In The Race to Be Myself, the Olympian athlete will detail her battle for permission to compete as a woman with hyperandrogenismStormzy’s #Merky Books is to publish Olympian Caster Semenya’s memoir this year.South African athlete Semenya, whose book is titled The Race to Be Myself, was just 18... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-06-02 12:52:34 UTC ]
The grime star said he was ‘proud’ to offer the two-day event headlined by Wretch 32, John Agard and Malorie BlackmanA free festival from Stormzy’s #Merky Books imprint, headlined by musician Wretch 32, poet John Agard and former children’s laureate Malorie Blackman, will aim to demystify... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-02-27 11:15:55 UTC ]
Stormzy's imprint at PRH, #Merky Books, will publish its first children's book in September, celebrating 50 iconic British figures from underrepresented communities to inspire, encourage and empower children. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-29 07:55:17 UTC ]
#Merky Books has crowned Jyoti Patel the winner of its New Writers’ Prize 2021, a competition aiming to discover unpublished, underrepresented writers aged 16 to 30 from the UK and Ireland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-04-01 04:31:20 UTC ]
#Merky Books has netted has landed an exploration of what it means to be a black footballer from Calum Jacobs. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-07 02:29:22 UTC ]
Derek Owusu has won the Desmond Elliott Prize for his “transcendent” novel-in-verse That Reminds Me (#Merky Books). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 14:51:08 UTC ]
The first novel to be published by Stormzy’s new imprint #Merky Books, That Reminds Me by poet and podcaster Derek Owusu, has been longlisted for the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize for debuts. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-06 14:35:00 UTC ]
Malorie Blackman sold her life story to them, other hot authors are lining up. What makes Stormzy’s imprint so different?In a glass-walled meeting room on the fifth floor of Penguin Random House headquarters in Pimlico, Theophina Gabriel is talking about her love of reading while laughing at her... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-12-16 08:00:15 UTC ]
#Merky Books will publish the memoir of youth activist Jeremiah Emmanuel, “a guide to overcoming the obstacles young people should not have to face”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-15 13:08:54 UTC ]
Idris Elba's production company Green Door Pictures has secured film and TV rights to #Merky Books' forthcoming title Teaching My Brother To Read by Derek Owusu. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-25 07:05:06 UTC ]
Stormzy’s Penguin Random House imprint #Merky Books has teamed up with Beats by Dre to open the #Merky Books pop-up shop in London. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-05 17:02:51 UTC ]
Stormzy’s Penguin Random House imprint is set to expand, with Lemara Lindsay-Prince appointed to the newly created role of commissioning editor for #Merky Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-25 01:15:20 UTC ]
Stormzy’s PRH imprint #Merky Books has snapped up Malorie Blackman’s long-awaited autobiography. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 15:45:56 UTC ]
Rapper develops his #Merky Books publishing imprint with the New writers’ prize for unpublished authors under 30 Less than a year after taking his first step into publishing with the launch of #Merky Books, the grime artist Stormzy has unveiled the New writers’ prize for authors under 30, to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
On the heels of the rapper’s deal with Random House, a look at the stars dipping their toes into publishing with imprints of their ownWith the launch of his new book imprint with publishing giant Random House, announced on Thursday via Instagram, the grime rapper Stormzy joined a growing list of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]