These are just some of the unhelpful dichotomies we aim to break down with our publishing
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Mongrel by Hanako Footman shortlisted for Waterstones debut fiction prize
The winner, picked by Waterstones’ booksellers, will be announced on 25 July. Mongrel was hailed as ‘absolutely breathtakingly heart-achingly brilliant.’
Wild Geese by Soula Emmanuel wins the 2024 Lambda Award for Transgender Fiction as well as the SoA Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize
The book was described by Pink News as ‘the must-read trans book of the summer,’ while Barry Pierce, writing for i-D, said: ‘Wild Geese is proof that Soula is the most exciting new voice in Irish writing.’
OUT NOW: The Coin, the chic, mad, witty, filthy, uncompromising debut novel from Palestinian journalist and author, Yasmin Zaher
Hailed by Elif Bautman as ‘bonkers’, Raven Leilani as ‘filthy and elegant’, and Slavoj Zizek as a ‘masterpiece’, The Coin is a bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman’s unraveling as she teaches at a New York City middle school.
Sabrin Hasbun wins inaugural £15,000 Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize
Sabrin’s book Wait for Her is a memoir-family saga which retraces the love story between her Palestinian father and her Italian mother, and will be published by Footnote Press in Spring 2025.
14 September 2023 | £14.00
‘Moskovich writes sentences that lilt and slink, her plots developing as a slow seduction and then clouding like a smoke-filled room’ — Guardian
A vibrant, muscular genre-bending novel set in the coldest night of a Berlin winter as decades of Russian and Ukrainian history unfold alongside a broken love affair. The Waste Land for our times, this is a forceful, dark and unexpectedly erotic anthem for doomed youth.
20 June 2024 | £16.99
Linguist and writer Malwina Gudowska unpicks the myths surrounding multilingualism and the political, emotional and gendered weight of passing down language to your children
26 October 2023 | £16.99
‘An anthology to treasure and return to’ — Elinor Cleghorn
A first-of-its-kind anthology of nature writing by authors living with chronic illness and physical disability.
7 September 2023 | £14.99
‘A force to be reckoned with and utterly tireless… With typical laser focus, she repeatedly questions which things society pays attention to and which we consider insignificant.’ — Laura Bates, Guardian
Draws on first-hand experiences of war in countries as diverse as Ukraine, Syria and Northern Ireland to show how women’s wars are not men’s wars.
4 July 2024 | £9.99
‘This fantastically strange, explosive debut novel entrances even as it unsettles. It’s so brilliantly written’ — Buzzfeed
A mesmerising debut novel of sapphic longing, intense obsession and fierce, defiant becoming – enthralling and visceral, this is an unforgettable vision of adolescence in all its horrific glory.
22 August 2024 | £16.99
A data-backed investigation into what makes protest and mass movements around the world effective, written by a leading political scientist.
25 May 2023 | £20.00
‘Paul Baker captures essence of an essentially uncapturable phenomenon making it just knowable enough for all. My dear, she’s on fire!’ — Damian Barr
By the bestselling author of Fabulosa! and Outrageous!, this reappraisal of camp across time and in all its glorious forms shows how an inescapable part of popular culture has also played an important role in equality movements as a form of protest or resistance.
26 August 2024 | £20.00
The extraordinary story of a group of forgotten radicals who found themselves drawn to communist Moscow’s hotbed of international revolutionary activity: the Hotel Lux
25 April 2024 | £22.00
‘A brilliant and original history of the chemical dreamscape of American democracy…’ — Charles King
A bold and brilliant revisionist take on the history of psychedelics in the twentieth century, illuminating how a culture of experimental drugs shaped the Cold War and the birth of Silicon Valley.
13 June 2024 | £16.99
‘A compassionate, beautifully told portrait’ — Guy Gunaratne
At once a polyphonic exploration of the UK immigration system and the story of one woman’s attempt to find a life for herself amidst the pressures of her job
12 September 2024 | £16.99
Her play, his name – a young Black playwright hatches a plan with her white male friend to expose the racism of the British theatrical establishment in this whip-smart, immersive satire, perfect for fans of YELLOWFACE
8 February 2024 | £16.99
The most captivating debut of 2024, ‘It must be read’ — Lisa Taddeo
An exquisite debut novel weaving together the voices of three young women in Japan and the UK as the threads of their lives twist and entangle in unexpected ways
21 March 2024 | £20.00
New York Times Bestseller
A devastating look at how mental health ‘care’ has been historically used to oppress the Black community in the United States – told through the prism of a segregated asylum, Crownsville Hospital for the Negro Insane in Maryland.
5 October 2023 | £16.99
‘A brilliantly conceived family history, one that places questions of responsibility and atonement at the center of the conversation about America’s political future’ — the Whiting Foundation
An award-winning author investigates the entangled history of her Jewish ancestors’ land in South Dakota and the Lakota, who were forced off that land by the United States government.
11 April 2024 | £12.00
‘Skinner goes in search of a different way of life… a sensitive and colourful account’ — New Statesman
A journey around the UK’s communes, eco-villages and co-living spaces to find more compassionate, connected and sustainable ways to live.
1 February 2024 | £10.99
Foreword by Bernardine Evaristo
‘Extraordinary conversations with many of the greatest minds and most inspiring figures of our age… Together they form a snap-shot of where the peoples of the Black diaspora stand, today in the early 21st Century, and how much has been overcome to get here.’ — David Olusoga
27 June 2024 | £16.99
‘A fascinating, passionate and political case for art’s world-changing power, by a fizzingly good writer’ — Robert Macfarlane
An urgent reminder that art can make a human life more bearable, and can be a means of building the things that a person needs to survive the bleakest circumstances.
8 June 2023 | £12.99
‘Incendiary . . . A uniquely trans story’ — Dazed
Ponyboy pops pills, snorts speed, and attempts art as he comes to terms with his transmasculinity and addiction in Paris and Berlin, in the electric debut from Eliot Duncan.
21 September 2023 | £20.00
‘A riveting read. It’s captivating, enlightening, and thought provoking.’ — Steve Stewart-Williams
An astounding and inspiring look at the science behind tribalism, and how we can learn to harness it to improve the world around us.
22 August 2024 | £9.99
‘A real celebration and ode to women who hold up the art of cinema.’ — Mollie Goodfellow
Leading film critic of her generation offers an unflinchingly honest and humorous account of her mixed-race millennial journey towards self-acceptance through a cinematic lens.
26 September 2024 | £20.00
Joe Mulhall uncovers how music has shaped resistance movements across the globe, from Irish protest songs to Apartheid South Africa to the artists in Ukraine today.
2 November 2023 | £12.99
Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction, Indigenous Writers’ Prize, UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing, Longlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize
Debra Dank has created an extraordinary mosaic of vivid episodes that move about in time and place to tell an unforgettable story of country and people.
18 January 2024 | £12.99
‘Will burrow under your skin and live forever in your darkest dreams’ — Bust
Joyce Carol Oates assembles an outstanding cast of authors – including Margaret Atwood, Raven Leilani, and Cassandra Khaw – to explore, subvert, and reinvent one of the most vital subgenres of horror.
19 October 2023 | £20.00
‘Prepare to laugh, sob and dance’ — Telegraph
This fascinating journey through the complex histories of India, its performance traditions and cultural history is a love letter to cinema, an invitation to learn about the largest film fandom on the planet, and a window onto the rise of modern India.
6 July 2023 | £14.99
‘This fantastically strange, explosive debut novel entrances even as it unsettles. It’s so brilliantly written’ — Buzzfeed
A mesmerising debut novel of sapphic longing, intense obsession and fierce, defiant becoming – enthralling and visceral, this is an unforgettable vision of adolescence in all its horrific glory.
7 March 2024 | £12.99
‘Only Kiyoko Murata can convey this world’ — Yoko Ogawa
A vibrant historical novel following a tenacious and quick-witted young Japanese girl who becomes the protégée of a highest-ranking courtesan, from Akutagawa-Prize winner Kiyoko Murata
11 July 2024 | £14.99
‘The Coin is not a wonderful beginning that promises masterpieces to come – it already is a masterpiece’ — Slavoj Zizek
Abold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman’s unravelling as she teaches at a New York City middle school, gets caught up in a scheme reselling Birkin bags, and strives to gain control over her body and mind.
28 March 2024 | £16.99
Bullsh*t Comparisons will challenge the way you think about the political use and social abuse of the metaphors and metrics that warp our understanding of an unequal world.
3 October 2024 | £10.99
‘Paul Baker captures essence of an essentially uncapturable phenomenon making it just knowable enough for all. My dear, she’s on fire!’ — Damian Barr
By the bestselling author of Fabulosa! and Outrageous!, this reappraisal of camp across time and in all its glorious forms shows how an inescapable part of popular culture has also played an important role in equality movements as a form of protest or resistance.
16 May 2024 | £9.99
‘Soula is the most exciting new voice in Irish writing’ — Barry Pierce, i-D
Debut novelist Soula Emmanuel tells the story of Phoebe Forde, an Irish trans woman living in Scandinavia who unexpectedly reconnects with her first (and only) girlfriend, igniting memories she thought she’d left behind.