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 NAMITA GOKHALE JAIPUR JOURNALS FICTION ‘There is no event more magical than the Jaipur Lit Fest. This book captures the magic’ GLORIA STEINEM A brilliant, funny and moving account of the characters that make festivals tick. There are the authors enjoying moments of adulation after years of creative isolation and the star-struck public allowed to mingle with their cultural icons. And those in-between who are both author and fan as is the case of Rudrani Rana, who attends one festival session after the other clutching a canvas bag which contains the labour of her life – an unsubmitted manuscript written and re-written until only the sentence ‘my body is a haunted house’ remains untouched. Partly a love letter to one of the great literary shows on earth, partly a satire about the glittery NAMITA GOKHALE, founder- set that throngs this literary venue year in director of the vibrant Jaipur year out, and partly an ode to the millions of Literary Festival born in Lucknow, aspiring writers who inhabit literary festivals, is a publisher and the acclaimed Jaipur Journals provides a lively peep behind the author of twenty books. Both non- curtains at this much-loved event. fiction and fiction, they include the best-selling Paro: Dreams of Passion, Priya, and Things to Leave Behind. In 2017 she was awarded the Centenary National Award for Literature by the Literary Society of Assam for her service to the Indian nation in supporting and showcasing Indian writing talents and creating a literary environment in the country. Fiction | ISBNs: 978-1-913109-80-6 (PB) 978-1-913109-14-1 (eBook) | 29 April 2021 | 208pp 198mm x 129mm | £9.99/ £5.99 (ebook) | Rights: UK + Commonwealth (except Canada and India) NICOLA GARRARD 29 LOCKS A coming-of-age novel set in contemporary London and Hertfordshire. Fifteen-year-old Donald Leroy Samson is the son of an absentee St Lucian father and a drug-addicted English mother. Growing up in dire poverty in Hackney, East London, his life is shaped by casual violence, gang initiation, drug-dealing and knife crime. When Donny’s bored, rich, white girlfriend Zoe is offered a dubious modelling audition, FICTION ADULT YOUNG the couple ‘borrow’ a barge and navigate the 29 locks on the canal system from Hertfordshire down into Kings Cross. When they start out on their journey, the future for both of them looks unpromising, like the fake audition, but as each lock is navigated and conquered, as the waters fall then rise again, their adventure takes on a new dimension. Life will never be the same again. NICOLA GARRARD grew up in Devon, France and Sussex. She studied English Literature, with a focus on representations of race in Early Modern theatre. She has taught in secondary schools for twenty-three years, including fifteen in an Islington comprehensive. Her first novel, 29 Locks, was shortlisted in the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize and the Mslexia Children’s Novel Competition. She lives in Sussex with her partner and three children. YA Fiction | ISBNs: 978-1-913109-84-4 (PB) 978-1-913109-18-9 (eBook) | 24 June 2021 208pp | 198mm x 129mm | £8.99/ £5.99 (ebook) | Rights: World English THE CHRONICLES OF WILL RYDE & AWA MARYAM AL-JAMEEL REHAN KHAN | BOOK THREE: A DEMON’S TOUCH ‘This story is perfect reading for those interested in history’ CHILDREN’S BOOKS IRELAND RECOMMENDED READS Istanbul, 1593: returning from their previous mission with the death of their Commander weighing heavily upon them, there is no respite YOUNG ADULT FICTION ADULT YOUNG for the Rüzgar unit, as they are declared traitors to the Ottoman Empire and banished from the legendary Janissary order. Even the recovery of the fabled Armour of David, so prized by the Sultan, is not enough to prevent this. As eminent notables and celebrated merchants assemble at the grandest trade fair in Istanbul, none are aware that an ancient demon, inadvertently released by the Rüzgar in Book 2, lurks within the bowels of the city and whose REHAN KHAN was born in ominous caress no human can endure. Join Will, London. An avid observer of Awa and the Rüzgar unit in the finale to the history and the many cross- thrilling trilogy. All roads lead to Istanbul, and cultural connections it unearths, those who traverse them will be plagued by the he has always been intrigued by threat of a demon’s touch . how ideas and information move from one civilisation to the next. A visiting professor at an international business school, Rehan is the author of A Tudor Turk and A King’s Armour – Books 1 & 2 of the trilogy The Chronicles of Will Ryde & Awa Maryam Al-Jameel. He lives in Dubai with his family. Fiction YA /Historical | ISBN: 978-1-913109-81-3 (PB) | 978-1-913109-15-8 (eBook) | 29 September 2021 | 288 pp | 198mm x 129mm | £8.99/£5.99 (ebook) | Rights: World 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. Fiction | ISBN: 978-1-913109-01-1 (PB) | 978-1-913109-08-0 (eBook) | 25 February 2021 192pp | 198mm x 129mm | £9.99/ £6.99 | Rights: World English SMALL AXES IN THE COMPANY OF MEN: The Ebola Tales VÉRONIQUE TADJO FICTION ‘More than a story about Ebola. This novel, elegiac and sorrowful, is also an affirmation of the cycle of life and nature’s important place in it.