New Releases
We publish essential, politically-engaged books about the ongoing human journey
‘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.
WINNER OF THE FOOTNOTE X COUNTERPOINTS WRITING PRIZE 2023-24
A family memoir that retraces the love story between the author’s Palestinian father and Italian mother.
In Eli Zuzovsky’s beautifully written and gloriously unique debut novel told in a chorus of voices, a young boy confronts queer lust, shame, the threat of war, and the plague of family on the day he becomes a man.
‘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.
‘Explosive from the first page’ — Mateo Askaripour
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
An award-winning, thrillingly subversive novel about an Israeli woman who moves to America, takes up hunting, and is drawn into a world of predator, prey, and dark attraction.
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
‘Superb. An incandescent, charged and propulsive work.’ — Irenosen Okojie
A stunning work exploring what it means to refind yourself and reconnect with others while coming to terms with having lived through war.
A powerful and heartwarming exploration of cuisine in conflict zones, highlighting the heroic persistence of people struggling to protect their food culture in the face of war, genocide, and violence.
A sweeping speculative, literary love story that follows two couples in two different timelines of the Salvadorian civil war as they work out who they are together and apart and where (or who), they can truly call home.
A fascinating history of female rulers across time and across the world
A literary page turner set in New Zealand for readers of Celeste Ng, Elif Shafak and Mohsin Hamid.
‘A beautiful account of how music has unified, healed and inspired humanity during some of history’s darkest days’ — James O’Brien
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.
‘A landmark work on perhaps the essential question of our time’ — David Wallace-Wells
Drawing on a decade of original on-the-ground reporting, Schwartstein tells the story of the largely overlooked ways in which climate stress is fuelling everything from urban crime to old school piracy to warfare.
‘I’ve never read a book that is as timely, urgent, and essential as this one’ — Khalil Gibran Muhammad
A searing account of the authoritarian right’s attacks to undo a century of work to advance social justice action on race, gender, sexuality and class.
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)
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