The longlist has been revealed for the Polari First Book Prize 2024, which includes Adam Lowe's debut collection Patterflash.
Adam said, "I am honoured to be in the company of such stellar writers! This is an extremely competitive longlist, so to even place is fantastic news."
You can now watch the recording of Jeda Pearl's Edinburgh book launch, at Lighthouse Books, via YouTube. Thank you to everyone who attended or watched the livestream for making this such a special event!
Time Cleaves Itself: Poetry Night with Jeda Pearl and Friends
Date: 23 July 2024
Time: 7–8pm
Venue: Lighthouse Bookshop, 43-45 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DB
Price: Free, but you can purchase a voucher or book to support the bookshop and organisers
Book online
Nii Ayikwei Parkes recently spoke to Rippling Pages about the fictional island setting of his novel Azúcar. You can watch the video below (or click to go to YouTube).
Also, if you haven't already, remember to check out Nii's work on Poems on the Underground. Nii's poetry is available to read/listen online, for those who can't see it on the Tube in person.
The Guardian has published an article on the Dig Where You Stand project, where Peepal Tree author Désirée Reynolds is digging through history to find the stories of African-Caribbean people in Sheffield.
“Archives are like time travel,” says Désirée Reynolds, an artist in residence at Sheffield City Archives, who has been burrowing into the thousands of items in the northern city’s annals in search of black history since 2021.
Author Sathari Kam, who writes as Meiling Jin and S. Kam, has published a collection of poems with Pegasus Elliot MacKenzie. Sathari's collection Poetry of the Soul in 8 movements invites the reader to join her on the noble hero's journey. She has also released a new album of children's songs, Footprints in the Forest, which she wrote and produced herself. It can be streamed and downloaded on BandCamp.
Over on Bookshop.org, Merle Collins has shared a selection of books in the Political Fiction. The list covers Merle Collins' inspiration for her latest historical fiction novel, Ocean Stirrings.
The new summer set of Poems on the Underground goes live on London Underground and Overground cars on Monday 3 June 2024 for four weeks.
The new summer set will be launched with a poetry reading by Imtiaz Dharker and Nii Ayikwei Parkes at Covent Garden Underground Station on Monday 3 June at 11.30-12.00.
Roseberys London is hosting an auction of the late Andrew Salkey's art collection.
Peepal Tree is pleased to share that Ocean Stirrings by Merle Collins has been named a finalist for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2024. The finalists were announced at Charleston Festival in Sussex on Saturday 25 May, as part of an event on Orwell and his book 1984.
The winner will be announced at the Orwell Prize ceremony on the evening of 27th June, at Conway Hall in Central London.
