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:

D.H. Lawrence: A Personal Record

by Jessie Chambers

Jessie Chambers, described by D.H. Lawrence in his Autobiographical Sketch as “the chief friend of my youth”, played a vital role in his ear …

Available (Published: November 2026)
ISBN: 9781915434425

£12.00

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Caribbean Pioneer Gardeners: Hungerhill Gardens, St Ann’s Allotments, Nottingham Expanded Edition

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The Windrush story of Caribbean migration to the United Kingdom was played out in our factories, our music, our streets and inner cities and …

Available (Published: October 2026)
ISBN: 9781915434487

£12.99

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D.H. Lawrence in Nottingham

by John Pateman

Nottingham city appears in many of D.H. Lawrence’s works. Nottingham Station, Nottingham Castle, The Park, Sneinton, Nottingham High School …

Available (Published: September 2026)
ISBN: 9781915434456

£8.00

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Adrift in Soho

by Colin Wilson

Harry Preston says goodbye to the provinces and comes to London looking for life and adventure. It is the mid-50s and he soon finds himself …

Available (Published: September 2026)
ISBN: 9781915434401

£8.99

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Winter at the Bookshop: Politics and Poverty, St Anns in the 1960s

by Sylvia Riley

Reprinting September 2026 Winter at the Bookshop was a raw, warm, cold experience. Raw with chapped fingers clutching kettles of boiling wat …

Available (Published: September 2026)
ISBN: 9781910170663

£9.99

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The Leaves of Southwell

by Frederick Attenborough, Nikolaus Pevsner

A paperback facsimile edition of Nikolaus Pevsner’s 1945 King Penguin book with a new introduction by architectural writer Gillian Darley. F …

Available (Published: September 2026)
ISBN: 9781915434395

£10.00

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Forthcoming titles

Man Car

by Ezra James Fiddimore

Transitioning from female to male is a process that brings with it complexities of all kinds, from a changing perception of self through cha …

Forthcoming (Due: December 2026)
 ISBN: 9781915434500

£7.00

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Mae

by Maria Berry

In the past, as in today’s world, the Romany and Traveller voice is too often silenced or distorted. Set in 1989, the poems in this pamphlet …

Forthcoming (Due: December 2026)
 ISBN: 9781915434494

£7.00

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Anarchism: People and Ideas

by Colin Ward

The word ‘anarchism’ tends to conjure up images of aggressive protest against government, and – recently – of angry demon­strations against …

Forthcoming (Due: June 2027)
 ISBN: 9781915434029

£8.00

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