Writer. Doctor. It Girl. Winner of the #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize 2022. He/they. Represented by @Kat_Aitken at @UnitedAgents
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9 Feb 2023
celebrity news? that’s showbiz baby 😎
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10 Apr 2025
Issue 23 Is Here 🦈
With writing from @leorobsonwriter, @rosielanners, @shockproofbeats, @jimmy__mcintosh, @willhunterr, @LouisStaples, @d_whitehouse, @Emmafmagnus, @ciaranthapar & more
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13 Apr 2025
When she gets back, let’s all pretend to be asleep
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16 Jan 2025
The @LondonBookFair has announced its Seminar Programme highlights, including David Shelley @HachetteUS @HachetteUK, James Daunt @Waterstones @BNBuzz, @willhunterr & @taylordiorr from @MerkyBooks, while @readingagency is the Charity of the Year! #LBF25 midaspr.co.uk/news/lbf25-rev…
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22 Nov 2024
Honoured to be including in issue 15. Launch event 17.12.24
19 Nov 2024
Issue 15 is coming!
Whether it’s sex, shaving your head, heartbreak, reclaiming language, or even imagining Princess Di as a femme icon, there’s a poem here for you.
Preorder at fourteenpoems.com and get your copy from Dec 9th!
Full poem titles below🥁:
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8 Nov 2024
the vet said i’m actually a completely normal weight and size for my breed
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28 Oct 2024
Very proud to be a signatory to this open letter. We refuse to be complicit in the ongoing displacement, apartheid and genocide of the Palestinian people.
28 Oct 2024
BREAKING: Today, more than 1000 authors are launching a mass boycott of Israeli publishers who are complicit in the dispossession of the Palestinian people.
This declaration amounts to the largest cultural boycott of Israeli institutions in history.
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28 Oct 2024
BREAKING: Today, more than 1000 authors are launching a mass boycott of Israeli publishers who are complicit in the dispossession of the Palestinian people.
This declaration amounts to the largest cultural boycott of Israeli institutions in history.
lithub.com/hundreds-of-autho…
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17 Oct 2024
So excited for this one... The debut from William Rayfet Hunter, winner of the @MerkyBooks New Writers' Prize 🏆 It's coming out in May next year, you can pre-order it now and, in the meantime, why not read more of @willhunterr's writing on his recently launched Substack 📰
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16 Oct 2024
Cover reveal! You preorder your copy of my debut novel Sunstruck from @Waterstones now!
16 Oct 2024
*contains flashing images*
A dazzling new voice on British fiction, @willhunterr is the winner of the @MerkyBooks New Writer's Prize. Get ready for Sunstruck, a poignant exploration of race, status and the risks of falling in love. Preorder now:
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2 Sep 2024
I’ve started a substack to share thoughts, musings and whatever else spills out. First post on wasps & writing is up now
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18 Jul 2024
‘brat summer’ I wimper, as I struggle to make it to a 10am in person meeting
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20 Jun 2024
Lorde and Charli working it out on the remix:
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31 May 2024
In our latest issue of The Bookseller, we explore the best of Black British publishing in this year's edition of The Black Issue.
Read the issue 👉content.yudu.com/web/1vcls/0…
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