U.K. rapper Stormzy has announced #Merky Books, a book imprint formed in collaboration with Penguin Random House U.K. The company’s debut release will be Stormzy’s first-ever book, Rise Up: The #Merky Journey So Far. The book will include “hundreds of never-before-seen photographs, annotated lyrics and contributions from those closest to him.” It’s available for pre-order now, and will be released on November 1, 2018.
#Merky Books will publish fiction, non-fiction and poetry all curated by Stormzy. The imprint hopes to publish around “two or three books per year, and form a home for a new generation of voices,” according to the site.
