Break the Habit Press

Independent publisher of feminist non-fiction, dedicated to publishing books that provide a platform for the unheard and the under-represented.

[Break the Habit Press @brkthehbt]

🎉 EVENT 🎉

📅 5th May, 8pm-9pm, hosted by @BlackBalladUK on IGTV Live

To celebrate the launch of ‘THIS IS US: BLACK BRITISH WOMEN AND GIRLS’, @kafayatokanlawo will be talking to @Jendella about creating the anthology and storytelling, finishing with a Q&A for viewers.

[Break the Habit Press @brkthehbt]

✨🩸 Flashback to when @nobelpeacecenter used the ongoing construction site to promote dialogue around the stigma and shame linked to menstruation 🩸✨⁠
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AND THEN....they took this incredible snap 📸 of #Period illustrated by the amazing @nataliebyrne

#endperiodstigma #books

[Break the Habit Press @brkthehbt]

THE. #EBOOK. HAS. ARRIVED! 📚👏

Capturing a lifetime of lived experience from #BlackBritishWomen, THIS IS US: BLACK BRITISH WOMEN AND GIRLS is available to order now ✨

@KafayatOkanlawon

#blackwomensvoices #blackbritishhistory #decoloniseyourbookshelf #books

[Break the Habit Press @brkthehbt]

✨“Illuminating, uplifting, life-affirming” - Jendella Benson ✨

✨ “This book captures a lifetime of lived experience of Black British Women” - Natalie Morris, Metro✨

✨” This (book) is why community storytelling is so important.” - Ronke Lawal ✨

AVAILABLE MAY 2nd!

[Break the Habit Press @brkthehbt]

Thank you @ronkelawal for such a beautiful review of This is Us: Black British Women and Girls by @KafayatOkanlawo 📚 ✨ #books #storytelling #bookreviews

[Ronke Lawal @ronkelawal]

I am currently reading and enjoying This Is Us; an anthology of over 100 stories, poems and essays which each capture a lifetime of lived experience from Black British women of all ages.
Collected by Kafayat Okanlawon. Thanks to @brkthehbt for sending me a copy.

[Break the Habit Press @brkthehbt]

THE. #EBOOK. IS. HERE! 📚👏

Capturing a lifetime of lived experience from #BlackBritishWomen, THIS IS US: BLACK BRITISH WOMEN AND GIRLS is available to pre-order ✨

AVAILABLE MAY 2nd!

@KafayatOkanlawon

#blackwomensvoices #blackbritishhistory #decoloniseyourbookshelf #books

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

To our friends in the UK: please cherish, protect, & continue investing in your healthcare system!

Once Big Pharma & special interests get their hands on it, it could take generations to regain.

Millions of people in the US are fighting to have a system half as good as the NHS.

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

👏 308,000 people registered to vote on Friday.

⏳ There are now only 2 days left to register.

🗳 Have a say in the future of our country and register to vote NOW.

👉https://t.co/5CsLmqw6bW

[Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop @Lighthousebks]

Good morning. It’s Tuesday!
Tuesday is a good day to REGISTER TO VOTE 🗳
(And visit a bookshop)
Happy Tuesday!

[Break the Habit Press @brkthehbt]

Amazing piece from @Refinery29UK on @CCvisualartist new book #pelavidadasmulheres. Thank you @JazKopotsha.

We’ve had a great time launching the book in Edinburgh and it’s now available to order on our website or Waterstones.

[Refinery29 UK @Refinery29UK]

“This project is about sharing experiences and breaking stereotypes. It’s about reaching and supporting women around the world who are being judged and persecuted because they dared to decide what to do with their own bodies." - @CCvisualartist

https://t.co/9aFQb0aorA

[Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop @Lighthousebks]

We had the. Best. Day.
That is all.

#RadicalBookFair

[Break the Habit Press @brkthehbt]

We’re at @Lighthousebks #radicalbookfair. Come check us out and get your hands on the first copies of Pela Vida das Mulheres.

#forthelivesofallwomen

[Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop @Lighthousebks]

THE RADICAL BOOK FAIR IS OPEN! Book fair 12-8 with panels at 6pm and 7pm! We’ve got publisher stalls, a kids corner, fiction, poetry, and activist stalls! JOIN US!

[Break the Habit Press @brkthehbt]

@ccvisualartist with be on this panel to talk about her new book #pelavidadasmulheres and how artist champion women and address injustice and oppression.

https://t.co/lYjxxJgaQA

#storytelling #books #photographybooks #art #activism #radicalbookfair #abortion

[Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop @Lighthousebks]

Art of Resistance
Sat 16th 12

From reproductive rights to freedom of expression, domestic abuse to state persecution, 4 speakers share how they use art to champion womxn & confront injustice & oppression: https://t.co/tSqbC12jSH

#RadicalBookFair w/ @pinar_aksu5 #Edinburgh

[Break the Habit Press @brkthehbt]

Can't wait to head to this on Thursday. We will be hanging around for the whole four days and @CCvisualartist will be on a panel talking about her new book #pelavidadasmulheres out on 14th November!

[Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop @Lighthousebks]

Edinburgh's 23rd #RadicalBookFair is NEXT WEEK! Who's up for a rockin alternative festival of politics?

4 DAYS, 20 EVENTS, over 50 STALLS showcasing the best in radical & progressive publishing!

Full program HERE: https://t.co/UcIaJuhUEK

Or, whats comin, a thread 1/

[Break the Habit Press @brkthehbt]

We are off on our first work trip out of London and what better place for an indie publisher than Edinburgh!

We’ve been invited to @Lighthousebks #radicalbookfair, where @CCvisualartist will be launching #pelavidadasmulheres.

#activism #books #forthelivesofallwomen

[Break the Habit Press @brkthehbt]

#pelavidadasnulheres or #forthelivesofallwomen is out on 14th November.

It’s absurd to think we’re still fighting for this but here we are.

Motherhood is a choice, not an obligation.

#abortion #choice #forthelivesofallwomen #pelavidadasmulheres

[Break the Habit Press @brkthehbt]

Our next book is out on Thursday!

For over two years, @CCvisualartist travelled across Brazil to photograph women who have had or witnessed illegal abortions. In this book we share their stories and portraits, alongside essays from other activists.

#pelavidadasmulheres

[Break the Habit Press @brkthehbt]

We are so happy to be supporting @RISE_Short_Film with the @100WomenIKnow book, not just because they're our friends from @CMDNCollective, but because it looks incredible. Please go and check out their Kickstarter campaign and pledge or share!

[RISE @RISE_Short_Film]

✨We are offering 10 copies of 100 women I know as Kickstarter rewards ✨It's a really important & powerful book so huge thanks to @brkthehbt 🙏 Head to the page to find out more: https://t.co/OJRIkGNFEh - get them before they go!!