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Trapeze Books@TrapezeBooks
6 Jan 2023
new year, new tagline 💫 we’ve got exciting things coming this 2023 and we can’t wait to share it with you all 💙 team trapeze x
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We're THRILLED to announce our 2025 @MoPrize Longlist! Congrats to the longlistees @sabrinab0wen @CherLFindley @saraanum1996 @YinFLim @zahrahnesbitt @RukiyaShanthi @sharmaRJN Shortlist soon! @orionbooks
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An incredible review of When We Ruled by Paula Akpan in @TheTLS đź“š
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Two brilliant polemic paperbacks are incoming this summer! đź“š Our Country in Crisis by @Kwajotweneboa documents housing failures and leads a call for change Unheard by @crageshri is full to the brim with excellent insight for patients who want more from their healthcare
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Don’t just take our word for it, the reviews say it all. Here’s what readers have said about Our Country in Crisis:
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And glowing reviews of Unheard:
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Mo Siewcharran Prize@MoPrize
16 Jun 2025
Today is the day! Please submit your proposals for a chance to win up to £2,500 and a publishing deal 🙌 Entry requirements and link to submit can be found here: thefuturebookshelf.co.uk/lan…
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Greene & Heaton Literary and Media Agency@GreeneandHeaton
16 Jun 2025
We are thrilled to see that both @crageshri and Jake Hall have been longlisted for the Bread and Roses Award 2025! #UNHEARD #SHOULDERTOSHOULDER #RaheshriDhairyawan #JakeHall @TrapezeBooks @orionbooks #BreadandRosesAward2025 breadandrosesprize.wordpress…

The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing

Celebrating Radical Publishing in the 21st Century

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Alliance of Radical Booksellers@ARBooksellers
14 Jun 2025
We've launched the Bread & Roses Award longlist to mark the start of #IndependentBookshopWeek! The award for political writing is presented by the ARB, so celebrate both by picking up one of these beauties from your fave radical bookshop! breadandrosesprize.wordpress… #BreadAndRoses
A pile of books featuring 16 titles: A World Without Racism: Building Antiracist Futures, ed. Joshua Virasami (Pluto) Defiance: Racial Injustice, Police Brutality, A Sister’s Fight for the Truth, by Janet Alder (Dialogue) Electric Dreams: On Sex Robots and Failed Promises of Capitalism, by Heather Parry (404 Ink) Everything to Play For: How Videogames are Changing the World, by Marijam Did (Verso) Intervals, by Marianne Brooker (Fitzcarraldo) Pleasure Gardens: Blackouts and the Logic of Crisis in Kashmir, by Skye Arundhati Thomas and Izabella Scott (MACK) Poor Artists, by Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad (Particular Books) Race and Education: Reproducing White Supremacy in Britain, by Kalwant Bhopal (Pelican books) Saharan Winds: Energy Systems and Aeolian Imaginaries in Western Sahara, by Joanna Allan (University of West Virginia Press) Scattered: The making and unmaking of a refugee, by Aamna Mohdin (Bloomsbury) Seven Children: Inequality and Britain’s Next Generation, by D

ALT A pile of books featuring 16 titles: A World Without Racism: Building Antiracist Futures, ed. Joshua Virasami (Pluto) Defiance: Racial Injustice, Police Brutality, A Sister’s Fight for the Truth, by Janet Alder (Dialogue) Electric Dreams: On Sex Robots and Failed Promises of Capitalism, by Heather Parry (404 Ink) Everything to Play For: How Videogames are Changing the World, by Marijam Did (Verso) Intervals, by Marianne Brooker (Fitzcarraldo) Pleasure Gardens: Blackouts and the Logic of Crisis in Kashmir, by Skye Arundhati Thomas and Izabella Scott (MACK) Poor Artists, by Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad (Particular Books) Race and Education: Reproducing White Supremacy in Britain, by Kalwant Bhopal (Pelican books) Saharan Winds: Energy Systems and Aeolian Imaginaries in Western Sahara, by Joanna Allan (University of West Virginia Press) Scattered: The making and unmaking of a refugee, by Aamna Mohdin (Bloomsbury) Seven Children: Inequality and Britain’s Next Generation, by D

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We are over the moon to have two of our brilliant Trapeze authors longlisted for the Bread & Roses Award 📚 Both Unheard by @crageshri and Shoulder to Shoulder by Jake Hall are available to buy now, and please support independent bookshops with your purchase! 🙏
Alliance of Radical Booksellers@ARBooksellers
14 Jun 2025
We've launched the Bread & Roses Award longlist to mark the start of #IndependentBookshopWeek! The award for political writing is presented by the ARB, so celebrate both by picking up one of these beauties from your fave radical bookshop! breadandrosesprize.wordpress… #BreadAndRoses
A pile of books featuring 16 titles: A World Without Racism: Building Antiracist Futures, ed. Joshua Virasami (Pluto) Defiance: Racial Injustice, Police Brutality, A Sister’s Fight for the Truth, by Janet Alder (Dialogue) Electric Dreams: On Sex Robots and Failed Promises of Capitalism, by Heather Parry (404 Ink) Everything to Play For: How Videogames are Changing the World, by Marijam Did (Verso) Intervals, by Marianne Brooker (Fitzcarraldo) Pleasure Gardens: Blackouts and the Logic of Crisis in Kashmir, by Skye Arundhati Thomas and Izabella Scott (MACK) Poor Artists, by Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad (Particular Books) Race and Education: Reproducing White Supremacy in Britain, by Kalwant Bhopal (Pelican books) Saharan Winds: Energy Systems and Aeolian Imaginaries in Western Sahara, by Joanna Allan (University of West Virginia Press) Scattered: The making and unmaking of a refugee, by Aamna Mohdin (Bloomsbury) Seven Children: Inequality and Britain’s Next Generation, by D

ALT A pile of books featuring 16 titles: A World Without Racism: Building Antiracist Futures, ed. Joshua Virasami (Pluto) Defiance: Racial Injustice, Police Brutality, A Sister’s Fight for the Truth, by Janet Alder (Dialogue) Electric Dreams: On Sex Robots and Failed Promises of Capitalism, by Heather Parry (404 Ink) Everything to Play For: How Videogames are Changing the World, by Marijam Did (Verso) Intervals, by Marianne Brooker (Fitzcarraldo) Pleasure Gardens: Blackouts and the Logic of Crisis in Kashmir, by Skye Arundhati Thomas and Izabella Scott (MACK) Poor Artists, by Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad (Particular Books) Race and Education: Reproducing White Supremacy in Britain, by Kalwant Bhopal (Pelican books) Saharan Winds: Energy Systems and Aeolian Imaginaries in Western Sahara, by Joanna Allan (University of West Virginia Press) Scattered: The making and unmaking of a refugee, by Aamna Mohdin (Bloomsbury) Seven Children: Inequality and Britain’s Next Generation, by D
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YOUR TIME IS NOW! Please submit your non-fiction proposal to our brilliant @MoPrize for the chance to win big 🗣️ For unpublished writers from the global majority writing under the theme Reclaiming History 🧡 don’t be shy! We want to see your work! thefuturebookshelf.co.uk/lan…
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Our judges will be excited to read too! @MMLitAgency @sofiaakel @TheSelinaBrown @katieogunsakin
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DLuxAssociates@DLuxAssociates
12 Jun 2025
Happy Paperback Publication Day to Azeem Rafiq and It’s Not Banter, It’s Racism: What Cricket’s Dirty Secret Reveals about Society. Out today. Shortlisted for the Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards - Cricket Book of the Year 2025.
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Out now! The story of a man who fought to change cricket, and sport, for the better 🏏📚 Shortlisted and longlisted for two of the biggest sports book awards, IT’S NOT BANTER, IT’S RACISM by @AzeemRafiq30 is not one to miss, and you can get your copy now 🗣️
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Mo Siewcharran Prize@MoPrize
9 Jun 2025
It's not too late to sign up to our free virtual workshop today! It's at 6pm and will cover how to pitch and edit your work. Well worth listening in ✨ eventbrite.com/e/the-mo-siew…

The Mo Siewcharran Prize: How to Pitch and Edit Non-Fiction

A panel discussion and Q A with input from Editorial Director Katie Ogunsakin and Commissioning Editor Nina Sandelson

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Mo Siewcharran Prize@MoPrize
6 Jun 2025
Are you an aspiring writer or looking for paid writing opportunities? Make sure you come along to our FREE workshop on Monday at 6pm which will give you insight on how to edit and pitch your work: eventbrite.com/e/the-mo-siew…

The Mo Siewcharran Prize: How to Pitch and Edit Non-Fiction

A panel discussion and Q A with input from Editorial Director Katie Ogunsakin and Commissioning Editor Nina Sandelson

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Happy publication day to our brilliant author @adelewalton121 🩵 her book Logging Off is out now in all good bookstores and will help you to better understand our ever-changing digital landscape 📱📚🗣️
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🔥🚨 brilliant review of Logging Off by @adelewalton121 from @thetimes - out tomorrow! 🗣️
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Mo Siewcharran Prize@MoPrize
2 Jun 2025
A week to go until our free virtual event on Monday 9th June at 6pm, where you can learn how to pitch and edit non-fiction! 🤗 Make sure you sign up and join us! #WritingCommunity #writers eventbrite.com/e/the-mo-siew…

The Mo Siewcharran Prize: How to Pitch and Edit Non-Fiction

A panel discussion and Q A with input from Editorial Director Katie Ogunsakin and Commissioning Editor Nina Sandelson

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Mo Siewcharran Prize@MoPrize
30 May 2025
Our third free workshop is live! Learn how to pitch and edit non-fiction with a commissioning editor and editorial director on Monday 9th June at 6pm 🥳 Hope to see many of you there 🥰 eventbrite.com/e/the-mo-siew…

The Mo Siewcharran Prize: How to Pitch and Edit Non-Fiction

A panel discussion and Q A with input from Editorial Director Katie Ogunsakin and Commissioning Editor Nina Sandelson

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Mo Siewcharran Prize@MoPrize
28 May 2025
You still have JUST OVER TWO WEEKS to submit your non-fiction proposal for this year's #MoPrize2025 For all info, criteria and submissions head here: thefuturebookshelf.co.uk/lan…

The Mo Siewcharran Prize 2025

The Mo Siewcharran Prize 2025

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