Marcia Hutchinson
@mhut25.bsky.social
Looking forward to taking part in the Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival where I'll be interviewed by the wonderful Lisa Smith (author of Jamaica Road) on 12th May 2026. Tickets available on eventbrite.
#LamLitFest
#WomensPrizeForFiction
www.eventbrite.com/e/1985794726...
#LamLitFest
#WomensPrizeForFiction
www.eventbrite.com/e/1985794726...
April 7, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Looking forward to taking part in the Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival where I'll be interviewed by the wonderful Lisa Smith (author of Jamaica Road) on 12th May 2026. Tickets available on eventbrite.
#LamLitFest
#WomensPrizeForFiction
www.eventbrite.com/e/1985794726...
#LamLitFest
#WomensPrizeForFiction
www.eventbrite.com/e/1985794726...
I hate Bulgarian Split Squats, but needs must! Getting in shape for The Mercy Step Paperback Tour.
#debutnovel #WomensPrizeforfiction #paperbacktour #TheMercyStep
#BooksellerDiscoverAward
#debutnovel #WomensPrizeforfiction #paperbacktour #TheMercyStep
#BooksellerDiscoverAward
March 29, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I hate Bulgarian Split Squats, but needs must! Getting in shape for The Mercy Step Paperback Tour.
#debutnovel #WomensPrizeforfiction #paperbacktour #TheMercyStep
#BooksellerDiscoverAward
#debutnovel #WomensPrizeforfiction #paperbacktour #TheMercyStep
#BooksellerDiscoverAward
The Mercy Step Paperback tour starts in exactly one month.
If you're in on near any of these cities please come along, and tell your friends rellies and random strangers.
Mercy rides again!
#TheMercyStep
#paperbacktour
#WomensPrizeforfiction
#BooksellerDiscoveryAward
#debutnovel
If you're in on near any of these cities please come along, and tell your friends rellies and random strangers.
Mercy rides again!
#TheMercyStep
#paperbacktour
#WomensPrizeforfiction
#BooksellerDiscoveryAward
#debutnovel
March 28, 2026 at 9:19 AM
The Mercy Step Paperback tour starts in exactly one month.
If you're in on near any of these cities please come along, and tell your friends rellies and random strangers.
Mercy rides again!
#TheMercyStep
#paperbacktour
#WomensPrizeforfiction
#BooksellerDiscoveryAward
#debutnovel
If you're in on near any of these cities please come along, and tell your friends rellies and random strangers.
Mercy rides again!
#TheMercyStep
#paperbacktour
#WomensPrizeforfiction
#BooksellerDiscoveryAward
#debutnovel
Suns out guns out. What a lovely day today. I feel like one of those superheroes; novelist by day fitness instructor by night. 63, never been fitter or happier in my entire life. Debut novel is up for two major awards Never too late!
#TheMercyStep
#Debutnovel
#WomensPrize
#BooksellerDiscoveryAward
#TheMercyStep
#Debutnovel
#WomensPrize
#BooksellerDiscoveryAward
March 18, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Suns out guns out. What a lovely day today. I feel like one of those superheroes; novelist by day fitness instructor by night. 63, never been fitter or happier in my entire life. Debut novel is up for two major awards Never too late!
#TheMercyStep
#Debutnovel
#WomensPrize
#BooksellerDiscoveryAward
#TheMercyStep
#Debutnovel
#WomensPrize
#BooksellerDiscoveryAward
Not going to lie. I screamed out loud when I saw this video. Obviously I've known for some time that I've been long listed but seeing such a beautifully produced little video summing up my debut novel made me well up.
#womensprizeforfiction
#TheMercyStep
#debutnovel
#womensprizeforfiction
#TheMercyStep
#debutnovel
Following the life of a child from the womb to age 11, in ‘The Mercy Step’ @mhut25.bsky.social crafts a sharply-witted and tender portrait of a young girl’s quiet rebellion in 1960s Bradford. Learn more via our interview by Marcia here: womensprize.com/in-conversat... @cassavarepublic.bsky.social
March 14, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Not going to lie. I screamed out loud when I saw this video. Obviously I've known for some time that I've been long listed but seeing such a beautifully produced little video summing up my debut novel made me well up.
#womensprizeforfiction
#TheMercyStep
#debutnovel
#womensprizeforfiction
#TheMercyStep
#debutnovel
On my way to the Forthwrite festival in Brighton. Nominated this week for The Women's Prize for Fiction fiction (longlist) and the Nibbies - Discovery award category (shortlist). I'll be dancing my way on to the podium 💃🏾
#Forthwrite
#Nibbies2026
#TheMercyStep
#WomensPrize2026
#DebutWriters
#Forthwrite
#Nibbies2026
#TheMercyStep
#WomensPrize2026
#DebutWriters
March 7, 2026 at 11:30 AM
On my way to the Forthwrite festival in Brighton. Nominated this week for The Women's Prize for Fiction fiction (longlist) and the Nibbies - Discovery award category (shortlist). I'll be dancing my way on to the podium 💃🏾
#Forthwrite
#Nibbies2026
#TheMercyStep
#WomensPrize2026
#DebutWriters
#Forthwrite
#Nibbies2026
#TheMercyStep
#WomensPrize2026
#DebutWriters
Reposted by Marcia Hutchinson
Congratulations to Lucy Apps, Hannah Lillith Assadi, Elaine Castillo, Susan Choi, Addie E. Citchens, Wendy Erskine, Virginia Evans, @mhut25.bsky.social, Sheena Kalayil, Rozie Kelly, @lilyking.bsky.social, Katie Kitamura, Megha Majumdar, Charlotte McConaghy, @kitdewaal.com, Alice Evelyn Yang.
March 4, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Congratulations to Lucy Apps, Hannah Lillith Assadi, Elaine Castillo, Susan Choi, Addie E. Citchens, Wendy Erskine, Virginia Evans, @mhut25.bsky.social, Sheena Kalayil, Rozie Kelly, @lilyking.bsky.social, Katie Kitamura, Megha Majumdar, Charlotte McConaghy, @kitdewaal.com, Alice Evelyn Yang.
Reposted by Marcia Hutchinson
My December #TBR so far 📚💙
Blackbirds of St Giles by Lila Cain (Black Georgian London) @kateagriffin.bsky.social @mhut25.bsky.social
Pelican Girls by Julia Mayle (Frenchwomen shipped to New Orleans)
Dance of the Earth by @annamholmes.bsky.social (Ballets Russes to WW1)
Reviews in the New Year
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Blackbirds of St Giles by Lila Cain (Black Georgian London) @kateagriffin.bsky.social @mhut25.bsky.social
Pelican Girls by Julia Mayle (Frenchwomen shipped to New Orleans)
Dance of the Earth by @annamholmes.bsky.social (Ballets Russes to WW1)
Reviews in the New Year
⏳📚
December 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My December #TBR so far 📚💙
Blackbirds of St Giles by Lila Cain (Black Georgian London) @kateagriffin.bsky.social @mhut25.bsky.social
Pelican Girls by Julia Mayle (Frenchwomen shipped to New Orleans)
Dance of the Earth by @annamholmes.bsky.social (Ballets Russes to WW1)
Reviews in the New Year
⏳📚
Blackbirds of St Giles by Lila Cain (Black Georgian London) @kateagriffin.bsky.social @mhut25.bsky.social
Pelican Girls by Julia Mayle (Frenchwomen shipped to New Orleans)
Dance of the Earth by @annamholmes.bsky.social (Ballets Russes to WW1)
Reviews in the New Year
⏳📚
I'll be speaking on post 50 success at the Forthwrite festival of Women's writing, Brighton 7th March.
forthwrite.uk/forthwrite-f...
#TheMercyStep
forthwrite.uk/forthwrite-f...
#TheMercyStep
January 16, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I'll be speaking on post 50 success at the Forthwrite festival of Women's writing, Brighton 7th March.
forthwrite.uk/forthwrite-f...
#TheMercyStep
forthwrite.uk/forthwrite-f...
#TheMercyStep
Delighted to have been invited to write book recommendations for the Guardian this month
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
#ActNormal #Fyneshade #Thebestofeverything #Jamaicaroad #TheMercyStep
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
#ActNormal #Fyneshade #Thebestofeverything #Jamaicaroad #TheMercyStep
What we’re reading: Geoff Dyer, Andrew Michael Hurley, Marcia Hutchinson and Guardian readers on the books they enjoyed in November
Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Delighted to have been invited to write book recommendations for the Guardian this month
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
#ActNormal #Fyneshade #Thebestofeverything #Jamaicaroad #TheMercyStep
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
#ActNormal #Fyneshade #Thebestofeverything #Jamaicaroad #TheMercyStep
I'm in Brontë-land test for tonight's gig at Wave of Nostalgia in Howarth. can't wait!
#BlackHistoryMonth #booktour #TheMercyStep #Debutauthors #writersoftiktok @Cassava Republic Press @Waveofnostalgiahaworth
#BlackHistoryMonth #booktour #TheMercyStep #Debutauthors #writersoftiktok @Cassava Republic Press @Waveofnostalgiahaworth
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I'm in Brontë-land test for tonight's gig at Wave of Nostalgia in Howarth. can't wait!
#BlackHistoryMonth #booktour #TheMercyStep #Debutauthors #writersoftiktok @Cassava Republic Press @Waveofnostalgiahaworth
#BlackHistoryMonth #booktour #TheMercyStep #Debutauthors #writersoftiktok @Cassava Republic Press @Waveofnostalgiahaworth
October 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I'll be at Afrori Books in Brighton on Tuesday 21st October. If you're nearby do come along. It not please share among your networks 🙏🏾
afroribooks.co.uk/products/in-...
#aforibooks
#TheMercyStep
#DebutAuthor
#BlackHistoryMonth
afroribooks.co.uk/products/in-...
#aforibooks
#TheMercyStep
#DebutAuthor
#BlackHistoryMonth
October 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'll be at Afrori Books in Brighton on Tuesday 21st October. If you're nearby do come along. It not please share among your networks 🙏🏾
afroribooks.co.uk/products/in-...
#aforibooks
#TheMercyStep
#DebutAuthor
#BlackHistoryMonth
afroribooks.co.uk/products/in-...
#aforibooks
#TheMercyStep
#DebutAuthor
#BlackHistoryMonth
The Mercy Step will be on tour at Brixton Library 7pm on Saturday 18th of October. I'll be in conversation with Lisa Smith. The event is free but you do need to book.
Albion conversation with @LisaSmith author of Jamaica Road.
www.eventbrite.com/e/1616603226...
Albion conversation with @LisaSmith author of Jamaica Road.
www.eventbrite.com/e/1616603226...
October 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The Mercy Step will be on tour at Brixton Library 7pm on Saturday 18th of October. I'll be in conversation with Lisa Smith. The event is free but you do need to book.
Albion conversation with @LisaSmith author of Jamaica Road.
www.eventbrite.com/e/1616603226...
Albion conversation with @LisaSmith author of Jamaica Road.
www.eventbrite.com/e/1616603226...
On my way to the Lincoln Book Festival. Carriage full of football fans, one just spilled his beer, almost went all over me - and it's not even 9am yet.
Pray for me! 🙏🏾
#TheMercyStep
#LincolnBookFestival
#debutauthor
#Debutnovel
#adventuresofawriter
Pray for me! 🙏🏾
#TheMercyStep
#LincolnBookFestival
#debutauthor
#Debutnovel
#adventuresofawriter
October 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
On my way to the Lincoln Book Festival. Carriage full of football fans, one just spilled his beer, almost went all over me - and it's not even 9am yet.
Pray for me! 🙏🏾
#TheMercyStep
#LincolnBookFestival
#debutauthor
#Debutnovel
#adventuresofawriter
Pray for me! 🙏🏾
#TheMercyStep
#LincolnBookFestival
#debutauthor
#Debutnovel
#adventuresofawriter
The Blackbirds of Saint Giles by Lila Cain comes out in paperback today, grab yourself a riproaring historical read.
#TheBlackbirdsofSaintGiles
www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Bl...
#TheBlackbirdsofSaintGiles
www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Bl...
September 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The Blackbirds of Saint Giles by Lila Cain comes out in paperback today, grab yourself a riproaring historical read.
#TheBlackbirdsofSaintGiles
www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Bl...
#TheBlackbirdsofSaintGiles
www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Bl...
The truly fabulous event at Charlton library yesterday as part of the Charlton book festival. Over 50 people turned up and we had a wonderful evening.
#TheMercyStep
#debutauthor
#blackauthors
#TheMercyStep
#debutauthor
#blackauthors
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The truly fabulous event at Charlton library yesterday as part of the Charlton book festival. Over 50 people turned up and we had a wonderful evening.
#TheMercyStep
#debutauthor
#blackauthors
#TheMercyStep
#debutauthor
#blackauthors
I'll be at Chorlton library 7pm tonight as part of the wonderful Charlton book festival, still a few tickets left!
www.eventbrite.com/cc/chorlton-...
#themercystep
#chorltonbookfestival
#debutauthor
www.eventbrite.com/cc/chorlton-...
#themercystep
#chorltonbookfestival
#debutauthor
September 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I'll be at Chorlton library 7pm tonight as part of the wonderful Charlton book festival, still a few tickets left!
www.eventbrite.com/cc/chorlton-...
#themercystep
#chorltonbookfestival
#debutauthor
www.eventbrite.com/cc/chorlton-...
#themercystep
#chorltonbookfestival
#debutauthor
Great night at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social Huge thanks to Mel Pennant for being in conversation with me. I'm so glad that so many old friends were able to join us.
#debutauthor
#TheMercyStep
#booktok
#debutauthor
#TheMercyStep
#booktok
September 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Great night at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social Huge thanks to Mel Pennant for being in conversation with me. I'm so glad that so many old friends were able to join us.
#debutauthor
#TheMercyStep
#booktok
#debutauthor
#TheMercyStep
#booktok
Looking forward to being in conversation with the fabulous Mel Pennant at Housmans Bookshop tomorrow!
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social
housmans.com/events/
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social
housmans.com/events/
September 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Looking forward to being in conversation with the fabulous Mel Pennant at Housmans Bookshop tomorrow!
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social
housmans.com/events/
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social
housmans.com/events/
This Thursday (11th Sept) at 7pm I'll be in conversation with Brasenose College's own professor of English, Sos Eltis at Daunts Bookshop in Summertown. It's going to be a good one. Still a few tickets left...
dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/...
dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/...
September 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This Thursday (11th Sept) at 7pm I'll be in conversation with Brasenose College's own professor of English, Sos Eltis at Daunts Bookshop in Summertown. It's going to be a good one. Still a few tickets left...
dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/...
dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/...
Delighted to be taking part in this year's Black British Book Festival!
#bbbf #debutauthor #debutnovelist
#TheMercyStep
#bbbf #debutauthor #debutnovelist
#TheMercyStep
August 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Delighted to be taking part in this year's Black British Book Festival!
#bbbf #debutauthor #debutnovelist
#TheMercyStep
#bbbf #debutauthor #debutnovelist
#TheMercyStep
Well it's been a week since publication day and The Mercy Step book tour is well and truly underway. Next stop The Union mashup in Hull, home of my mentor Russ Litten.
Thursday 31st July 7:30pm at The Union Mashup - free entry!
#TheMercyStep
#booktour
#hull
#debutauthor
Thursday 31st July 7:30pm at The Union Mashup - free entry!
#TheMercyStep
#booktour
#hull
#debutauthor
July 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Well it's been a week since publication day and The Mercy Step book tour is well and truly underway. Next stop The Union mashup in Hull, home of my mentor Russ Litten.
Thursday 31st July 7:30pm at The Union Mashup - free entry!
#TheMercyStep
#booktour
#hull
#debutauthor
Thursday 31st July 7:30pm at The Union Mashup - free entry!
#TheMercyStep
#booktour
#hull
#debutauthor
You know that feeling when you go back to your childhood library to read a chapter of your debut novel which is set in the very same place... Utterly surreal
#debutnovel #themercystep #blackauthors
#litetaryfiction
#debutnovel #themercystep #blackauthors
#litetaryfiction
July 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
You know that feeling when you go back to your childhood library to read a chapter of your debut novel which is set in the very same place... Utterly surreal
#debutnovel #themercystep #blackauthors
#litetaryfiction
#debutnovel #themercystep #blackauthors
#litetaryfiction
It's publication day for my debut solo novel, The Mercy Step. Kicking things off is a wonderful interview with Nadine Matheson for 'The Conversation" podcast
#TheMercyStep
#debutfiction
#windrush
#blackauthors
#TheMercyStep
#debutfiction
#windrush
#blackauthors
In this clip, @mhut25.bsky.social answers the question: Who is Mercy? We also talk about how we celebrate our successes, even when it doesn’t always come naturally.
🎧 You can listen to the full conversation wherever you get your podcasts
📺 Watch the full episode now on my YouTube channel
🎧 You can listen to the full conversation wherever you get your podcasts
📺 Watch the full episode now on my YouTube channel
July 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It's publication day for my debut solo novel, The Mercy Step. Kicking things off is a wonderful interview with Nadine Matheson for 'The Conversation" podcast
#TheMercyStep
#debutfiction
#windrush
#blackauthors
#TheMercyStep
#debutfiction
#windrush
#blackauthors