THRIVE Hachette's Debuts talk

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Please join THRIVE for an unmissable event. Sarah Shaffi in conversation with authors Dawnie Walton, Rahul Raina and Mateo Askaripour.

Join THRIVE and Sarah Shaffi for this online event to celebrate three of the most exciting debut authors of 2021. Sarah will be in conversation with Hachette UK authors - Dawnie Walton (The Final Revival of Opal &amp; Nev) Rahul Raina (How to Kidnap the Rich) and Mateo Askaripour (Black Buck).------------------------This event will be hosted via Zoom webinar. You will be sent the event link ahead of the event date.There will be an opportunity to ask the panel questions using the webinar chat. Do feel free to also send us your questions in advance to THRIVE@Hachette.co.uk

The panel includes:SARAH SHAFFI is a freelance literary journalist and editor. Her work has appeared in publications including Stylist, Vogue Australia, Boundless and The New Arab. Sarah was a judge for the Jhalak Prize 2019 and for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2020, and served as managing editor at <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Penguin.co.uk</a>. She is editor-at-large at independent children's publisher Little Tiger Group. She regularly chairs author events, and is co-founder of BAME in Publishing, a networking group for people of colour in publishing. She can be found tweeting <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahshaffi" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@sarahshaffi</a>, on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sarah.shaffi" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@sarah.shaffi </a>and online at <a href="https://sarahshaffi.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.sarahshaffi.com</a>.DAWNIE WALTON is the author of the novel The Final Revival of Opal &amp; Nev, a “spectacular debut” (Publisher’s Weekly, starred review) that has been named one of 2021’s most anticipated books by Essence, Vogue, The Oprah Magazine, Elle, The Independent, Lit Hub, PopSugar, The Millions, and Hypebae. Her work as a fiction writer and journalist explores identity, place, and the influence of pop culture. She can be found on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/dawniewalton" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@dawniewalton</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/AskMateo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dawniewalton" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@dawniewalton</a> and online at <a href="https://www.dawniewalton.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.dawniewalton.com</a>.RAHUL RAINA divides his time between Oxford and Delhi. He is only twenty-seven, but still runs his own start-up in England for part of the year, and works for charities for street children and teaches English in India in the down season.He can be found on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/therainaman" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@therainamanon</a>MATEO ASKARIPOUR was a 2018 Rhode Island Writers Colony writer-in-residence, and his writing has appeared in Entrepreneur, Lit Hub, Catapult, The Rumpus, Medium, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn, and his favorite pastimes include bingeing music videos and movie trailers, drinking yerba mate, and dancing in his apartment. Black Buck is his debut novel. Follow him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/AskMateo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@AskMateo</a><a href="https://twitter.com/dawniewalton" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a> and on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/askmateo" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@askmateo</a>.

About THRIVETHRIVE is Hachette’s Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Employee Network. We are an inclusive network open to all employees of Hachette UK. We aim to build people up (by widening the representation of BAME employees and authors at Hachette), bring people together, and build cultural awareness. By empowering discussion at Hachette, we aim to inform decision-making and enrich our publishing.Follow us online to see what we’re getting up to! You can find us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/THRIVEHachette" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@THRIVEhachette</a> and on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thrivehachette" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@thrivehachette</a>.About Hachette UKOur mission at Hachette UK is to make it easy for all people, everywhere to access new worlds of learning, entertainment and opportunity. We publish thousands of new books across the group every year and our authors include Dorothy Koomson, Andrea Levy, Nelson Mandela, Maya Angelou, Paul Mendez, Roxane Gay, Mike Gayle, Colson Whitehead, Dean Atta, Candice Carty-Williams and Brit Bennett.

Books to be discussed on panel:<a href="https://www.octopusbooks.co.uk/titles/alexandra-wilson/in-black-and-white/9781913068301/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/titles/dawnie-walton/the-final-revival-of-opal-nev/9781529414516/?v2=true" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/titles/dawnie-walton/the-final-revival-of-opal-nev/9781529414516/?v2=true" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL &amp; NEV </a>by Dawnie WaltonOpal is a fiercely independent young woman pushing against the grain in her style and attitude, a Black punk artist before her time. Despite her unconventional looks, Opal believes she can be a star. So when the aspiring British singer/songwriter Neville Charles discovers her one night, she takes him up on his offer to make rock music together.In early seventies New York City, just as she’s finding her niche as part of a flamboyant and funky creative scene, a rival band signed to her label brandishes a Confederate flag at a promotional concert. Opal’s bold protest and the violence that ensues set off a chain of events that will not only change the lives of those she loves, but also be a deadly reminder that repercussions are always harsher for women, especially Black women, who dare to speak their truth.Decades later, as Opal considers a 2016 reunion with Nev, music journalist S. Sunny Shelton seizes the chance to curate an oral history about her idols. Sunny thought she knew most of the stories leading up to the cult duo’s most politicized chapter, but as her interviews dig deeper, a nasty new allegation from an unexpected source threatens everything.Released in the UK on 20th April 2021 by <a href="https://www.quercusbooks.co.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Quercus Books.</a> Available to buy online.--------<a href="https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/rahul-raina/how-to-kidnap-the-rich/9781408713327/?v2=true" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HOW TO KIDNAP THE RICH</a> by Rahul RainaRamesh has a simple formula for fame and success: find a wealthy kid, make him a star and create an elaborate scheme to extort money from his parents, what could go wrong?As a self-styled ‘examinations consultant’, Ramesh is the cog in the wheel that keeps India’s middle classes thriving. When he takes an exam for Rudi – an intolerably lazy but rich teenager – he accidently scores the highest mark in the country and propels Rudi into stardom.What next? Blackmail. Reality television. Grotesque wealth.And after that? Kidnap. Double-kidnap. Reverse kidnapIn a studio filled with hot lights, with millions of eyes on the boys, and a government investigator circling, the entire country begins to question: who are they? Out on 6h May 2021. Published by <a href="https://www.quercusbooks.co.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Little, Brown UK</a>.----------<a href="https://www.johnmurraypress.co.uk/titles/mateo-askaripour/black-buck/9781529376753/?v2=true" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">BLACK BUCK </a> by Mateo AskaripourMeet Buck. But before Buck was the Muhammad Ali of sales, floating like a butterfly and selling like a demon, he was Darren: an unambitious twenty-two-year-old living with his mother and working at Starbucks. All that changes when a chance encounter with Rhett Daniels, the silver-tongued CEO of NYC’s hottest tech startup, results in Darren joining Rhett’s elite sales team.On his first day Darren realizes he is the only Black person in the company, and when things start to get strange, he reimagines himself as ‘Buck’, a ruthless salesman, unrecognizable to his friends and family. Money, partying, and fame soon follow Buck, and wherever he goes more is never enough.But when tragedy strikes at home, Buck begins to hatch a plan to help young people of colour infiltrate America’s sales force, setting off a chain of events that forever changes the game.An earnest work of satire, Black Buck is a hilarious, razor-sharp skewering of office culture; a propulsive, crackling debut that explores ambition and race, and makes way for a necessary new vision of the American dream.Available now in <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Buck-blisteringly-American-bestseller-ebook/dp/B08WHH65WC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&field-isbn=9781529376753&qid=1618659567&refinements=p_66%3A9781529376753&sr=8-1" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">eBook</a> and <a href="https://www.audible.co.uk/search/ref=mn_anon-h_tseft?advsearchKeywords=Black%20Buck&author_author=Mateo%20Askaripour&utm_source=awin&source_code=CMJ30DFT1Bk145032919907C&awc=8095_1618659695_7483075be9c57b45927fd6edc6f097f3" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">audio</a>. Hardback to be released in the UK on 27th May 2021. Published by <a href="https://www.headline.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://www.johnmurraypress.co.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">John Murray Press</a>.

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