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On 5 September we will have the pleasure of publishing Joshua in the Sky, a startling and moving first entry into memoir for Somerset-Maugham winner Rodge Glass. Today, we opened for pre-orders and shared this cover reveal video, so to tie in with these announcements we chatted with Rodge about all things Joshua. Stick the…
Today (18 April) was supposed to mark the Edinburgh launch for Hope Never Knew Horizon before it had to be delayed by a fortnight, so in lieu of an event we thought we’d share an extract from the novel. Hope Never Knew Horizon reimagines the origins of three objects of hope – the blue whale…
Ahead of Hope Never Knew Horizon being published later this month, Douglas Bruton has been chatting with Shawn the Book Maniac on his YouTube channel. A brilliant conversation here, in which Douglas covers not only Hope but his other work too, including With or Without Angels and Blue Postcards. Join us at the Edinburgh launch…
In case you missed the news, we were thrilled to see Taproot author Rodge Glass win the esteemed Anne Brown Prize last month for his essay ‘On the Covenant’, an excerpt from Joshua in the Sky, to be published next summer. Now, thanks to the lovely folk over at Wigtown Book Festival, you can read…
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Taproot Press is an independent, Edinburgh-based publisher of challenging, contemporary literature from Scotland and around the world.
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