Great writing on Gypsy, Roma & Traveller communities & history
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These brilliant books range from biography to history, from Gypsy Britain to Eastern Europe, and Traveller Scotland, novels that celebrate Gypsy, Roma, Traveller (GRT) heritage, picture books with GRT representation.
Read more about the picture books & the power of representation in a Book Trust piece by Alex Strick HERE.
We'll keep seeking out more such books, sadly many celebrated writers - such as the Romani Menyhert Lakatos - are out of print, and many have yet to find a publisher. Ben Myers recently wrote an interesting piece on just this: Waiting for the great British Gypsy Novel, though just cos Ben hasn't read it, doesn't mean it's not out there. Some would even argue Louise Doughty has had a good crack at it...
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![Image for The Stopping Places : A Journey Through Gypsy Britain](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817847/9781784704131.jpg)
- title
- The Stopping Places : A Journey Through Gypsy Britain
- author
- Bas, Damian Le
![Image for Gypsy Boy](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97803409/9780340977989.jpg)
- title
- Gypsy Boy
- author
- Mikey Walsh
![Image for Way of the Wanderers : The Story of Travellers in Scotland](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817802/9781780273341.jpg)
- title
- Way of the Wanderers : The Story of Travellers in Scotland
- author
- Smith, Jess
![Image for Rabbit Stew and a penny or two](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97803491/9780349123615.jpg)
- title
- Rabbit Stew and a penny or two
- author
- Maggie Smith-Bendell
![Image for Bury Me Standing : The Gypsies and their Journey](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97800997/9780099740216.jpg)
- title
- Bury Me Standing : The Gypsies and their Journey
- author
- Fonseca, Isabel
![Image for No Place to Call Home : Inside the Real Lives of Gypsies and Travellers](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97818516/9781851689491.jpg)
- title
- No Place to Call Home : Inside the Real Lives of Gypsies and Travellers
- author
- Katharine Quarmby
![Image for Stone Cradle](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97814711/9781471137570.jpg)
- title
- Stone Cradle
- author
- Louise Doughty
![Image for Fury](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97817841/9781784109905.jpg)
- title
- Fury
- author
- David Morley
![Image for Gypsy Girl](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97814063/9781406353013.jpg)
- title
- Gypsy Girl
- author
- Kathryn James
![Image for Gypsy Girl: Revenge](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97814063/9781406353020.jpg)
- title
- Gypsy Girl: Revenge
- author
- Kathryn James
![Image for The Pearl Thief](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97814088/9781408866610.jpg)
- title
- The Pearl Thief
- author
- Elizabeth Wein
![Image for The Diddakoi](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97802307/9780230769892.jpg)
- title
- The Diddakoi
- author
- Rumer Godden
![Image for Yokki and the Parno Gry](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97818464/9781846439261.jpg)
- title
- Yokki and the Parno Gry
- author
- Richard O'Neill & Katharine Quarmby
![Image for Ossiri and the Bala Mengro](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97818464/9781846439247.jpg)
- title
- Ossiri and the Bala Mengro
- author
- Richard O'Neill & Katharine Quarmby
![Image for The Lost Homework](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97817862/9781786283450.jpg)
- title
- The Lost Homework
- author
- Richard O'Neill
![Image for Polonius the pit pony](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97817862/9781786281852.jpg)
- title
- Polonius the pit pony
- author
- Richard O'Neill