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Payback Press
Defunct specialist imprint of Canongate Books1
The Payback Press was a specialist imprint of Canongate Books devoted to (initially) reprints of essays on Black culture, which later branched out into contemporary Black fiction and classic crime novels. Of the former category, the first three novels published by the imprint were "Blues People" by LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), "Black Talk" by Ben Sidran, and "The New Beats" by S.H. Fernando, Jr.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The Payback Press was a specialist imprint of Canongate Books devoted to (initially) reprints of essays on Black culture, which later branched out into contemporary Black fiction and classic crime novels. Of the former category, the first three novels published by the imprint were "Blues People" by LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), "Black Talk" by Ben Sidran, and "The New Beats" by S.H. Fernando, Jr.2
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