Thank you @alicedewing.bsky.social for sending me a copy of #Strangerland by Monika Radojevic, winner of the #MerkyBooks New Writers' Prize. Out 5th March from Merky Books. 💙📚
I'm so looking forward to reading this powerful debut with the @squadpod2021.bsky.social gang in March!
#SquadPodBookClub

Lives and passions brought into the light Black History Month offers the chance to celebrate the rich cultural heritage, history, and achievements of black people. This year’s theme is Standing Firm in Power and Pride. Lucy Popescu selects 12...

Lives and passions brought into the light for #BlackHistoryMonth: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/live...
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The #MerkyBooks New Writers’ Prize is back for another year 🎉🙌

Open to all Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic writers, aged 18-35, un-agented and unpublished.

🗓️ Submissions close on 26 August. Apply now: www.penguin.co.uk/about/publis...

Joelle Owusu-Sekyere, Editorial Director at #MerkyBooks, has been picked as one of 36 finalists for this year's Black British Business Awards

www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article... (£)

Meet the Editors Brunel University of London is hosting a series of writing workshops and publishing webinars for aspiring writers.

Last Chance Siren: Our Meet the Editors webinar is this eve @7pm. Register for free to hear about publishing from amazing editors, Joelle Owusu of #MerkyBooks, @samjordison.bsky.social of @galleybeggars.bsky.social and Katie Bowden from @4thestatebooks.bsky.social: www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-the-e...

Meet the Editors Brunel University of London is hosting a series of writing workshops and publishing webinars for aspiring writers.

On 25.06 ,we have our first free Brunel Uni online publishing webinar with editors Joelle Owusu from #MerkyBooks, @samjordison.bsky.social from @galleybeggars.bsky.social and Katie Bowden from @4thestatebooks.bsky.social Register here to demystify publishing: www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-the-e...

Meet the Editors Brunel University of London is hosting a series of writing workshops and publishing webinars for aspiring writers.

Our first free webinar on June 25th at 7pm - Meet the Editors - offers three superstar editors in conversation: Joelle Owusu from #MerkyBooks, @samjordison.bsky.social from @galleybeggars.bsky.social and Katie Bowden from
@4thestatebooks.bsky.social : www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-the-e...

Stormzy prize winner wants to write for 'next gen of black boys' Abaka Debrah's novel Where Geezers Call Home has won the New Writers' Prize on Stormzy's #Merky Books label.

'We're seeing a lot more media now about black love and black joy, instead of just black pain.'

The winner of Stormzy's #MerkyBooks new writers' prize, Abaka Debrah, on writing 'for the next generation of young black boys':

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#books #reading #writing #fiction

#Merky Books #Merky Books is an award-winning imprint launched in 2018 by Stormzy and Penguin Random House UK with a clear ambition to publish books that will own – and change – the mainstream. Our publishing incl...

From punk, we move to #Stormzy

"I'm Mallory Blackman, the way I sell books
I jump on the stage, and then the world looks
All that banging' on my door, had my girl shook
Now sorry officer, I only sell hooks"

Check out #MerkyBooks #writers. They have a fabulous list www.penguin.co.uk/company/publ...