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Huge congratulations to fellow 2025 Debut author @wednesdayerskin also on the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist.

I am honoured overwhelmed and way beyond excited to be long listed for the Women's Prize for fiction 2026.

It's like my birthday and christmas rolled into one and then some, and if you've read The Mercy Step you'll know how important that is.

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My debut novel 'The Mercy Step', was inspired by my early childhood in Bradford
Out 22.07.25

Available for pre-orders now.

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some characters don’t leave when the book ends and mercy is definitely one of them 😭 this book felt raw, tender, funny, heartbreaking all at once, and i already know i’m going to be thinking about her for a very long time.

also the fact that this is a debut novel??? absolutely ridiculous 🫠
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literary fiction, coming of age fiction, Black British literature, immigrant family stories, books about childhood trauma, mother daughter relationships, heartbreaking fiction, books about survival and resilience, women’s prize fiction, emotionally heavy reads, bookstagram literary fiction, contemporary literary fiction,#
#womensprize #bookstagram #bookreviews #bookreccomendations indianbookstagra

some characters don’t leave when the book ends and mercy is definitely one of them 😭 this book felt raw, tender, funny, heartbreaking all at once, and i already know i’m going to be thinking about her for a very long time.

also the fact that this is a debut novel??? absolutely ridiculous 🫠
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literary fiction, coming of age fiction, Black British literature, immigrant family stories, books about childhood trauma, mother daughter relationships, heartbreaking fiction, books about survival and resilience, women’s prize fiction, emotionally heavy reads, bookstagram literary fiction, contemporary literary fiction,#
#womensprize #bookstagram #bookreviews #bookreccomendations indianbookstagra

some characters don’t leave when the book ends and mercy is definitely one of them 😭 this book felt raw, tender, funny, heartbreaking all at once, and i already know i’m going to be thinking about her for a very long time.

also the fact that this is a debut novel??? absolutely ridiculous 🫠
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literary fiction, coming of age fiction, Black British literature, immigrant family stories, books about childhood trauma, mother daughter relationships, heartbreaking fiction, books about survival and resilience, women’s prize fiction, emotionally heavy reads, bookstagram literary fiction, contemporary literary fiction,#
#womensprize #bookstagram #bookreviews #bookreccomendations indianbookstagra

As you know, I'm rather shy, so when the photographer asked me to pose with my Bookseller Discover Award for The Mercy Step, I had to dig deep to find my inner diva 😎

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Great evening doing a Mercy Step event at the Reginald Centre in Leeds as part of The Northern Bookshelf. Wonderful audience, friendly librarians, a smashing cuppa and great to see old friends!

#DebutNovel #BooksellerDiscoverWinner #TheMercyStep #TheNorthernBookshelf #womensprizeforfiction

Beyond chuffed to be reviewed in today's Guardian.

"This vivid story of a Caribbean childhood in 1960s Bradford does not stint on accounts of poverty and systemic abuse, yet is pungent with wit and colour."

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/21/the-mercy-step-by-marcia-hutchinson-review-indie-debut-on-the-womens-prize-shortlist

#debutnovel #BooksellerDiscoveryAward #womensprizeforfiction #themercystep #bookclubs

Fabulous evening at the Upstairs Book Club in Brixton last night. I used to live here so it's always lovely to come back. thank you so much to Sarah Odedina for organising such a cool event.
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Delighted to be featured on the fabulous Inklings book club podcast with the evervescent Jack Edwards

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7KzYSSrFufKnI3iS1S8Op5?si=iKLQoifzSXSUyRr4RT563Q

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On my way to London for the Upstairs Book Social event in Brixton tonight.still a few tickets left so why don't you come and join us!

https://www.designmynight.com/london/event-space/brixton/upstairs-at-the-department-store/the-upstairs-book-social

#TheMercyStep #BooksellerDiscoveryAward #WomensPrizeShortlist

On my way to London for the Upstairs Book Social event in Brixton tonight.still a few tickets left so why don't you come and join us!

https://www.designmynight.com/london/event-space/brixton/upstairs-at-the-department-store/the-upstairs-book-social

#TheMercyStep #BooksellerDiscoveryAward #WomensPrizeShortlist

Plenty more where that came from, @marxia1 🏆🤩

A stand-out moment at last week’s #BritishBookAwards 📚