic of False Truths
Escape
What Strange Paradise
If An Egyptian Cannot Speak English
Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller
The Daughters of Izdihar (The Alamaxa Duology #1)
At Home in the World: A Memoir
The Shape of Dust
All Men Want to Know
Adèle
People Like Them
Watch Us Dance
Self Defense
Scary Smart
Thirsty Animals
As Rich as the King
Sex and Lies
The Moor's Account
Songs for the Dead and the Living
The Pharmacist
The Country of Others
The Jasad Heir (Scorched Throne #1)
Lullaby
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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.
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, crafting workshops, 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.
We give BIPOC authors a space where they don't have to fight to be seen.
