HopeRoad
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
Independent publisher supporting neglected voices. Books from and about Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Small Axes publishing post-colonial classics and fiction in translation. https://www.hoperoadpublishing.com/
Delighted to announce that Pete Kalu’s kaleidoscopic memoir ACT NORMAL has been longlisted for this year’s Diverse Book Awards! Congratulations 🥳
Listen to Raoul de Jong on Monocle Radio discussing his hybrid memoir Jaguarman. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Raoul de Jong’s mystical journey into his Surinamese ancestry
Georgina Godwin meets Raoul de Jong to discuss his book ‘Jaguarman’, now translated into English, which explores his Suriamese heritage...
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Belated congratulations to John Agard for a third CLPE Children’s Poetry Award. We published some of John Agard’s stories in 2022 www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/inspec...
Inspector Dreadlock Holmes and Other Stories
Inspector Dreadlock Holmes and Other Stories by John Agard
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The Bookseller@thebookseller.com · 2w agoICYMI: John Agard has won the CLPE Children’s Poetry Award for an unprecedented third time with The Poetry World of John Agard, illustrated by Shirley Hottier (Otter-Barry Books). 👇
Raoul de Jong will also be London on Thursday for an event with Anthony Anaxagorou at the Brixton Library. Get your free ticket! eventbrite.co.uk/e/jaguarman-with-raoul-de-jong-tickets-1991458055653
JAGUARMAN author Raoul de Jong will be in the UK later this week for an event in Bristol. Get your tickets! headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/east-bristol-books/wed-15-jul-raoul-de-jong-jaguarman-hoperoad-155796%23e155796
Join us this month for a series of events with Nicola Garrard and Raoul de Jong.
Five months since the publication of the English translation of my second novel @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. Deeply grateful to my translator @rosschwa.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the readers & reviewers. The photo is from the London book launch held on Feb. 5th at Veranda Books #VeniceRequiem
Last month, my novel "Venice Requiem", translated by @rosschwa.bsky.social and published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social, was featured in the @irishtimes.com! Huge thanks to Catherine Taylor for her words! #VeniceRequiem #translation #novel #fictionintranslation
My #novel "Venice Requiem", translated by @rosschwa.bsky.social @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social reviewed in "The Tablet" - "The entire book is a word-net woven by the author, flung into the waters over and over again in an attempt to catch hold of a desperate being" thetablet.co.uk/books/a-pass...
The Little Sister, the adaptation from the debut novel The Last One by Fatima Daas, is screening this month at @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social
We’re delighted to announce that Red River by Somnath Batabyal will be out on 16 July. The novel is an epic family saga set across India and the UK, exploring love and belonging in a context of political turmoil.
Parisian friends, do not miss the launch of Venice Requiem at the Red Wheelbarrow bookshop next week (12 May 7pm). Author Khalid Lyamlahy will be in conversation with journalist Olivia Snaije.
Great evening at @labiblioteka.bsky.social for the launch of Raoul de Jong’s JAGUARMAN @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social Had my eye on this for a while Translated from the Dutch by John RJ Eyck, Raoul travelled to Suriname on a spiritual ancestral journey after a meeting with his estranged father
We are delighted to be publishing Raoul de Jong’s JAGUARMAN, tr. from Dutch by John Eyck, this week. 📖 Born to a Dutch mother and a Surinamese father he knows very little about, Raoul one day receives the following email ‘I AM LOOKING FOR MY SON RAOUL DE JONG,’ which starts him on a journey.
We're thrilled that Act Normal: Joy and Despair in Postcolonial Britain by Pete Kalu has been shortlisted for the 2026 Jhalak Prize 🧡 www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/act-no...
"It has only happened to me three times in my entire career that I've read a book and thought, I have to translate this" - Deeply humbled by the words of my translator @rosschwa.bsky.social in @inotherwordsbooks.bsky.social bit.ly/41YlrH0 @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social #VeniceRequiem #translation
We spoke with Ros Schwartz on her recent translation of Venice Requiem by Khalid Lyamlahy. @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social @rosschwa.bsky.social @khalidlym.bsky.social [Photo credit: Camila Franca]
Ros Schwartz speaks to In Other Words about translating Venice Requiem by Khalid Lyamlahy "We wanted to preserve this sense of memorial ... It's a hymn to Pateh. And that worked. " @inotherwordsbooks.bsky.social @khalidlym.bsky.social www.inotherwordsbooks.co.uk/talking-with...
2026 marks ten years of the Jhalak Prize! We're thrilled that Act Normal: Joy and Despair in Postcolonial Britain has been longlisted for the Prose Prize for this milestone year. ‘Terrific! Freewheeling, funny and rebellious’ - Irenosen Okojie Explore the longlist here: www.jhalakprize.com
"As always, Ros Schwartz rises to the challenge of providing an elegant translation. #VeniceRequiem was a thought-provoking read that made a great start to my African reading this year" - About my novel, translated by @rosschwa.bsky.social @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social annabookbel.net/two-shorter-...
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Last week, I was in the UK for the launch of my #novel #VeniceRequiem, tr. by @rosschwa.bsky.social @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. Many thanks to @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social @mfoxford.bsky.social @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social, Veranda Books, L. St Aubin de Terán, J. Hiddleston, R. Vince & others!
Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, translated by Helen Stevenson chronicles the events of Nov 2021 when an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants capsized in the Channel causing the death of 27 people on board. Today, the Cranston report found the deaths avoidable. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Tomorrow! Join us for the launch of Venice Requiem at Brick Lane Bookshop. Author Khalid Lyamlahy and translator Ros Schwartz in conversation, chaired by Rebekah Vince. Tickets from £6 available here: bricklanebookshop.org/product/book... @khalidlym.bsky.social @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social
Upcoming events for Venice Requiem: FEB 4TH: Brick Lane Bookshop FEB 5TH: Veranda Books FEB 6TH: Maison Française d'Oxford These events are supported by Institut Français Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social @khalidlym.bsky.social Tickets: www.hoperoadpublishing.com/blog/events/...
#BookoftheWeek Venice Requiem by @khalidlym.bsky.social, translated by Ros Schwartz and published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social — “A vibrant and poetic tribute to all African migrants. A necessary book” (Jury of the Alain Spiess Second Novel Prize). 👉 www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice...
Next week, I'll be in London & Oxford to present "Venice Requiem", the English translation by @rosschwa.bsky.social of my novel, published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. Thanks @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social for the support! www.institut-francais.org.uk/khalid-lyaml... #VeniceRequiem #booklaunch
Khalid Lyamlahy in the UK for the release of Venice Requiem - Institut Français · Royaume-Uni
Based on the true story of Pateh Sabally, a 22-year-old Gambian refugee who died in Venice’s Grand Canal in 2017, the novel follows a narrator trying to understand the events that led to his death. Th...
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Friends & Colleagues in Oxford: @rosschwa.bsky.social and I will be presenting my #novel "Venice Requiem" @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social on Friday 6 Feb. 5:15pm at @mfoxford.bsky.social. We will be in conversation with Jane Hiddleston @exeter.ox.ac.uk mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/event/book-p... #VeniceRequiem
Book Presentation: 'Venice Requiem' by Khalid Lyamlahy, translated by Ros Schwartz
With author Khalid Lyamlahy (University of Chicago) and translator Ros Schwartz I Chaired by: Jane Hiddleston (Exeter)
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Do join us if you can for our next #TranslationBookClub hosted by @bookblast.org's Georgia de Chamberet (9th Feb) to discuss Vincent Delecroix's International Booker Prize-shortlisted #SmallBoat translated by Helen Stevenson and published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social - all welcome!
