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Paul Baker

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.

Sunny Singh

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.

Eliot Duncan

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.

Louise Kenward

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.

Cynthia Enloe

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.

Jade Song

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.

Sarah Ladipo Manyika

6 October 2022 | £16.99

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

Hanna Flint

29 September 2022 | £12.99

‘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.

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Paul Baker

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.

Sunny Singh

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.

Eliot Duncan

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.

Louise Kenward

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.

Cynthia Enloe

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.

Jade Song

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.

Sarah Ladipo Manyika

6 October 2022 | £16.99

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

Hanna Flint

29 September 2022 | £12.99

‘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.

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Between Starshine and Clay
Sarah Ladipo Manyika
Foreword by Bernardine Evaristo
£16.99

Warm, conversational and inspiring, Between Starshine and Clay is sure to delight your reader as Sarah Ladipo Manyika shares twelve in-depth conversations with some of the brightest Black figures of our times.

Living Together
Mim Skinner
£14.99

Radical, refreshing and empowering, your reader will love Living Together by Mim Skinner as it offers real, communal alternatives to the problems we face today from housing to parenting in a world built for the individual.

Voice of the Fish
Lars Horn
£12.99

Unique, mysterious and perhaps even eccentric, your reader’s perfect match is Voice of the Fish, a sumptuously-written memoir on bodies, marine life and trans-masculinity by British American author Lars Horn.

Strong Female Character
Hanna Flint
£12.99

Cultured, on-the-pulse, and introspective, Hanna Flint’s Strong Female Character is for the reader in your life who is fascinated by how culture shapes the way we view our own identities and the world around us.

Map of Hope and Sorrow
Helen Benedict & Eyad Awwadawnan
£12.99

Stirring, poignant and heartful, Helen Benedict and Eyad Awwadawnan’s collection of five refugees’ gripping stories of reaching safety will deeply move your reader in Map of Hope and Sorrow.

Close Match

Between Starshine and Clay
Sarah Ladipo Manyika
Foreword by Bernardine Evaristo
£16.99

Warm, conversational and inspiring, Between Starshine and Clay is sure to delight your reader as Sarah Ladipo Manyika shares twelve in-depth conversations with some of the brightest Black figures of our times.

Living Together
Mim Skinner
£14.99

Radical, refreshing and empowering, your reader will love Living Together by Mim Skinner as it offers real, communal alternatives to the problems we face today from housing to parenting in a world built for the individual.

Voice of the Fish
Lars Horn
£12.99

Unique, mysterious and perhaps even eccentric, your reader’s perfect match is Voice of the Fish, a sumptuously-written memoir on bodies, marine life and trans-masculinity by British American author Lars Horn.

Strong Female Character
Hanna Flint
£12.99

Cultured, on-the-pulse, and introspective, Hanna Flint’s Strong Female Character is for the reader in your life who is fascinated by how culture shapes the way we view our own identities and the world around us.

Map of Hope and Sorrow
Helen Benedict & Eyad Awwadawnan
£12.99

Stirring, poignant and heartful, Helen Benedict and Eyad Awwadawnan’s collection of five refugees’ gripping stories of reaching safety will deeply move your reader in Map of Hope and Sorrow.

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