Welcome To Five Leaves Publications
Five Leaves is a small publisher based in Nottingham, publishing 10-15 books a year. Our roots are radical and literary. These days our main areas of interest are social history, politics, poetry, Nottingham, London and cityscape.
You can browse our latest books below, choose a category to browse from the left-hand menu, or search for a specific book using the search box above.
All books can be bought through our secure site (with a PayPal account or a credit/debit card). Our books are also available from bookshops, and of course, all are available at our own bookshop in Nottingham. If in London, you will find most of our books in stock at Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, five minutes from Kings Cross.
You can also order from us by phone on 0115 837 3097.
Our latest titles:
Poems of a Nottingham Lace-Runner: Revised Edition
byIn this revised edition, the introduction has been augmented with new information on Bailey from Karen Winyard, with thanks also to the Nott …
Available (Published: October 2025)ISBN: 9781915434371
£5.00
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Rainbow Candles
by Tony ChallisTony Challis’s debut collection, Rainbow Candles, is a mixture of the celebratory and the sombre, across the three sections and sometimes in …
Available (Published: September 2025)ISBN: 9781915434319
£7.00
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✹Fr⚘gm∞nts⊗
by Tara Singh✹Fr⚘gm∞nts⊗ sits at the intersections of race, queerness, gender and trauma, exploring mis/re/membering through the splintering lens of comp …
Available (Published: September 2025)ISBN: 9781915434326
£7.00
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Queer Nottingham 1960-1990
by CJ De BarraBoth a historical record and a celebration of unique stories, people and places, Queer Nottingham 1960-1990 gives us a powerful glimpse into …
Available (Published: July 2025)ISBN: 9781915434265
£12.00
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Curious Muswell Hill
by Andrew WhiteheadMuswell Hill is a model of the Edwardian middle-class suburb, with its broad streets, regal street names, arts-and-crafts houses and fashion …
Available (Published: June 2025)ISBN: 9781915434296
£11.99
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Lincolnshire Folk Tales Reimagined
edited by Anna Milon, Rory WatermanAs the most recent wave of interest in folklore and folk customs continues to grow, this anthology takes us to England’s second largest, tho …
Available (Published: February 2025)ISBN: 9781915434289
£12.99
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Two Short Stories: Goose Faire & A Fragment of Stained Glass
by D.H. LawrenceThe Prussian Officer and Other Stories, DH Lawrence’s first collection of short stories, was published in England in 1914 and in the USA in …
Forthcoming (Due: November 2025)ISBN: 9781915434364
£5.00
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Familiar Phantoms
by Sue ForresterSue Forrester’s debut pamphlet, Familiar Phantoms, shows us a long life: family, friends, events at home and abroad – some remarkable, many …
Forthcoming (Due: November 2025)ISBN: 9781915434357
£7.00
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Balancing Act
by Elizabeth DunfordThese poems explore one woman’s attempts to juggle the roles of daughter, mother, grandmother, carer and human being. Tracing her inheritanc …
Forthcoming (Due: November 2025)ISBN: 9781915434340
£7.00
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The Postcolonial Flâneuse
by Ramisha RafiqueThe Postcolonial Flâneuse gathers a selection of poems from Ramisha Rafique’s doctoral project, The Ontology of The Postcolonial Flâneuse: D …
Forthcoming (Due: November 2025)ISBN: 9781915434333
£7.00
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D.H. Lawrence and the Gypsies
by John PatemanD.H. Lawrence had a lifelong fascination and affinity with people who lived outside the bounds of ‘civilised society’. He shared their sense …
Forthcoming (Due: December 2025)ISBN: 9781915434302
£8.00
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Queer Nottingham 1991-2020
byBoth a historical record and a celebration of unique stories, people and places, Queer Nottingham 1991-2020 gives us a powerful glimpse into …
Forthcoming (Due: February 2026)ISBN: 9781915434272
£14.00
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Winter at the Bookshop: Politics and Poverty, St Ann’s in the 1960s
by Sylvia RileyWinter at the Bookshop was a raw, warm, cold experience. Raw with chapped fingers clutching kettles of boiling water from the gas-stove, mul …
Forthcoming (Due: November 2023)ISBN: 9781915434043
£9.99
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Anarchism: People and Ideas
by Colin WardThe word ‘anarchism’ tends to conjure up images of aggressive protest against government, and – recently – of angry demonstrations against …
Forthcoming (Due: April 2025)ISBN: 9781915434029
£8.00
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