Emma Purshouse (@emmapurshouse.bsky.social)

Stormzy calls reading a ‘superpower’ as he backs accessible books campaign The musician is championing the annual Quick Reads initiative, which will release six short, digestible titles for ‘nonreaders and lapsed readers’ in April for £1 each Stormzy called reading a “superpower” as he backed an initiative aimed at encouraging people who don’t see themselves as readers to pick up a book. The musician’s publishing imprint #Merky Books, which is part of Penguin, is publishing one of this year’s six Quick Reads – short, accessible books created “specifically for nonreaders, lapsed readers, people with short attention spans, and neurodivergent readers”, according to The Reading Agency, which has run the Quick Reads initiative for 20 years. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/03/stormzy-calls-reading-a-superpower-as-he-backs-accessible-books-campaign?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu