Hamish Hamilton's Chukwu wins at Black British Business Awards

Hannah Chukwu, assistant editor at PRH imprint Hamish Hamilton, has won the Arts & Media Rising Star award at this year's Black British Business Awards. 

The awards highlight Black professionals from across the United Kingdom who have not only been selected for their outstanding professional achievements, but for the personal work they are doing to defy stereotypes and reshape the business world around them. 

Chukwu said she "couldn't be more over the moon" to win the award. She added: "I feel incredibly inspired by all of the wonderful people I have met on this journey, and energised by the wealth of young talent who are making their mark in their respective industries – especially in places where we have historically been held back. I feel so honoured and privileged to work with all of my brilliant authors and colleagues in trying to change the publishing industry for the better."

At Hamish Hamilton Chukwu works on literary fiction and non-fiction, with authors such as Bernardine Evaristo, Zadie Smith and Arundhati Roy. She is an editor for Five Dials magazine, and series editor for Black Britain: Writing Back. She is also policy and campaigns consultant for the campaign Lit in Colour, run by PRH and the Runnymede Trust, which aims to diversify the English GCSE curriculum. She co-founded the theatre production company Chucked Up Theatre in 2016, and is a trustee at education equality charity The Brilliant Club. In 2021 she won the London Book Fair Trailblazer Award and was named on the EMpower Ethnic Minority Future Leader list.