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2020 finds us celebrating our tenth anniversary. Over this period, we have not only published exciting, hand-picked novels but have also added ground- breaking (and prize-winning) Young Adult titles to our list. 2019 was marked by the introduction of our great new imprint SMALL AXES, overseen by Pete Ayrton as Editor. HopeRoad continues to promote equality in literature with a special focus on Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Themes of identity, cultural stereotyping and disability will always be grist to HopeRoad’s busy and productive mill.

Rosemarie Hudson, Founder and Publisher, HopeRoad Pete Ayrton, Editor, Small Axes SMAL AXES

L NON FICTION tolerance andunderstanding. compatible. This isaneloquent,timelypleafor secular values, withwhich hebelieves Islamis He placesahighvalue of ontheimportance his arguments are allthemore powerful. inadequacy,from theperpetrators’ deepsenseof Jelloun understands thatterrorist actscome an everyday, accessible language. BecauseBen addresses complex andpressing questions in context,historical andcontemporary thebook terrorism inbotha Exploring allforms of teenage daughter. adialogue betweenform theauthorandhis of terrorism world inthemodern of takes the the seductionsanddangers explanation of Tahar Ben Jelloun’s impassioned, succinct 148pp |198mmx129mm£8.99 |Rights:UK +Commonwealth (except Canada) Non-Fiction |ISBNs:978-1-9164671-1-8(PB) 978-1-9164671-6-3(eBook)|27Feb 2020 impressive bodyofworkcombinesintellect ON TERRORISM: ‘Morocco’s greatestlivingauthor...his and imaginationinmagicalfusion’ GUARDIAN Translated byAneesaAbbasHiggins Introduction byJeremyHarding TAHAR BENJELLOUN Conversations withmydaughter Today helives inParis. his 1985novel L’Enfant de Sable . Arabic. Hebecameknown for although hisfirstlanguage is hiswork iswritten inFrench,of Moroccan writer. The entirety TAHAR BENJELLOUN is a

256pp |198mmx129mm£9.99 |Rights:UK +Commonwealth (except Canada) Fiction2020 |ISBN:978-1-913109-00-4(PB978-1-913109-12-7(eBook) |02April all time. the great paintersof established herasoneof 1650; sheproduced over 50paintingsthathave victim.Intheyears betweenstatus of 1610and genius. ButGentileschi didnotacceptthe Gentileschi, who failedtovalue herartistic and, apowerful, patriarchal father, Orazio forced marriage toamanshedidnotlove 18,a out asavictim–rape attheage of Much inGentileschi’s life marked her asafeminist masterpiece. established itself Gentileschi, painter, aniconic17thcentury 1953, AnnaBanti’s novel about Artemisia literature. From itsfirstpublication in Italian 20thcentury Artemisia isaclassic of literature, perhaps.Andametaphor lost andre-created.Ametaphorfor book –anduniqueinBanti’swork Gentileschi’s workattheNational – isthisdoubledestinyofabook major retrospectiveofArtimisia ‘What makes ‘What for reading,militantreading– Published tocoincidewitha which, atitsworthiest, is rereading–too’ Gallery inLondon Gallery SUSAN SONTAG Translated byShirleyD’ArdiaCaracciolo Artemisia Introduced bySusanSontag ANNA BANTI agreat ARTEMISIA our time. the great conversations literary of and subjectinArtemisiaisoneof right. The dialogue between author appreciate initsown hergenius she hasfound anaudienceable to lived inhisshadow. Sincethen Until his death in 1970, Anna Banti case, herhusbandRoberto Longhi. defined by amalementor–inher Gentileschi, AnnaBantiwas always Florence in1895.Like Artemisia LuciaLopresti, was in born of ANNA BANTI, thepenname SMAL AXES

L FICTION FAR FROM DOUALA MAX LOBE Translated by Ros Schwartz FICTION ‘Lobe’s wonderfully energised voice immediately buttonholes his reader and leads them on an utterly unexpected journey across Cameroon. I only wish this novel had been twice the length. You are in for a treat’ PATRICK GALE On the trail of Roger, a brother who has gone north in search of football fame in Europe, Choupi, the narrator, takes with him the older Simon, a neighbourhood friend. The bus trip north nearly ends in disaster when, at a pit stop, Simon goes wandering in search of grilled caterpillars – the woman who makes the bus wait insists on payment of 2000 CFA. At the police station in Yaoundé, the local cop MAX LOBE was born in Douala, tells them that a feckless boza who wants to go Cameroon. At eighteen he moved to Europe is not worth police effort and their to Switzerland, where he achieved mother should offer to pleasure the police chief a BA in communication and if she wants help! Through a series of sparky journalism and a master’s in public vignettes, Cameroon life is revealed in all its policy and administration. He is ups and downs. Important issues are raised a rising star of Swiss/Francophone - terrorism, poverty, homosexuality, violence- writing. His first novel, 39 Rue de but the tone is light and edgy. Berne, which portrays the lives of illegal immigrants in the red-light district of Geneva, received the 2014 Prix du Roman des Romands. In 2017, his novel Confidences won the Ahmadou Kourouma Prize.

Fiction | ISBN: 978-1-913109-01-1 (PB) | 978-1-913109-08-0 (eBook) | 25 June 2020 176pp | 198mm x 129mm | £9.99 | Rights World English

SMALL AXES 304pp |198mmx129mm£10.99 |Rights: World ex IndiaandSingapore Fiction2020 |ISBN:978-1-913109-02-8(PB)978-1-913109-09-7(eBook) |20July contempt for Indianlives andfor nature. workers. theBritish Atimelyreminder of theBritishbossesandIndian and deathof fundamental differences intheattitudestolife weather. Setbacks occurwhich bringintofocus schedule dictatedby theextreme tropical terrain,mountain andjungle withina time challenge, which involves working indaunting skilled men.They are facedwith aformidable aidesand wife, Helen,andastrong teamof build adam,bringingwithhimhisyoung engineers,international arrives inIndiato of afirm Clinton, founder andheadof certainties andmoraldoubts.Itisset in modernIndia,buttheconflictof ‘The CofferDamsisanabsorbing and spiritualweakness,physical tale aboutmechanicalstrength values atitsheartisuniversal’ author ofBHOWANI JUNCTION JOHN MASTERS, KAMALA MARKANDAYAKAMALA THE COFFER DAMS in thepost-colonialcanon. rediscovered asanessentialfigure Kamala Markandaya isnow being Jhabvala and R.K. Narayan, Ruth of Prawercontemporary bestseller.an international A Nectar inaSieve, herdebut, was There writingher novels; shebegan to pursueacareer injournalism. before moving toLondonin1948 a smallprogressive magazine University andlaterworked for at Madras She studied history – 2004)was inMysore, born India. KAMALA MARKANDAYA (1924 SMAL AXES

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L FICTION collide. which the personal and the political seamlessly narrative theAfro-Caribbean experience in of Ferdinand Dennishascreated apowerful In himonhisvoyage.started mission todefeat theduppy, orghost,which Marshall’s life fullcircle turns inhisepic to escape fromstruggle the colonial past. politicians, andthenontoAfricathe he marriesandmixes withmusicians and He travels first to London, wartime where as slaves. returning toAfrica,whence theywere brought been putonhisfamilyandhemust dothisby a mysticalquest,toovercome acursethathas Jamaica. Asayoung man,heisentrustedwith inParadise,the 20thcentury ontheislandof atthe beginning of isborn Marshall Sarjeant oneman’sepic taleof questtofulfilamission. First published in1998,Duppy Conqueror isan 352pp |198mmx129mm£10.99 |Rights:World Fiction |ISBN:978-1-913109-03-5(PB)978-1-913109-10-3(eBook) |1October2020 Duppy Conqueror, firstpublished in1998, and acontagiousaffection’ abandoned, poeticrelish SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ‘Dennis writeswith DUPPY CONQUEROR FERDINAND DENNIS Dennis lives London. inNorth with routes than roots.” Ferdinand a writerultimatelymore concerned Caribbean background, Dennisis his notes: “Perhaps asaresult of the late1950s. DrJames Procter where hisparents hadmigrated in eightmovedage of toEngland, who is Jamaican by but birth at the broadcaster, andlecturer, journalist FERDINAND DENNISisawriter, 300pp |198mmx129mm£10.99 |Rights:World Fiction equal measure. but mutiny bringsheroism andheartbreak in to Rose, MrsAylmer’s maid. Anglo-Indian vie withpassionasPrivate Flaherty pays court their priestcannotcoolthemen’s rage. Politics back inIreland reaches thetroops inIndia,even theBlack andTans’When news of atrocities their mixed blood, belong.nowhere. exception. The localAnglo-Indians, taintedby theywereand thepart toplay born –withone streets andbrothels. Everyone knows theirplace Nandagiri with itsheaving bazaar,of reeking decently hidden from view liesthenative part Kildare Rangers, isincharge. Adistanceaway, Colonel Aylmer, theRoyal commanderof Irish Nandagiri. is setinthefictionaltown of Rangers south-eastIndiain1920,thenovel theIrishConnaught of Based onatruestory ‘A movingstory, compellinglytold’ effortlessly through time. Cauvery effortlessly throughtime.Cauvery detailed, fullofliving,breathing Madhavan haswrittenanother ‘ A treatofanovel,deliciously characters, transportingyou | 30 April 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9164671-8-7(PB) |978-1-913109-06-6(eBook)30April unmissable book’ SHASHI THAROOR MAGGIE GEE CAUVERY MADHAVAN THE TAINTED

in beautifulCountyKildare. with herhusbandandthree children and Her otherbooksare, Paddy Indian in love ever with the country since. thirty-three years ago andhasbeen Madras). Cauvery moved toIreland Chennai(formerlyhometown of worked asacopywriterinher andeducatedinIndia.She born CAUVERY MADHAVAN was The Uncoupling.Cauvery lives

FICTION FICTION 28 May2020|284pp198mmx129mm |£10.99Rights:World Fiction/ Anthology|ISBN:978-1-9164671-9-4(PB) |978-1-913109-07-3(eBook) the life course,andmethods. University. Sheresearches gender, age, RelationshipStorying project atSheffield lead postdoctoral researcher for the NAFHESA ALIisasociologist andthe spent inPeshawar. South Asiawas sparked by ateenage year York. HerfascinationwithMuslim colonial literature attheUniversity of CLAIRE CHAMBERS sloppy personalgrooming. are more scandalizedby awould-be suitor’s scandalsgrabgang headlines, thesecharacters media seesonlyblack grooming- andwhite. If creating grey areas where themainstream Grey, aMuslimFiftyShadesof of the territory play withpossibilities. Stillothersmove into others useblack humourandbitingsatire, to a quietpietyandexplore poignantsituations, theseauthorsexpressdifferent. While someof conservative, orsubmissive, thereality is often expect Muslimwomen tobetimid, Shelina Janmohamed. Althoughoutsiders women authors, including Ayisha Malikand desire by SouthAsian-heritage BritishMuslim diverse storiesaboutcollection of love and Star-studded and beautifully written, this CLAIRE CHAMBERS, NAFHESAALI Edited byCLAIRE A MATCH MADEINHEAVEN AND RICHARD PHILLIPS teaches post- Empire. Allthree authors live intheUK. multiculturalism andtheworld after research interests include contemporary investigator atSheffieldUniversity. His Relationships’and Storying principal RICHARD PHILLIPS is a geographer

6 March 2020|294pp198mmx129mm£7.99Rights:World Fiction YA/Historical |ISBN:978-1-9164671-7-0(PB)978-1-913109-05-9(eBook) | Moses in Book One, of the Staff of Istanbul, 1592—Following thedaringrecovery Another rip-roaring andthrillingadventure … and more fierce adversaries onthe road. they must avoid formidable enemiesatcourt In seekingtopleasetheSultan,unitknow the Armour. oncemoreunit thattheSultanturns tolocate before hetakes thefield.Itistoelite Rüzgar breastplate thelegendary the protection of has never intobattleandcraves ledhisarmies being themostpowerful manintheworld, he into afrenzied desire totrack itdown. Despite King David,fabled sends the Sultan of Armour Murad III,claiming the toknow thelocationof Sultan a mysterious manuscript of atthe court their secondmissionimpossible. The arrival of Turk THE CHRONICLES OFWILLRYDE &AWA MARYAM AL-JAMEEL REHAN KHAN | BOOK TWO: AKING’SARMOUR REHAN KHAN|BOOKTWO: lots of plot twists and excitement, this story lots ofplottwistsandexcitement,thisstory is perfectreadingforthoseinterestedin ‘A fantasticfast-pacedadventure,with , theeliteRüzgar unitnow embark on CHILDREN’S BOOKS IRELAND’S CHILDREN’S BOOKSIRELAND’S RECOMMENDED READS’ history’ history’ A Tudor Dubai withhisfamily. ucated inLondon,henow lives in teaches anded- management. Born in thetelecomsandtechnology, and When notwriting,Rehan consults between goodandevil. theforces of past civilisations andthestruggle tory, hehasread extensively about wherever we may be.Alover his- of us centurieslater–whoever and time andspacetodelightunite the world have thepower tocross ends andchronicles from allover intrigued by the way in which leg- REHAN KHAN has always been

YOUNG ADULT BACKLIST | YOUNG ADULT 96pp |111x165mm£7.99 Rights: WorldEnglish YA Fiction |ISBN:978-1-908446-98-5(Pb)978-1-9164671-3-2(eBook) | 304pp |198mmx129mm£7.99Rights:World Fiction YA/Historical |ISBN:9781908446978(Pb)9781916467125(eBook)Feb 2019 with repressive parents. adolescencebut clashinginto theexcitements of we observe hercousin,ZhangQing,keen todive once-secure world Through fallsapart. hereyes, aunt andoldercousinwho live nearby. Then, her town withherwidowed father, andanuncle, Chinese life. Yun Yun lives inasmallWest China wickedly insightsintocontemporary sharp psychologicalA gripping tale,enlivened by BOOKS GOWALKABOUT Chineseculture’ insights intocontemporary ‘A powerfulcomingofagetale,with piercing WHITE HORSE YAN GE mission thatis(almost)impossible. the Sultan’s power stolen magical symbol of is a action isfastandfurious, andthequesttoreturn stolen andtheenraged Sultanwants itback. The theRed Sea,hasbeen of Moses, heldattheparting ruler intheworld, hasbeenrobbed. of The Staff Istanbul, 1591-andSultanMurad III,themightiest cosmopolitan pageturner’NAOMI FOYLE on thelateTudor period:ariproaring,erudite, ‘Three huzzahsforthisscintillatingnewtake Nominated forTHECILIPCARNEGIEMEDAL 2020 MARYAM AL-JAMEEL THE CHRONICLES OFWILLRYDE &AWA BOOK ONE:ATUDORTURK REHAN KHAN Trans. NICKY HARMAN April 2019

JUAN VILLORO THE WILD BOOK Trans. Lawrence Schimel ‘A beautifully written ode to the inherent magic of books … a timeless celebration of reading’ FOREWORD REVIEW Thirteen-year-old Juan’s summer is off to a terrible start. First, his parents separate. Then, almost as bad, Juan is sent away to his strange Uncle Tito’s house for the entire holiday! As Juan adjusts to his new life among dusty shelves, he notices something weird: the books move on their own! Uncle Tito lets his nephew in on a secret: books respond magically to him, and he’s the only one who can find the elusive, never-before-read Wild

Book. An unforgettable adventure story about ADULT | YOUNG BACKLIST books, libraries, and the power of reading.

YA Fiction | ISBN: 978-1-9164671-0-1 (Pb) | 978-1-9164671-5-6 (eBook) | Sept 2019 304pp | 198mm x 129mm | £8.99 | Rights: UK + Commonwealth (except Canada)

KAMALA MARKANDAYA THE NOWHERE MAN ‘Generations of readers lost out on reading this gem’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO, 2019 BOOKER PRIZE WINNER Srinivas, an elderly Brahmin, has been living in a south London suburb for years. After the death of his son, and later his wife, this lonely man is befriended by an Englishwoman in her sixties, whom he takes into his home. The two form an abiding relationship. But the haven they create proves fragile. Racist violence enters their world and Srinivas’s life changes irrevocably, as does his dream of England as a country of tolerance. First | SMALL AXES BACKLIST published in 1972, The Nowhere Man depicts a London convulsed by fear and bitterness.

Fiction | ISBN: 978-1-908446-99-2 (Pb) | 978-1-9164671-4-9 (eBook) | July 2019 380pp | 198mm x 129mm | £10.99 | Rights: World English ex India and Singapore BACKLIST | YOUNG ADULT | THE STRIKER SERIES 228pp |198mmx129mmRights:worldalllanguages YA Fiction |ISBNs:pb:978-1-908446-70-1 e:978-1-908446-74-9 190pp |198mmx129mmRights:worldalllanguages YA Fiction |ISBNs:pb:978-1-908446-68-8e:978-1-908446-72-5 understanding who theyreally are. young finding outand persongoes through of ally-diverse Britaintoday, every andthestruggle what itmeanstogrownation of upinacultur Anhonest,tenderandwittyexamitiful game. - Teenage rivalry, familytroubles –andthebeau- SARAH’S CHAPTER BLOG London’ and middle-classincontemporary ‘A witty, livelynovelofgrowingupfemale,black alike’ CAROL LEEMING narrative thatstrikesachordforyoungandold ‘An innovative,impressiveandwell-crafted BEING ME PETE KALU and understandingwho they really are. every young findingout persongoesthrough of culturally-diverse Britaintoday, andthestruggle whatexamination itmeanstogrow of upina Anhonest,tenderandwitty beautiful game. Teenage rivalry, familytroubles –andthe MELVIN BURGESS ‘A crackinggoodread.Highlyrecommended!’ Children’s BookAward Winner oftheFrancesLincolnDiverse Voices YOU’RE NOT PROPER TARIQ MEHMOOD

- PETE KALU THE SILENT STRIKER ‘Full to the brim with joy, heartache and passion for the beautiful game’ MELVIN BURGESS Marcus is a 14-year-old footballing genius who keeps getting into deep trouble at school. Dealing with deafness, shifting friends, crazy parents and a ‘special measures’ school, Marcus will have to gather all the strength he can find – in others as well as within himself.

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PETE KALU ZOMBIE XI ‘Pete Kalu’s writing is a joy’ COURTTIA NEWLAND

Zombie Xl is a story about football, friendship, SERIES | THE STRIKER ADULT | YOUNG BACKLIST family and cross-cultural teen relationships. Its humour, drama - and occasional shivers - send this book straight to the back of the net.

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