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He already has his own label and festival but now his empire is growing even larger with the addition of a publishing imprint.

He's teamed with Penguin Random House to start #Merky Books and he'll be shining a light on underground authors.

“I know too many talented writers that don’t always have an outlet or a means to get their work seen,” he said.

“Reading and writing as a kid was integral to where I am today and I from the bottom of my heart can not wait to hear your stories, your poems, your novels, your sci-fis and then getting them out into the big wide world.” 

The first release on the imprint is his own book Rise Up: The #Merky Story So Far. It's going to be one for the fans with unseen photos and excerpts from those who are closest to him.

See his post about it below.

 

Super proud to announce our new venture #Merky Books, a publishing imprint in collaboration with Penguin Random House @penguinukbooks We will be using this as a platform for young writers to become published authors, 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 was integral to where I am today and I from the bottom of my heart can not wait to hear your stories, your poems, your novels, your sci-fis and then getting them out into the big wide world. Proper proud of this! We’ll be doing school competitions, taking entries and submissions and looking for writers as well but I’ll keep you posted! #Merky Books will also be offering a paid internship in 2019! The first book to be released under the imprint will be “Rise Up: The #Merky Journey So Far” out November 1st and available for pre order now (The link is in my bio!)

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