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Peepal Tree is a wholly independent company, founded in 1985, and now publishing around 20 books a year. We have published over 450 titles, and are committed to keeping most of them in print. The list features new writers and established voices.
- Adam Lowe
His background in journalism and social media makes him well...
- Jeremy Poynting
A conversation with the Guyanese writer Rooplall Monar in...
- Kadija Sesay
A graduate of Birmingham University (Maj. West African...
- Rawan Eisa
Her background in African and Caribbean literature(s),...
- Jacob Ross
Jacob Ross's first novel, Pynter Bender, was short-listed...
- Dorothea Smartt
Peepal Tree Pres has published two of Dorothea's poetry...
- Hannah Bannister
Hannah Bannister joined Peepal Tree Press in 1994 as an...
- Kwame Dawes
Kwame Dawes is Peepal Tree's associate poetry editor, and...
- Adam Lowe
Decolonising bookshelves since 1985. Peepal Tree Press is the world's leading publisher of Caribbean and Black British writing. Over 450 books. Over 200 authors.
Peepal Tree Press is a publisher based in Leeds, England which publishes Caribbean, Black British, and South Asian fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama and academic books. [1] [2] [3] Poet Kwame Dawes has said, "Peepal Tree Press's position as the leading publisher of Caribbean literature, and especially of Caribbean poetry, is unassailable." [4]
Since its establishment in 1985, Peepal Tree Press has been committed to publishing major works of Caribbean and Black British writing. Abram Foley spoke to founder and director Jeremy Poynting about publishing, political hopes, and telling the truth.
Sep 1, 2020 · Over the last thirty-five years, from its early beginnings in Guyana, Peepal Tree Press has created a home for Caribbean and Black British writing. Not simply a literary home but one in terms of family, community and belonging.
Founded in 1986 by Jeremy Poynting, Peepal Tree Press — based in Leeds, in the north of England — began humbly, its first title “‘typeset’ on a daisywheel printer.” Over the past two and a half decades, shepherded with enterprise and thrift, it has become perhaps the major publisher of Caribbean fiction and poetry, with dozens of ...
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Apr 7, 2011 · Peepal Tree Press is dedicated to expanding the Caribbean library and keeping it in print. Spike interviews its founder Jeremy Poynting. Working out of the Burley area of Leeds, Peepal Tree Press has been a vital hub of independent publishing for just over 25 years.
