The Westbourne Press imprint: 5 books

Meet Me in Gaza

Uncommon Stories of Life inside the Strip

by Louisa B. Waugh
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013

How do people and goods get in and out of Gaza? Do Gazans ever have fun? Is the Strip beautiful? And do TV reports actually reflect ordinary life inside the world's largest open-air prison? Meet Me in Gaza reveals the pleasures and pains, hopes and frustrations of Gazans going about their daily lives,...
by Joan Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013

Misogynies is one of the most celebrated feminist texts by a British author. First published in 1989, it created shock waves with its analyses of history, literature and popular culture. Joan Smith drew on her own experience as one of the few women reporting the Yorkshire Ripper murders and looked...
by Dean Atta
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013

Revolutionary, reflective and romantic, I Am Nobody's Nigger is the powerful debut collection by one of the UK's finest emerging poets. Exploring race, identity and sexuality, Dean Atta shares his perspective on family, friendship, relationships and London life, from riots to one-night stands. Longlisted...

Superman is an Arab

On God, marriage, macho men and other disastrous inventions

by Joumana Haddad
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012

This is not a manifesto against men in general. Nor is it a manifesto against Arab men in particular. It is, however, a howl in the face of a particular species of men: the macho species, Supermen, as they like to envision themselves. But Superman is a lie. In this explosive sequel to I Killed Scheherazade,...

Invisible

Britain's Migrant Sex Workers

by Hsiao-Hung Pai
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013

Ming and Beata share neither the same language nor cultural background, yet their stories are remarkably similar. Both are single mothers in their thirties and both came to Britain in search of a new life: Ming from China and Beata from Poland. Neither imagined that their journey would end in a British...
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