{"id":1338,"date":"2017-02-07T12:43:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T12:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedigitaldepot.co.uk\/ladburypr\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2017-02-07T12:43:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T12:43:25","slug":"watershed-talking-about-my-generation-announcing-20-stories-from-britains-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedigitaldepot.co.uk\/ladburypr\/watershed-talking-about-my-generation-announcing-20-stories-from-britains-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Watershed: Talking about my generation\u2026 Announcing 20 Stories From Britain’s Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Media Alert: A Crowdfunded book of topical essays <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

We are thrilled to announce that award-winning Bristol-based author Nikesh Shukla is collaborating with the team of young journalists behind Watershed\u2019s Rife Magazine<\/a> on their very own book<\/a>! And we need your help to get this brilliant idea off the ground\u2026<\/p>\n

Against the tumultuous backdrop of 2017, the stories set to appear in the book prove young people are still full of ideas and aspirations. And perhaps they\u2019ll fill you with hope too.<\/p>\n

Watch their video here. <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s Nikesh on why this book needs to happen right now:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe voice of this generation is noticeably absent from mainstream media, online comment pieces and from news reports. The country is pretty messed up and our future is looking gloomy. Britain\u2019s young people have to live with the repercussions of what the older generation have done – they didn\u2019t vote for Brexit, or vote in this Conservative government, and you know what? They\u2019re sick of being talked about instead of talked to.<\/p>\n

We see countless think-pieces trying to work out how millennials think. Rife Magazine<\/a> is all about centring the voices of as many young people as possible, and we thought it was about time we took these exciting voices and gave them a platform to talk about what Britain looks like now. I particularly love the essay format because it allows writers to tell their stories in their own voices, and through that lens, we get to peer outside our own echo chambers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nikesh, editor of bestseller The Good Immigrant,<\/a> a collection of timely essays exploring what it means to Black, Asian and Minority ethnic in Britain today (and recently voted as the great British public\u2019s favourite book of 2016 at the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards) also edits Rife Magazine. He was inspired by the incredible response to The Good Immigrant and the ability of the publisher, Unbound, to bring books to market quickly, so they decided to use the same model to tell untold stories of Britain\u2019s disenfranchised youth.<\/p>\n

Rife <\/a>is a Watershed project, made by young people for young people. Rife Magazine and Guide are supported by Bristol Youth Links in partnership with Bristol City Council.<\/p>\n

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Sammy Jones, who previously worked at Rife as a young content creator, will be co-editing the book with Nikesh, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cSo here\u2019s our big idea for a book. Written for you by us.\u2028.. If you think that\u2019s all a bit in your face, you should know that it\u2019s never been harder to be young, so it\u2019s no wonder we\u2019re angry. One in four people under 25 will be affected by mental illness. As university fees rise, job opportunities dry up and houses get more expensive, we are facing an ever-expanding chasm of doubt, instability and buckling down for a really, really rough time for the rest of our lives.<\/p>\n

Oi, editors! What are you so scared of? Why aren\u2019t you commissioning us? It looks like it\u2019s up to us to commission ourselves. So that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019re going to do!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Curated by Nikesh Shukla and journalist\/Rife alumni Sammy Jones, Rife: 20 Stories From Britain’s Youth<\/strong><\/a> collects twenty young people\u2019s essays about money, mental health, sex, gender, equality, education, crime and the future.<\/p>\n

The writers commissioned so far – all aged under 24, living all over the UK – include Ella Marshall, Liv Little, Amber Kirk-Ford, June Eric-Udorie, Rosalind Jana, Ailsa Fineron and many more. What they all have in common are their essential insights into what it means to be young in Britain right now.<\/p>\n

Like the sound of this? Get involved now by supporting the campaign over on Crowdfunder<\/a> and you\u2019ll be thanked in print \u2013 see here for all the ways in which you can help<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And if you\u2019re under 24, with an interesting story to tell, be part of the Rife book and contribute your story – get in touch and read our FAQ now: rife.at\/rifebook<\/a> – there\u2019s still plenty of room for writers new to us with important stories to tell.<\/p>\n