Forty Years of Peepal Tree Press Celebration Part I: Cultural Collections - Celebrating the Archive
- Date: Thursday 13 November 2025, 17:10 – 19:15
- Location: Treasures of the Brotherton
- Cost: Free. Book online here
An evening of reflection, celebration, and literary resonance as Peepal Tree Press marks 40 years of publishing Caribbean and Black British writing.
Join us for a welcome from Sarah Prescott, Literary Archivist, followed by a live interview with Peepal Tree Press founder Jeremy Poynting and a panel discussion of 40 years of publishing with Alison Donnell, John McLeod, John Whale, Jeremy Poynting and Rawan Mohamed.
There will also the opportunity to explore the richness of the Peepal Tree Press Archive and its possibilities for future research.
Reception 6.30 – 7.15 PM
Enjoy refreshments and conversation with authors, scholars, and readers.
Professor Alison Donnell is Head of Humanities at Bristol, renowned for pioneering research in Caribbean and postcolonial literature, gender, and sexual identities. She champions literary recovery and cultural pluralism.
John McLeod is Professor of Postcolonial and Diaspora Literatures at the University of Leeds. His books included Postcolonial London (2004), Life Lines (2015) and Global Trespassers (2024).
Rawan Mohamed is a PhD researcher in History at the University of Leeds, exploring slavery and abolition in 19th-century Sudan. She is also a skilled archivist, and curates Peepal Tree Press’s Instagram content and online events.
Dr Jeremy Poynting is the founder of Peepal Tree Press, dedicated to publishing Caribbean and Black British literature. He is a passionate editor, cultural advocate, and champion of literary preservation and innovation.
Professor John Whale is the author of two volumes of poetry published by Carcanet, Waterloo Teeth (2010) which was shortlisted for that year's Forward Prize for Best First Collection, and Frieze (2013). He has a pamphlet, Wayward Observations, forthcoming from The Rialto next year along with a further collection from Carcanet, Darwin and the Cuttlefish. He is the managing editor of Stand.
Image credit Peepal Tree Press and Universiy of Leeds.
