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JHALAK PRIZE- Question and Answer with Katy Massey
The winner of the Jhalak Prize, (Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour) will be announced at an online event next Tuesday at 5pm on 25th May. In the week leading up to the winner being announced we’re celebrating with a little question and answer from our author.
In store now! Happy to Be Me by Emma Dodd
This simple rhyming book is a joyful celebrations of diversity, difference to encourage body confidence and self esteem in young children.
In store now! F**k, I think I'm Dying: How I Learned to Live With Panic by Claire Eastham
Part memoir, part guide, F**k I Think I'm Dying is an intimate, honest and ultimately uplifting exploration into panic attacks.
In store now! All Men Want to Know by Nina Bouraoui, translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins
A powerful, seductive novel exploring shame, sexuality and the relationship between a mother and daughter. WINNER OF AN ENGLISH PEN TRANSLATES AWARD
In store now! how parkrun changed our lives by Eileen Jones
In this fascinating new book, Eileen Jones joins parkruns around the UK, finding the individual runners' stories behind what has been hailed as the most significant public health initiative of our time. She talks to those whose lives have been changed by parkrun.
In store now! A Decolonial Feminism by Francoise Verges, translated by Ashley J. Bohrer
For too long feminism has been co-opted by the forces they seek to dismantle. In this powerful manifesto, Francoise Verges argues that feminists should no longer be accomplices of capitalism, racism, colonialism and imperialism: it is time to fight the system that created the boss, built the prisons and polices women's bodies.
Now in Paperback! This Land: The Struggle for the Left by Owen Jones
Owen Jones manages to make his careful and nuanced analysis of the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn not only interesting and accessible but a riveting page turner.