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Taproot Press is an Edinburgh-based publisher committed to presenting challenging, contemporary voices from both Scotland and beyond.
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Joshua dies on his birthday.
Joshua dies the day he is born.
Joshua lives for three hours.
Joshua is alive.
Rodge Glass’s nephew Joshua died the same day he was born, from a blood condition they both share.
Joshua in the Sky charts the five years around Joshua’s life and death as Rodge attempts to make sense of this loss.
A family memoir and a memorial to a short life, it asks the questions: Whose life deserved to be remembered? And how?
‘Stands testament to the healing power of stories’
Michael Pedersen, author of Boy Friends
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We chatted with Rodge Glass about his stunning new memoir Joshua in the Sky.
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About Us
Taproot Press is an independent, Edinburgh-based publisher of challenging, contemporary literature from Scotland and around the world.