Storymix

We’re so proud to have been recognised as one of the top 20 Black-owned businesses in the UK as part of the Channel 4 & Lloyds Bank Black in Business Campaign. To be shortlisted for this initiative has been a huge honour. Opportunities like this shine a light on Black-owned businesses and the vital work they do, and it means a lot to see Storymix included alongside so many incredible companies. While the campaign moves ahead, we’re proud to be part of the conversation and even prouder of the joyful, inclusive stories we continue to create. Congratulations to all the brilliant businesses recognised—we’re excited to see what comes next!

🎉 Exciting news from Storymix! 🎉 We’re thrilled to share that Storymix has been selected as part of the Creative Enterprise Reframe 2024 Cohort, supported by Creative UK, BFI, and The National Lottery! As a company deeply committed to creating innovative and inclusive Book IP, we’ve recently expanded our horizons to creating IP for the screen industry. This prestigious programme will enable us to think strategically about the future and help us sharpen our approach to achieving Storymix’s mission of creating space for truly inclusive storytelling across all our verticals, from books to screen and beyond. The Reframe 2024 programme is specifically designed to help ambitious screen-based companies like ours adapt and thrive in a rapidly evolving industry. With expert guidance from a stellar line-up of mentors—including Juliette Otterburn Hall, Nicola Gillham, Rishi Kapoor, Sophie Morgan, and Stephen Green Toye Green—we’ll explore how to: Unlock new revenue streams Maximise existing IP Leverage emerging technologies This journey is about reimagining how Storymix can drive intentional diversity and innovation across the creative industries. We can’t wait to see where this will take us! Thank you to Creative UK for this incredible opportunity. Onwards and upwards!

🎉 It’s a proud moment for us at Storymix as our talented colleague, Sara Grant, has been shortlisted for Freelancer of the Year at the 2024 Future Book Awards! 🎉 Freelancers are often the unsung heroes of publishing, bringing creativity, expertise, and dedication to every project. Storymix wouldn’t be the company it is without the incredible work of our freelance team, who consistently go above and beyond behind the scenes. Thank you, The Bookseller, for highlighting the hard work and commitment of freelancers with this award. Sara, your passion and creativity inspire us every day. Huge congratulations on this well-deserved recognition! 🌟

Great to see our founder Jasmine Richards spotlighted here. 2025 is going to be a year of experimentation and innovation for Storymix and a big part of that is due to the Deutsche Bank #DBACE2024 award and all the support from MeWe360.

Our founder spoke about regret and bravery in her keynote yesterday at The Bookseller children’s conference and she shared some hard truths as well. https://lnkd.in/ehwMAx-v

We are thrilled to announce that Storymix has been awarded a Deutsche Bank Award for Creative Entrepreneurs (DBACE)! This recognition comes at the perfect time, as we celebrate our 5th anniversary and look ahead to some exciting developments. Alongside the £15k grant (thank you, Deutsche Bank!), our founder has also joined the MeWe360 Incubator programme, which kicked off this week. The incubator has already brought together a passionate cohort of social entrepreneurs, all brimming with ideas and energy. It's a fantastic opportunity to think beyond the day-to-day operations and dream big about what’s next for Storymix. So, what's on the horizon for us? Launching our micro-publisher initiative and preparing for our 2025 release: The Other Father Xmas Securing brand partnerships Exploring crowdfunding to build new audiences Developing our illustrator-led fiction list Creating direct sales channels for underserved readers, including pop-up events As our founder shared on the night, "The road hasn't always been easy, and winning this award is a huge validation of the work Storymix is doing to incubate talent from racially minoritized backgrounds, inspire the next generation of storytellers in schools, and create books that centre all children. Every child deserves to see themselves in stories, and quality representation encourages reading. Reading for pleasure is key to social mobility." A massive thank you to Deutsche Bank and MeWe360 for their generous support. If you’d like to be part of the Storymix journey or support our mission, let’s connect! Photo credit: @mariphotography

We're officially five years old today. A big thank you to EVERYONE who has been part of the journey so far. Over the next few months we will try and spotlight some of those that have made Storymix and our mission to centre kids of colour in stories full of joy adventure, and be a launchpad for talent from racially marginalized backgrounds possible. But until then some Saturday stats for you about businesses. Almost 50% of businesses have to close in their first five years of trading in the UK. 15% of small businesses are owned/founded by a woman in the UK. Black-led employers make up just 0.1% of UK small and medium sized businesses. For context these are all numbers from studies in 2023. It was by no means a guarantee that we would be here in 2024 after launching at London Book Fair in 2019. But we are so very proud that we are! #happybirthday #femaleentrepreneur #blackledbusinesses #weneeddiversebooks #ittakesavillage #kidsbooks

We’re delighted to announce that our CEO Jasmine Richards has been nominated in the Innovation category of the inaugural PublisHer Excellence Awards. Jasmine, and the inclusive fiction studio she founded in 2019 to incubate new talent from racially minoritized backgrounds and in response to the lack of quality representation of children of colour in fiction, has been shortlisted from a very strong field of extraordinary publishing professionals from across the world. We couldn't be prouder. Thank you Bodour Al Qasimi and the panel of judges for this accolade. Storymix is 5 years old in April 2024. What a way to celebrate!

Fan of Jo Jo and Gran Gran? Make sure to catch an episode written by our founder Jasmine Richards. It is called Time to Braid Hair and airs on Cbeebies on 5th February 2024.

Congrats Isaac and the whole team who have worked to bring this series to the shelves!