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Malorie Blackman

The long-awaited autobiography of one of the world's greatest children's writers, and an empowering and inspiring account of a life in books. 
 
Malorie Blackman OBE is one of Britain's best loved and most widely-read writers. For over thirty years, her books have helped to shape British culture, and inspired generations of younger readers and writers. The Noughts and Crosses series, started in 2000, sparked a new and necessary conversation about race and identity in the UK, and are already undisputed classics of twenty-first-century children's literature. 
 
She is also a writer whose own life has been shaped by books, from her childhood in south London, the daughter of parents who moved to Britain from Barbados as part of the Windrush Generation, and who experienced a childhood that was both wonderful and marred by the everyday racism and bigotry of the era. She was told she could not apply to study her first love, literature, at university, in spite of her academic potential, but found a way to books and to a life in writing against a number of obstacles. 
 
This book is an account of that journey, from a childhood surrounded by words, to the 83 rejection letters she received in response to sending out her first project, to the children's laureateship. It explores the books who have made her who she is, and the background to some the most beloved and powerful children's stories of today. It is an illuminating, inspiring and empowering account of the power of words to change lives, and the extraordinary life story of one of the world's greatest writers.

Just Sayin'

My Life In Words

Stormzy

The incredible, must-read true story of the meteoric rise of the music star and the #Merky brand – and a guide to achieving success in your own life, on your own terms. 
 
‘Extraordinary’ NME Books of the Year 
 
‘An inspirational must-read’ Evening Standard 
 
THE #MERKY STORY SO FAR 
 
‘It’s been a long time coming, I swear...’ 
 
In recent years Stormzy has risen from one of the most promising musicians of his generation to a spokesperson for a generation. Rise Up is the story of how he got there. 
 
It’s a story about faith and the ideas worth fighting for. It’s about knowing where you’re from, and where you’re going. It’s about following your dreams without compromising who you are. 
 
Featuring never-before-seen photographs, annotated lyrics and contributions from those closest to him, Rise Up is the #Merky story, and the record of a journey unlike any other. 
 
Edited and co-written by Jude Yawson 
Contributions by Team #Merky 
Images by Kaylum Dennis 
 
 
Praise for Rise Up: 
 
‘Inspirational’ Guardian Books of the Year 
 
'A very important book. ... It is truly inspiring to read about the accomplishments of Team Stormzy, realised largely without money or expertise, but with bucketloads of intelligence and hard work.' BBC 
 
‘Motivational, inspirational. If Rise Up is just the beginning, I cannot wait for the next stage.’ iNews 
 
‘Provides a real insight into what it takes to become... the country's biggest grime star… Don’t sleep on it’ Metro 
 
‘More than an oral history, Rise Up is a model for those seeking to replicate Stormzy and his team’s accomplishments.’ The Times 
 
‘A book written not to the greater glory of Stormzy, but as a way of inspiring the next generation.’ Q Magazine, 'Best Music Books of the Month'

Rise Up

The #Merky Story So Far

Ebony Reid

‘The roads don’t forget, and old reputations cling on, drawing trouble even when someone’s trying to start fresh.’ 
 
Take a step into the heart of the British inner city with Trapped Life, a searingly candid narrative that shatters sensationalist headlines to reveal the authentic lives of the mandem on the infamous Northville Estate in London. Dr Ebony Reid, through personal and professional insights, offers a raw and intimate look at a vibrant and complex community, often misunderstood by wider society. In a year spent on her childhood estate, Reid's powerful storytelling blends reality with creative narrative, taking you through The Cotch, The Block, and even to the Bookies – some of the prominent landmarks of Northville. This urgent and dignified account exposes the devastating socio-economic disparity in urban Britain, making Trapped Life not just a book, but a call to understand and change the lives of those trapped by their circumstances.

Trapped Life

A Year with the Mandem on a London Estate

Jeremiah Emmanuel

I wanted to change the world, but the world I was born into changed me first. 
 
My name is Jeremiah Emmanuel. I'm twenty one years old. I'm an activist, an entrepreneur, a former deputy young mayor of Lambeth and member of the UK Youth Parliament. 
 
Raised in south London, I lived in an area where crime and poverty were everywhere and opportunities to escape were rare. Violence was accepted, prison was expected. That was the world I knew; the only one I thought was possible for people like me. 
 
Then I discovered another world, one with opportunities round every corner. As I grew my network, I realised that the system actively works against certain members of society, silently preventing people from succeeding. I made it my mission to change this, and to teach people like me about the secret rules of society that empower some to get ahead and keep others down. This is my story of how I made it, and how others can too. 
 
Memoir meets manifesto, Dreaming in a Nightmare is a powerful account of the challenges faced by a new generation and how readers can rally to create change.

Dreaming in a Nightmare

Inequality and What We Can Do About It

Calum Jacobs

A New Formation is an inventive and highly original analysis of the contributions that Black British footballers have made to Black British culture. 
 
Calum Jacobs and his co-contributors - including authors Musa Okwonga and Aniefiok Ekpoudom and sports broadcaster Jeanette Kwakye - eschew the standard frameworks of trauma and oppression that are foisted upon Black narratives. Instead, they draw upon broader social and cultural history to examine Black footballers in contexts larger than themselves. By engaging with the subtle connections between football and Black cultural expression, A New Formation reveals the vibrancy and nuance of contemporary Black life in Britain. 
 
Featuring interviews with Andy Cole, Ian Wright and Anita Asante.

A New Formation

How Black Footballers Shaped the Modern Game

Chelsea Kwakye

Ore Ogunbiyi

'Brilliant' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, author of QUEENIE 
'Essential' BERNARDINE EVARISTO, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER 
'Hugely important' PAULA AKPAN 
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As a minority in a predominantly white institution, taking up space is an act of resistance. Recent Cambridge grads Chelsea and Ore experienced this first-hand, and wrote Taking Up Space as a guide and a manifesto for change. 
 
FOR BLACK GIRLS: 
 
Understand that your journey is unique. Use this book as a guide. Our wish for you is that you read this and feel empowered, comforted and validated in every emotion you experience, or decision that you make. 
 
FOR EVERYONE ELSE: 
 
We can only hope that reading this helps you to be a better friend, parent, sibling or teacher to black girls living through what we did. It's time we stepped away from seeing this as a problem that black people are charged with solving on their own. 
 
It's a collective effort. 
And everyone has a role to play. 
 
Featuring honest conversations with students past and present, Taking Up Space goes beyond the buzzwords of diversity and inclusion and explores what those words truly mean for young black girls today. 
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#Merky Books was set up by publishers Penguin Random House and Stormzy in June 2018 to find and publish the best writers of a new generation and to publish the stories that are not being heard. #Merky Books aims to open up the world of publishing, and this year has launched a New Writer's Prize and will soon be launching a #Merky Books traineeship. 
 
'I know too many talented writers that don't always have an outlet or a means to get their work seen, and hopefully #Merky Books can now be a reference point for them to say "I can be an author", and for that to be a realistic and achievable goal... Reading and writing as a kid were integral to where I am today and I, from the bottom of my heart, cannot wait to hear your stories and get them out into the big wide world.' 
STORMZY

Taking Up Space

The Black Girl’s Manifesto for Change

Sasha Bonét

‘A tale of evolution and hope’ – Hilton Als, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of White Girls 
 
‘A bold new entry in the canon of literature about Black motherhood’ – Kaitlyn Greenidge, author of Libertie 
 
‘The Waterbearers is a wonder of a book — raw in its honesty, tender in its gaze, lyrical and luminous on the page.' – Jendella Benson, author of Hope and Glory 
 
 
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Wherever there is water, there is mystery. And mystery breeds mythology. 
 
When Sasha Bonét’s grandmother, Betty Jean, raised eleven children in a Texas bayou house, she did it alone, creating a home that was the heart of their family. Her daughter, Mama Connie, vowed to live differently but found herself echoing her mother’s struggles. Now, Sasha navigates motherhood, reflecting on the legacies of Black women like Nina Simone, Betty Davis, Michelle Obama, Rosa Parks and Darnella Frazier (the woman who told the world about George Floyd) to build a portrait of Black womanhood through time. 
 
Bonét explores the trials and triumphs of Black matriarchy – escape, promise, burden, assent and rebellion – weaving personal history with cultural narratives. From mundane yet powerful mornings at the kitchen table to moments of courageously taking on the world at large in the fight for dignity, The Waterbearers’ clear-eyed tenderness reveals intimate vignettes mixed with cultural history of Black women who have built legacies and changed the world through the ties of love – and complexity – that bind them. 
 
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‘The Waterbearers is magnificent in its nimble agility. People are elevated to wonders . . . Bonét dances on our hearts in this classic creation of will and wit. Electrifying and incredibly sturdy. Wow.’ – Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy

The Waterbearers

A Memoir of Mothers and Daughters

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