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Penguin Life secures guide for digital self-help from Akiwowo
Penguin Life has secured How to Stay Safe Online by “trailblazing" tech and gender expert Seyi Akiwowo.
Editorial director Emily Robertson acquired world rights from Maddy Belton at Graham Maw Christie. It will be published in paperback in August 2022.
Belton said: “We are thrilled to be partnering with Penguin Life on Seyi’s incredible book. Its emphasis on providing positive, practical solutions for readers aligns perfectly with Seyi’s ambitions. How to Stay Safe Online is a timely, comprehensive guide to developing resilience, greater compassion for others and authentic allyship online.”
Akiwowo is the founder of Glitch, a UK charity making digital spaces safe by ending online abuse. Before creating Glitch, Akiwowo was elected the youngest Black female councillor in east London at the age of 23.
How to Stay Safe Online blends Akiwowo’s experience with interviews from Jameela Jamil, Luciana Berger and Laura Bates, teaching readers how to spot, respond to and proactively defend themselves from online abuse and how to help those experiencing it.
“Seyi Akiwowo is a force of nature, and this book is a godsend,” Bates commented. “She exposes the depth and urgency of the online abuse crisis, explores the hypocrisy and inefficacy of tech companies and governments, and explains what readers can do to improve their online lives.”
Anya Hayes, commissioning editor covering Emily Robertson’s maternity leave, said: “Digital spaces are a positive force for change, connection and community but, left unregulated, they are not always safe. How to Stay Safe Online is an urgent and necessary digital self-care tool, helping us all to support victims of online abuse, and empowering friends, teachers, parents and willing allies to help make online spaces safer for all.”
Akiwowo added: “In How to Stay Safe Online, I lean on my expertise and experience to provide readers with the key tools needed to better understand the online world; what online abuse does to our minds, bodies and democracies; how to be safer online and how to begin to hold tech companies accountable for their omissions. With personal stories, reflections, practical advice and an analysis of the realities of online platforms, this book will equip us and those around us to flourish online and improve our wellbeing.”
