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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Next week, my brilliant translator @rosschwa.bsky.social will moderate this fascinating event with award-winning translators @rolandglasser.bsky.social & @anamzafar.bsky.social. Tickets > www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/trans... #RosSchwartz #cheltenhamliteraturefestival #RolandGlasser #AnamZafar

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My novel "Venice Requiem" (translated by @rosschwa.bsky.social and published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social) is featured in my alma mater's magazine! Deeply grateful to @stannescollege.bsky.social for highlighting my work in "The Ship", the annual alumni magazine and college record. #VeniceRequiem

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Congratulations to Pete Kalu’s ACT NORMAL, shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards!

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Last July in Edinburgh, I stopped by the beautiful Blackwell's Bookshop to sign copies of my novel "Venice Requiem", trans. by @rosschwa.bsky.social @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. Many thanks to the bookshop team for their warm welcome & for giving my book a place among their selection #VeniceRequiem

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our next title this year is Mathieu Belezi’s ATTACKING EARTH AND SUN, translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud. Out 20 October. Pre-order here www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/attack...

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

➡️ Also, @theriveter.bsky.social has a new book out! TODAY! 💥 bsky.app/profile/hope...

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Subhashree.bsky.social @theriveter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thank you, @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social ! You've been absolutely stellar to work with! Congratulations @shumonasinha.bsky.social !

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy publication day and congratulations to @shumonasinha.bsky.social for The Russian Testament, translated from the French by @theriveter.bsky.social www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/russia...

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The Russian Testament by Shumona Sinha

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Our next title The Russian Testament, by @shumonasinha.bsky.social translated by @theriveter.bsky.social, comes out in a week. Pre-order here www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/russia...

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Join us this autumn for a series of festivals across the world with HopeRoad authors! Will you be in Indonesia on 25 October? Come meet Raoul de Jong in Bali for a magical conversation on myth and ancestors with Geia Laconi, author of Figlia dell’uomo tigre, during the Ubud Writers’ Festival. 🐆🐆🐆

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Another major highlight of my visit to Edinburgh last July was my stop at Topping & Company, where I signed copies of my novel "Venice Requiem", tr. @rosschwartz.bsky.social @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. Many thanks to the brilliant @zainrishi.bsky.social for the warmest welcome ever! #VeniceRequiem

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

‘Lyrical and harrowing, Venice Requiem is an urgently contemporary and deeply human meditation on exile and loss.’ - Professor Doyle D. Calhoun Venice Requiem, by @khalidlym.bsky.social , translated from the French by @rosschwa.bsky.social , is out now.

Quote from Venice Requiem over view of Venice

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

@cauverymadhavan.bsky.social will be in Kinsale for the Words by Water literary festival on 3 October. Get your tickets here www.wordsbywater.ie/event/the-ti...

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

📢 Job alert: The Department of French and Francophone Studies at @batescollege.bsky.social invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in French and Francophone Studies beginning July 1, 2027. Details: apply.interfolio.com/192246 #francophonestudies #teachingjobs

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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

In the new issue of @geographical.co.uk, I review Jaguarman by Raoul de Jong, a memorable shapeshifter of a book combining memoir, autofiction, travel writing, history and Quixote quest. 📖 @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social

The front cover of Geographical magazine

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Last month, I had the pleasure of visiting the beautiful Till's #Bookshop in #Edinburgh and signing some copies of my novel #VeniceRequiem @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. Many thanks to Georgia & Kate who recently interviewed my translator @rosschwartz.bsky.social for @inotherwordsbooks.bsky.social

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Small Boat in Canada, Venice Requiem in Paris and a whole HopeRoad display at South Kensington Books!

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

"Requiem invokes the solemn sung Mass pleading that the dead beloved person may rest in peace, and this book's prose, fluently, elegantly and subtly translated by Ros Schwartz, has a matching dignity and solemn poetry" - My novel reviewed in @thetablet.bsky.social @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We are delighted to announce that our next title this year will be The Russian Testament, an ode to books, to languages and to freedom, by @shumonasinha.bsky.social translated from the French by Subhashree Beeman. Pre-order here www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/russia...

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The Russian Testament by Shumona Sinha

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Delighted to announce that Pete Kalu’s kaleidoscopic memoir ACT NORMAL has been longlisted for this year’s Diverse Book Awards! Congratulations 🥳

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

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...

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Inspector Dreadlock Holmes and Other Stories

Inspector Dreadlock Holmes and Other Stories by John Agard

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Join us this month for a series of events with Nicola Garrard and Raoul de Jong.

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

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

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

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

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

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...

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The Little Sister, the adaptation from the debut novel The Last One by Fatima Daas, is screening this month at @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

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.

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

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.

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

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

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

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.

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

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...

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

"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

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In Other Words @inotherwordsbooks.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

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]

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

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...

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

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

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

"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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Peepal Tree Press @peepaltreepress.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

📢Join the Peepal Tree Press team as our Social Media Executive! Closing date: April 6th, full job description & how to apply below www.peepaltreepress.com/blog/whappen... @inpressbooks.bsky.social

Job description - join Peepal Tree Press as our Social Media Executive

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Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

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!

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

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...

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HopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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

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