Stormzy’s #Merky Books scores first major award nomination

Stormzy’s #Merky Books has secured a spot on the longlist for the Desmond Elliott Prize.

That Reminds Me by Derek Owusu is the first book published on the rapper’s imprint to be nominated for a major award.

Named after the literary agent and publisher Desmond Elliott, the annual £10,000 prize goes to a first novel written in English and published in the UK.

That Reminds Me uses poetry and verse to tackle poverty, addiction, self-harm and love for one’s family, and is the north London writer and podcaster’s first novel.