Peepal Tree Press

Peepal Tree Press is a publisher based in Leeds, England which publishes Caribbean, Black British, and South Asian fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama and academic books.^[1][2][3] Poet Kwame Dawes has said, "Peepal Tree Press's position as the leading publisher of Caribbean literature, and especially of Caribbean poetry, is unassailable."^[4]

Peepal Tree publishes around 20 books a year, mainly from the Caribbean and its diasporas.^[5] Caribbean Beat has called it a "publishing lifeline" for Caribbean writers.^[6] In the UK, the press is noted for its success with literary prizes,^[7][8][9] its international readership,^[10] and its role in supporting and publishing Black British and British Asian writers.^[11][12]