Tamira Chapman, founder and CEO of Storehouse In A Field will accomplice with The Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random Home, to launch the brand new ebook imprint Storehouse Voices.
Developed in partnership with award-winning entrepreneur and philanthropist Tamira Chapman, she established the imprint to provide entry to Black authors who are sometimes missed within the publishing business.
Spanning throughout fiction and nonfiction genres, Storehouse Voices will publish books with the aim of “selling the richness of Black storytelling by means of intentional acquisitions and hiring efforts, strategic partnerships, and genuine, equity-minded group outreach.”
At Storehouse Voices, the editorial crew will embrace Chapman as writer, Porscha Burke as affiliate writer, Jennifer Baker as editorial director and Chelcee Jones as govt editor. David E. Talbert, Nia Gilliam, Demond Martin and Cheryl Polote-Williamson are authors who’re signed to the imprint.
In a press release, Chapman expressed her pleasure concerning the new enterprise.
“I’m honored to launch Storehouse Voices at such a pivotal second in our historical past. As we sit up for a brand new presidential administration, the significance of amplifying Black voices has by no means been better. Storehouse Voices is a unprecedented alternative to amplify various narratives and fill the canon with work we want,” Chapman advised EBONY.
“By presenting our group’s tales, artwork, and spirit in lasting codecs, we’re creating impactful legacies for generations to come back,” she continued. “In occasions like these, storytelling turns into a bridge—a standard language connecting writers, readers, publishers, and phrase lovers in a shared dedication to progress and illustration.”
“Tamira Chapman and Storehouse In A Field have been business disruptors, breaking conventional molds to succeed in audiences with the sort of content material that speaks to their expertise and creates a way of group,” mentioned David Drake, President of the Crown Publishing Group. “Crown is honored to accomplice along with her to interrupt some publishing molds which have lengthy wanted to be damaged with the intention to higher serve various authors and readers.”
“No better feeling for a author than to know that their story, their artwork is within the palms of somebody as caring as they’re succesful,” Talbert added. “Tamira Chapman’s ardour for storytelling, and her innovation in promotion and advertising, made Storehouse Voices the proper and solely residence for my return to publishing.”
In 2022 Chapman was acknowledged because the eighth fastest-growing woman-led enterprise globally, Chapman has a longtime status for creating and delivering content material that displays the values and pursuits of the audiences and communities she serves.
Following the success of the Girls & Phrases initiative, Storehouse Voices launched in collaboration with Storehouse In A Field and Penguin Random Home. This system consists of digital workshops, networking classes, and with authors on the rise and literary brokers “to demystify the publishing business and its processes” for Black authors.
For extra details about the publishing home, go to StorehouseVoices.com
