New Releases
We publish essential, politically-engaged books about the ongoing human journey
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
The incredible untold story of four women who helped win the second world war by generating a wave of black propaganda.
‘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.
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.
A searing account of urbanlife in modern India, told through the eyes of an ordinary working class Muslim woman, Syeda X.
A family memoir that retraces the love story between the author’s Palestinian father and Italian mother.
‘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.
‘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
‘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.
A deep dive into emo music, that most divisive of 00s subcultures, from a music journalist who was there – eyeliner, lip piercings, long fringes and all
A ground-breaking guide to how the media’s self-censorship in the face of populist politics threatens democracy.
‘An extraordinary trip through 20th century history’ — Séamas O’Reilly
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
A fascinating history of female rulers across time and across the world
A fascinating cultural history of intelligence.
A powerful exploration of race and swimming by a writer who ‘see[s] the world whole, allowing daily intimacies against a backdrop of social injustice’ (New York Times)