Prototype
London-based independent publisher of fiction, poetry, anthologies & interdisciplinary projects, committed to championing the work of new voices in free-form contemporary literature.
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- We are thrilled to share the news that Katy Derbyshire’s translation of Mountainish by Zsuzsanna Gahse has been shortlisted for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social John Calder Translation Prize. This is a new award for English translations of full-length groundbreaking works of literary merit.
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- Edinburgh friends! Don't miss Caleb Klaces reading and in conversation with Martin MacInnes and Oli Hazzard this Thursday @goldenharebooks.bsky.social. Tickets can be booked here or in the shop: goldenharebooks.com/products/mr-...
- A brilliant article by Caleb Klaces on the often overlooked role of photographs in fiction, thinking 'about what the picture “knows” that the words do not.' lithub.com/what-the-pic...
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- To mark #NationalPoetryDay we’re having a flash sale, with 40% off all poetry titles in our catalogue until midnight on Sunday. Just enter the code npd25 on checkout. prototypepublishing.co.uk/shop/type-1-...
- To celebrate the publication of Mr Outside, Caleb Klaces will be touring the UK, with dates confirmed in London, Edinburgh, York and Manchester, and more venues to be added soon. We very much hope you can join us at one of these events: prototypepublishing.co.uk/2025/09/24/c...
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- On 15 Oct, Sulaiman Addonia will be at Bàrd Books with journalist/writer Gary Younge, sharing their perspectives on London, writing, Sudan, the experiences of refugees, & more. It's going to be a brilliant evening. Tickets £5, redeemable against a book: www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-detail...
- We’re excited to be co-hosting a special event at The Broadway Bookshop as part of their 20th anniversary celebrations, with Chloe Aridjis, whose story and essay collection, Dialogue with a Somnambulist, we published in 2021. Thurs 9 Oct, 7–9pm RSVP: books@broadwaybookshophackney.com
- We are thrilled to share the news that Hasib Hourani's rock flight has made the shortlist for the Michael Murphy Poetry Prize! Congratulations to all of the shortlisted poets and publishers. The winner will be announced on #NationalPoetryDay.
- We are delighted to announce the shortlist for our Michael Murphy Poetry Prize! englishassociation.ac.uk/michael-murp... Winner announced on #NationalPoetryDay! @carcanet.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social
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- We’re delighted to announce the second leg of UK events to mark the recent publication of @jencalleja.bsky.social’s translator memoir Fair. 10 Sept: Brick Lane Bookshop 2 Oct: Voce Books 8 Oct: Collected Books 16 Oct: Veranda Books Details/tickets here: prototypepublishing.co.uk/2025/09/03/j...
- 'skittish, innovative and unapologetically wacky', with 'a message that all readers should understand and the publishing industry should promote'. Thank you Esther Lafferty for this excellent review of @jencalleja.bsky.social's 'Fair' in The Times of Malta: x2.timesofmalta.com/20250810/sun...
- Really delighted to share the news that Hasib Hourani's rock flight has been longlisted for the Michael Murphy Poetry Prize. Congratulations to all of the longlisted poets and publishers! englishassociation.ac.uk/michael-murp...
- We are delighted to announce the longlist for our Michael Murphy Poetry Prize! englishassociation.ac.uk/michael-murp... @carcanet.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social
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- Girlbeast by Cecilie Lind, translated by Hazel Evans, publishes today. Highly acclaimed in Denmark, Girlbeast is a fearless, unsettling, poetic novel in which power shifts unpredictably, and desire and coercion become indistinguishable. prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/girl... (1/3)
- We are so looking forward to Stems next weekend, a new book fair curated & hosted by our author Helen Marten at her studio in Haggerston (55 Laburnum Street, London E2 8BD). The fair is free & open to all, and so many of our favourite publishers will be there.
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- Diary of an Ending, the 1st prose work by renowned photographer Lina Scheynius, publishes today. prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/diar... Blurring the boundaries between diary & essay, it explores the break-up of a relationship, combining extracts from Scheynius’s diary (tr. Saskia Vogel)...
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- Coming soon: Mr Outside by Caleb Klaces (Oct 2025) We are extremely excited to announce that we will soon be publishing the 2nd novel by Caleb Klaces, following his acclaimed debut Fatherhood, the 1st novel Prototype ever published. Proof copies are here; email admin[at]prototypepublishing.co.uk.
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- 'There is this prevailing idea of what a novel is about and how you have to perform within this frame...to attain success. I’ve lived in oppressive states & the last thing I want to do is curtail my imagination.' A wonderful interview with Sulaiman Addonia: www.middleeasteye.net/discover/sul...
- The Uncorrected Independent Publishers Fair at the Peckham Pelican today! 11-6 Books and cold drinks; what more could you need?
- The Uncorrected Independent Publishers' Fair returns this Saturday to the Peckham Pelican, with a wonderful group of indie publishers & great line-up of readers. Come & hang out, have a cold drink, browse the stalls, chat to the publishers, & catch the readings at 2pm. thetangerinepress.com/TUIPF/
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- It's 1 year this month since we published Sulaiman Addonia's The Seers. The audiobook, co-published with @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social, can be downloaded for free til Sunday! Free downloads are limited, so be quick! Enter code PROTOTYPE-100 on checkout www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/audiobooks/t...
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- Happy Bloomsday & happy 2-year anniversary to @helenpalmer.pharmsky.app's Pleasure Beach! Set on 16 June 1999, the novel follows the interconnecting journeys & thoughts of 3 young women over the course of 24 hrs/18 chptrs structured the same way as Ulysses. prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/plea...
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- Special event on Monday (16 June) with prototype author Caleb Klaces discussing dementia and storytelling in relation to his brilliant forthcoming novel Mr Outside. Full details and tickets at psychoanalysis.org.uk/civicrm/even...
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- 'a compelling debut from a poet whose silk is spun not just from intellect, but from instinct, feeling, and very finely wrought form.' A lovely review of Imogen Cassels' Silk Work by @mabjones.bsky.social in her latest poetry column for Buzz Mag. www.buzzmag.co.uk/new-poetry-j...
- We are excited to be taking part in a new book fair curated/hosted by our friend & author Helen Marten at her studio in Hackney. STEMS is taking place on Sat 19 & Sun 20 July, 11–6pm, with readings on Sunday eve from Ghayath Almadhoun, Brodie Crellin, Imogen Cassels, Will Harris and K Patrick. 🔥
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- Happy publication day to @jencalleja.bsky.social, whose "audacious, polemical, essential" memoir FAIR: The Life-Art of Translation is out now. We are incredibly proud to publish Jen's work, across forms and genres, and cannot wait for people to read this book. pic: @jorgeantonystride.bsky.social
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- We are delighted that Hasib Hourani's 'rock flight', has been shortlisted for the 2025 Seamus Heaney Poetry Prize for a First Collection. Congratulations Hasib. This is a vital collection, at a time when speaking out matters more than ever. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/seam...
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- With a few weeks to go til we publish Lina Scheynius’s Diary of an Ending, we’re excited to share some events coming up in July, with both Lina and translator Saskia Vogel. These events are part of Stories From Sweden, supported by the Swedish Arts Council & the Swedish Embassy, UK.
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- Happy publication day to Imogen Cassels, whose stunning debut collection Silk Work is out now. We’ll be launching the book tonight @burleyfisher.bsky.social with Phoebe Stuckes & Sam Weselowski. You can order your copy at prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/silk... or from your local bookshop
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- *Bristol-based friends!* Imogen Cassels' debut collection publishes next week, launching on 15 May @burleyfisher.bsky.social. On Weds 28 May, Imogen will be heading to Bristol for an event at the wonderful East Bristol Books with Ralf Webb. Tickets at www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...
- We are excited to announce the upcoming publication of Diary of an Ending, the first hybrid prose work by renowned photographer Lina Scheynius. Blurring the boundaries between diary & essay, the book explores the break-up of a relationship, combining extracts from Scheynius’s diary... (1/3)
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- Tomorrow! Free Verse Poetry Book & Magazine Fair @poetrysociety.bsky.social 12-6.30pm Plus catch us on the publishing panel at 5pm
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- We're delighted to announce the UK tour for Jen Calleja's remarkable translation memoir FAIR: The Life-Art of Translation. Come and join is if you can!
