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Education & Teaching

Owusu, Derek

Schools & Teaching

Trapeze

This is the story of K.\nK is sent into care before a year marks his birth. He grows up in fields and woods, and he is happy, he thinks. When K is eleven, the city reclaims him. He returns to an unknown mother and a part-time father, trading the fields for flats and a community that is alien to him. Slowly, he finds friends. Eventually, he finds love. He learns how to navigate the city. But as he grows, he begins to realise that he needs more than the city can provide. He is a man made of pieces. Pieces that are slowly breaking apart.\nThat Reminds Me is the story of one young man, from birth to adulthood, told in fragments of memory. It explores questions of identity, belonging, addiction, sexuality, violence, family and religion. It is a deeply moving and completely original work of literature from one of the brightest British writers of today.

THAT REMINDS ME (WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2020)

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

RANDOM HOUSE UK

WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2020 
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'A singular achievement.' 
Michael Donkor, Guardian\n'Heartbreaking, important and original.' 
Christie Watson, author of THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS\n'Derek Owusu's writing is honest, moving, delicate, but tough. Once you lock on to his words, it is hard to break eye contact. A beautiful meditation on childhood, coming of age, the now, and the media. This work is heartfelt.' 
Benjamin Zephaniah\n'Honest and beautiful.' 
Guy Gunaratne, author of IN OUR MAD AND FURIOUS CITY\n'When writing is this honest, it soars. What an incredible use of language and truth.' 
Yrsa Daley-Ward 
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Anansi, your four gifts raised to nyame granted you no power over the stories I tell...\nThis is the story of K.\nK is sent into care before a year marks his birth. He grows up in fields and woods, and he is happy, he thinks. When K is eleven, the city reclaims him. He returns to an unknown mother and a part-time father, trading the fields for flats and a community that is alien to him. Slowly, he finds friends. Eventually, he finds love. He learns how to navigate the city. But as he grows, he begins to realise that he needs more than the city can provide. He is a man made of pieces. Pieces that are slowly breaking apart\nThat Reminds Me is the story of one young man, from birth to adulthood, told in fragments of memory. It explores questions of identity, belonging, addiction, sexuality, violence, family and religion. It is a deeply moving and completely original work of literature from one of the brightest British writers of today.

That Reminds Me: Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize 2020

Contemporary

Merky Books

About This Boy: Growing up, making mistakes and becoming me

Rolle, Leon

Biographies & Memoirs

WALKER BOOKS LTD.

Losing the Plot

DEREK OWUSU NAMED GRANTA'S BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS 2023 
LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2023 
LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2023 
SHORTLISTED FOR PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE - FICTION 2023 
'A highly enigmatic, affectionate and robustly written portrayal of a mother-son relationship . . . very relatable' Diana Evans 
Driven by a deep-seated desire to understand his mother’s life before he was born, Derek Owusu offers a powerful imagining of her journey. As she moves from Ghana to the UK and navigates parenthood in a strange and often lonely environment, the effects of displacement are felt across generations. Told through the eyes of both mother and son, Losing the Plot is at once emotionally raw and playful as Owusu experiments with form to piece together the immigrant experience and explore how the stories we share and tell ourselves are just as vital as the ones we don’t.

Literary

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Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Tate

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Teen & Young Adult

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