Ahmed Naji confronts what happens when one’s fundamentally unserious, oversexed youth dovetails with an authoritarian, utterly self-serious regime.—Zadie Smith, author of The Fraud In February 2016, Ahmed Naji was sentenced to two years in prison for “violating public decency,” after an excerpt of h… →
“Couldn’t put down the book! It is trite, I know, but that is what happened to me with Broccoli Punch. The author weaves absolutely fascinating stories. Lee Yuri’s depicts K-pop culture, Korean healing, birth dreams, boxing, exploring all the quintessentially Korean aspects to show the reader the ka… →
I’ll Tell You When I’m Home: A Memoir
One of TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 and Electric Lit’s Best Nonfiction of 2025 At first, Hala’s baby is the size of a poppyseed. Then a grain of rice, then a lime. After years of trying for a baby, Hala watches from afar as her daughter grows in the body of another woman, in another country. H… →
A Man of Few Words: The Bricklayer of Auschwitz Who Saved Primo Levi
‘Nobody knows how much I owe that man,’ Primo Levi said of the bricklayer who saved his life at Auschwitz. ‘I could never repay him.’ Levi was referring to Lorenzo Perrone, who for six months risked his own life to smuggle food, letters and clothing to Levi, providing him with the sustenance he need… →
Babylon, Albion: A Personal History of Myth and Migration
Whoever said nature is still has not borne witness to the migration of the seasons. In this lyrical enquiry, Dalia Al-Dujaili considers what it means to belong in your land. She traces the rich heritage of the earth beneath our feet and the wildlife that call it home – from the oak tree and date pal… →
An Indie Black Friday While the billionaire retailers fall over themselves to sell us tat at bargain prices, independent publishers remain committed to putting out brilliant books. Here are some indie titles that might have passed you by this last year… Shop the list on Bookshop.org → Return to… →
Cassava Republic Press was founded in Abuja, Nigeria, 2006 with the aim of bringing high quality fiction and non-fiction for adults and children to a global audience. We have offices in Abuja and London. Our mission is to change the way we all think about writing from Africa and her diaspora, whethe… →
It’s the New Year and 1953 brings a whole new set of crimes to the Devon village of North Tawe for PC Derek Martin to solve. A gang of beatniks led by a strikingly attractive young woman who demands to be known as Aphrodite Wonder Girl, takes over the derelict chapel. A badly beaten eleven-year-old,… →
After the death of her steady, constraining husband, Catherine discovers that grief can be a liberation. With her adult children appalled by her sudden transformations, and a strangely familiar presence in the house urging her on, she begins to test the boundaries of who she might become. A call arr… →
Inkandescent were founded in 2016 by Justin David and Nathan Evans to shine a light on writers underrepresented in mainstream publishing. Publications include: AutoFellatio by James Maker, winner of the inaugural Polari First Book Prize; The Pale Ones by Bartholomew Bennett, which The Guardian calle… →