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We neglect learning from Africa at our peril. Africa’s experience of Ebola is the subject of Véronique Tadjo’s powerful, moving In the Company of Men. In the words of Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King: ‘This novel, elegiac and sorrowful, is also an affirmation of the cycle of life and nature’s important place in it.’ Also set in Africa, A Long Way From Douala is the first English language translation of Max Lobe, a new voice in African writing. The tone is light and edgy but the subjects – corruption, exile and migration – are dark. In the words of Patrick Gale: ‘I only wish the novel had been twice the length. You are in for a treat.’ For the last 15 years, Namita Gokhale has codirected with William Dalrymple the Jaipur Literary Festival, a key event in the Indian cultural calendar. Part love letter to one of the great literary shows on earth, part satire about the glittery set that descends on this literary venue year in year out, and part an ode to the millions of aspiring writers who inhabit literary festivals, Jaipur Journals is must buy for every festival-goer! Over the last 30 years, Ferdinand Dennis, the author of Duppy Conqueror, has written short stories. Now published in book form for the first time, the stories of The Black and White Museum cover generational conflict, the social threat of black men, the wistful longings and the impotence of the old. Set in a city undergoing obscene gentrification, the stories powerfully portray post-Windrush London. Part memoir, part history Leena Dhingra’s Exhumation:The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra is the revealing and unravelling of secrets; the execution and exhumation of her relative, the Indian freedom fighter Madan Lal; the Partition of India and the self-censorship and silence imposed on an Indian living in England. Actor and writer, Leena Dhingra has appeared in Coronation Street, EastEnders and Doctor Who. 29 Locks is the gripping debut novel by Nicola Garrard about Donny, a troubled biracial teenager in care. As Donny sets out on the River Thames in a stolen boat, he must negotiate the challenge of 29 locks until his journey’s end. How will the voyage change him? All roads lead to Istanbul in A Demon’s Touch, the final volume of Rehan Khan’s glorious trilogy The Chronicles of Will Ryde and Awa Maryam Al-Jameel. The Sultan has summoned friend and foe to celebrate the world’s grandest trade fair in the world’s greatest city, despite the fact that an ancient demon lurks beneath its crowded streets. As the demon runs amok, panic engulfs the city.

HopeRoad PUBLISHING FICTION curtains atcurtains much-loved this event. Jaipur Journals aspiring writers inhabit who festivals, literary year out, and an to millions partly the ode of thatset throngs venue literary this year in shows asatire partly on earth, about glittery the Partly alove letter to one of great the literary is ahaunted house’ remains untouched. and re-written until only sentence the ‘my body of her life –an unsubmitted manuscript written clutching a canvas bag containswhich labour the attendswho one festival session afterthe other author and fan of as is case the Rudrani Rana, icons. are who in-between And those both public allowed to mingle with cultural their years of creative isolation and star-struck the authors enjoying moments of adulation after characters that make festivals tick. There arethe A brilliant, funny and moving account of the 198mm x129mm|£9.99/£5.99(ebook) |Rights:UK +Commonwealth (except Canada andIndia) Fiction |208pp 2021 |ISBNs:978-1-913109-80-6(PB)978-1-913109-14-1 (eBook)|29April ‘There isnoeventmoremagicalthan the JaipurLitFest. Thisbook captures themagic’ provides alively the behind peep GLORIA STEINEM NAMITA GOKHALE JAIPUR JOURNALS literary environmentliterary country. inthe Indian writing talents and creating a nation insupporting and showcasing Assam to Indian the for her service Literature of by Society Literary the National Centenary the Award for Behind Passion Paro: best-selling the Dreams of fiction includeandthey fiction, author of non- twenty Both books. is apublisher and acclaimed the FestivalLiterary director of vibrant the Jaipur NAMITA GOKHALE, . In 2017 she was awarded , Priya , and born in Lucknow,born Things Leaveto founder- 208pp |198mmx129mm£8.99/£5.99(ebook) |Rights:WorldEnglish YA Fiction2021 |ISBNs:978-1-913109-84-4(PB)978-1-913109-18-9 (eBook)|24June same the never again. be will adventuretheir on takes dimension. anew Life conquered, as waters the again, rise then fall fake audition, but as is eachlock navigated and for of both unpromising, looks them like the When out start they on journey, their future the down into Kings Cross. onlocks canal the system from Hertfordshire couplethe ‘borrow’ abarge and navigate 29 the is offeredZoe a dubious modelling audition, When Donny’s bored, rich,white girlfriend gang initiation, and drug-dealing knife crime. London,East his life is shaped by violence, casual mother. Growing up indire poverty inHackney, St Lucian father English and adrug-addicted Donald Leroy Samson is son the of an absentee London and Hertfordshire. Fifteen-year-old A coming-of-age novel incontemporary set NICOLA GARRARD NICOLA 29 LOCKS with and her partner three children. Competition. She lives inSussex and Mslexia Children’s the Novel Lucyin the Cavendish Fiction Prize first novel, 29Locks, was shortlisted in an Islington comprehensive. Her twenty-three years, including fifteen taught schools for insecondary in Early Modern theatre. She has onfocus representations of race studied English Literature, with a Devon, France and Sussex. She NICOLA GARRARD grew up in

YOUNG ADULT FICTION YOUNG ADULT FICTION threat of ademon’s touch . plagued traverse by who be those the will them trilogy.thrilling roads to All lead Istanbul, and Awa and Rüzgar the unit the finale inthe to ominous caress no human can endure. Join Will, 2, lurks within bowels the of city the and whose inadvertently released by Rüzgar the in Book none are aware that an ancient demon, assemble at grandest the fair trade in Istanbul, As eminent notables and celebrated merchants Sultan, is not enough to prevent this. fabledthe Armour of David, prized by so the Janissarylegendary order. Even recovery the of to Ottoman the Empire and banished from the for Rüzgar the unit, are as they declared traitors weighing heavily upon there them, is no respite mission with death the of Commander their Istanbul, 1593:returning from previous their 29 September2021|288pp198mmx129mm |£8.99/£5.99(ebook)Rights:World Fiction YA/Historical |ISBN:978-1-913109-81-3(PB)978-1-913109-15-8(eBook) | THE CHRONICLES OFWILLRYDE &AWA MARYAM AL-JAMEEL REHAN KHAN|BOOKTHREE:ADEMON’STOUCH ‘This story isperfectreadingforthose ‘This story CHILDREN’S BOOKSIRELAND RECOMMENDED READS interested in history’ interested inhistory’ Dubai with his family. Al-Jameel Maryam The Chronicles of Will Ryde & Awa Armour of business school, Rehan is author the visiting professor at an international from one civilisation to next. the A how and ideas information move he has always intrigued by been cultural connections it unearths, andhistory many the cross- London. of An avid observer REHAN KHAN A Tudor Turk Tudor A – Books 1 & 2 of the trilogy 1& 2 of trilogy the –Books A King’s A and . He lives in was in born

A LONG WAY FROM DOUALA MAX LOBE Translated by Ros Schwartz FICTION ‘His eye is as compassionate as his characterisations are rich. I only wish this novel had been twice the length. You are in for a treat’ PATRICK GALE, author Rough Music and Friendly Fire 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. At the police station in Yaoundé, the local cop tells them that a feckless ‘boza’ - a loser who wants to go to Europe is not worth police effort and their mother should go and pleasure the police chief if she wants help! MAX LOBE was born in Douala, Through a series of joyful sparky vignettes, Cameroon. At eighteen he moved to Cameroon life is revealed in all its ups and Switzerland, where he earned a BA downs. Issues of life and death are raised but in communication and journalism the tone remains light and edgy. Important and a master’s in public policy and issues of violence, terrorism, homosexuality and administration. In 2017, his novel migration feature in A Long Way from Douala. Confidences won the Ahmadou Kourouma Prize. A Long Way From Douala, his latest novel, was published in 2018 to rave reviews in Switzerland and France. Other books by the author include 39 rue de Berne and La Trinité Bantoue. Max Lobe lives in Geneva.

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L FICTION 198mm x129mm|£9.99/£5.99(eBook) |Rights:EnglishlanguageUK+Commonwealth Fiction |ISBN:978-1-913109-79-0(PB)978-1-913109-13-4(eBook) |04March 2021|234pp and prejudice. crisisandwith aglobal how we can combat fear explores questions critical about how we cope coronavirus pandemic, In the Company of Men Acutely relevant to our inlight times of the yet providing of asense hope for future. the tree,Baobab mourning dire the state of earth the Watching over is ancient the all them and wise fear of infection. an orphaned young boy cast out of his for village grandmother the agreesbodies; who to in take teams by overwhelmed sheer the number of volunteers to work as agravedigger, helping the only virus the by aplastic suit; student the who day afterday inasweltering tent, protectedfrom epidemic: tirelesslydoctor the who treats patients Tadjo illustrates terrible the extent of Ebola the In of moving aseries snapshots, Véronique do thelivingowetodead?What an affirmationofthecyclelifeand novel, elegiacandsorrowful,isalso ore than a story aboutEbola.This ‘More thanastory Shadow King,short-listedforthe2020 nature’s importantplaceinit.What both protectsandpunishes?Tadjo do theyowetotheearth,which offers usherpowerful,luminous MAAZA MENGISTE,MAAZA authorofThe answers inthisbook’ Booker Prize IN THECOMPANY OFMEN: VÉRONIQUE TADJO The EbolaTales awards. acclaim, along literary with several languages, and her work has won into English and many other of her novels have translated been University inWashington, Most DC. a Fulbright Scholar at Howard Sorbonnethe inParis, and was Literature and Civilization from holds adoctorate inBlack American Johannesburg, She South Africa. University of Witwatersrand the in artist and visiting Professor at the VÉRONIQUE TADJO is an author,

234pp |198mmx129mm£10.99/£6.99(eBook) |Rights:World Non-Fiction Dhingra Exhumation: The Life andDeath of MadanLal and past. Part imperial memoir, history part thata country refuses to faceup to its colonial on imposed silence an Indian living inEngland, Dhingra challenges self-censorship the and 1976. In moving this and Leena revealing book, were exhumed and returned to his homeland in fighterbe executed to on foreignsoil. His remains patriot, revolutionary, martyr, and firstfreedom Madan is afamous Lal murderer: inIndia he is a assassination of Sir Curzon Wyllie. In England, executed at Pentonville Prison in 1909 for the her Great-uncle Madan Dhingra, was who Lal reveal and unravel her secret.It centres on timeThe has now come for Leena Dhingra to and upheaval of Partition the of India. one. secrets are Both shrouded trauma inthe Dhingra has herself asecret –arealLeena also has a secret that shenot does wish to disclose. ‘Demons of Punjab’, played by Dhingra, Leena Nani Umbreen, acharacter DrWho inthe story is a powerful, necessary book. is apowerful, necessary The LifeandDeathofMadanLalDhingra | 17 August 2021 ISBN: 978-1-913109-82-0(PB)|978-1-913109-16-5(eBook) |17August LEENA DHINGRA EXHUMATION: Dhingra now lives near Manchester. Londoner for mostly 60years, Leena Who Doctor Suspect Prime credits include East East is , published in1988.As an actor, her actor. Her first novel Amritvela 1947 Partition. She is awriter and India and came to Europe afterthe LEENA DHINGRA , , Ackley Bridge EastEnders, was in born Casualty, The The Bill . A was , SMAL AXES

L NON-FICTION FICTION paradise ofparadise memories. their London, moved has also on and is not the temptation of areturn “home” but home, like coursethe of lives. their For some there is the get butmale) wiser are they less able to change racism. As get older, they his characters (mainly movingly about aging, loves faded and everyday in post-Windrush London. writes Dennis storiesthe powerfully portray black the presence in a city undergoingSet obscene gentrification, lives, powerlessness the of old. the black longings men, wistful the that disrupt cover generationalthreat social the conflict, of time, stories the of The Black and White Museum stories. Now published form inbook for first the Conqueror, Duppy has of written shortauthor last the 30years,Over Ferdinand the Dennis, 28 October2021|208pp198mmx129mm |£9.99/£5.99(eBook)Rights:World Fiction/ Anthology|ISBN:978-1-913109-83-7(PB) |978-1-913109-17-2(eBook) THE BLACK ANDWHITEMUSEUM FERDINAND DENNIS

London. Conqueror Duppy Summer by Ferdinand The Sleepless Dennis: with routes than roots.” books Other a writer ultimately more concerned background,Caribbean is Dennis notes: “Perhaps as aresult of his latethe 1950s.DrJames Procter where his parents had migrated in agethe of eight moved to England, iswho Jamaican by but birth at broadcaster, journalist and lecturer, FERDINAND DENNIS , TheLast BluesDance and . He lives inNorth is awriter, TAHAR BEN JELLOUN TERRORISM: CONVERSATIONS WITH MY DAUGHTER Trans. Aneesa Abbas Higgins

‘Morocco’s greatest living author ... his impressive body of work combines intellect and imagination in magical fusion’ GUARDIAN Tahar Ben Jelloun’s impassioned, succinct explanation of the seductions and dangers of terrorism in the modern world takes the form of a dialogue between the author and his teenage daughter. In it he explores all forms of terrorism in both a historical and contemporary context. BACKLIST | SMALL AXES BACKLIST

ANNA BANTI ARTEMISIA Trans. Shirley D’Ardia Caracciolo ‘What makes Artemisia a great book – and unique in Banti’s work – is this double destiny of a book lost and re-created. A metaphor for literature, perhaps. And a metaphor for reading, militant reading – which, at its worthiest, is rereading – too’ SUSAN SONTAG from her introduction

Artemisia is a classic of 20th-century Italian literature. From its first publication in 1953, Anna Banti’s novel about Artemisia Gentileschi, an iconic 17th-century painter, established itself as a feminist masterpiece.

Fiction | ISBN: 978-1-913109-00-4 (PB) | 978-1-913109-12-7(eBook) | 02 April 2020 256pp | 198mm x 129mm | £9.99 | Rights: UK + Commonwealth (except Canada) KAMALA MARKANDAYA THE COFFER DAMS Clinton, founder and head of a firm of international engineers, arrives in India to build a dam, bringing with him his young wife, Helen, and a strong team of aides and skilled men. They are faced with a formidable challenge, which involves working in daunting mountain and jungle terrain, within a time schedule dictated by the extreme tropical weather. Setbacks occur which bring into focus fundamental differences in the attitudes to life and death of the British bosses and the Indian workers. A timely reminder of the British contempt for Indian lives and for nature. BACKLIST | SMALL AXES BACKLIST

FERDINAND DENNIS DUPPY CONQUEROR ‘Dennis writes with abandoned, poetic relish and a contagious affection’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

First published in 1998, Duppy Conqueror is an epic tale of one man’s quest to fulfil a mission. Marshall Sargeant is born at the beginning of the 20th century in Paradise, on the island of Jamaica. As a young man, he is entrusted with a mystical quest, to overcome a curse that has been put on his family and he must do this by returning to Africa, whence they were brought as slaves.

SMALL AXES CAUVERY MADHAVAN THE TAINTED ‘A moving story, compellingly told’ SHASHI THAROOR

‘A wonderful story, written by a very wonderful writer’ SEBASTIAN BARRY

Based on a true story of the Irish Connaught Rangers in south-east India in 1920, the novel is set in the fictional town of Nandagiri. When news

of the Black and Tans’ atrocities back in Ireland | FICTION BACKLIST reaches the troops in India, even their priest cannot cool the men’s rage. Politics vie with passion as Private Flaherty pays court to Rose, Mrs Aylmer’s Anglo-Indian maid . . . but mutiny brings heroism and heartbreak in equal measure.

A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN: BRITISH MUSLIM WOMEN WRITE ABOUT LOVE AND DESIRE Edited by Claire Chambers, Nafhesa Ali and Richard Phillips

Star-studded and beautifully written, this collection of diverse stories about love and desire is by South Asian-heritage British Muslim women authors, including Ayisha Malik and Shelina Janmohamed. Although outsiders often expect Muslim women to be timid, conservative, or submissive, the reality is different. Some of the authors even move into the territory of a Muslim Fifty Shades of Grey, creating grey areas where the mainstream media sees only black and white.

Fiction / Anthology | ISBN: 978-1-9164671-9-4 (PB) | 978-1-913109-07-3 (eBook) 27 August 2020 | 284pp | 198mm x 129mm | £10.99 | Rights: World REHAN KHAN BOOK TWO: A KING’S ARMOUR THE CHRONICLES OF WILL RYDE & AWA MARYAM AL-JAMEEL ‘This story is perfect reading for those interested in history’ CHILDREN’S BOOKS IRELAND RECOMMENDED READS

Istanbul, 1592: Following the daring recovery of the Staff of Moses in Book One, A Tudor Turk, the elite Rüzgar unit now embark on their second mission impossible. The arrival of a mysterious manuscript at the court of Sultan Murad III, claiming to know the location of the fabled Armour of King David, YOUNG ADULT | YOUNG BACKLIST sends the Sultan into a frenzied desire to track it down. Fiction YA /Historical | ISBN: 978-1-9164671-7-0 (PB) | 978-1-913109-05-9 (eBook) | 6 March 2020 | 294pp | 198mm x 129mm | £7.99 | Rights: World

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