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The Mercy Step

Watch With Us: Marcia Hutchinson Wins the Discover Prize for The Mercy Step at the 2026 British Book Awards

by Blessing Uwisike

News May 11, 2026

Oyinkan Braithwaite’s Cursed Daughters and Cassava Republic’s The Mercy Step Win at the 2026 British Book Awards

by Blessing Uwisike

News April 24, 2026

Cassava Republic Press Becomes the First African-Owned, Black and Woman-Led Independent Press to Land on the Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist in the Award’s Thirty-Year History

by Blessing Uwisike

News March 10, 2026

Chimamanda Adichie, Oyinkan Braithwaite, and Cassava Republic’s The Mercy Step Make the 2026 British Book Awards Shortlists

by Blessing Uwisike

News March 09, 2026

Cassava Republic Press Lands a Women’s Prize Longlist Spot with Marcia Hutchinson’s The Mercy Step

by Blessing Uwisike