I'm a writer, and an experienced editor of narrative non-fiction, with particular interest in contemporary politics, the New Left in Britain and America, the historic and contemporary far-right, memoir and life-writing, technology, contemporary British and American history, intellectual history, the history of culture and literature, and criticism.https://www.johnmerrick.co.uk/
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Deputy EditorThe Break DownLondon, Gb -
Assistant EditorVerso Books Jan 2022 - PresentThis role includes commissioning and editing around 5 books a year, alongside a range of administrative duties for the editorial department, including the management of the company's translation grant programme, and assisting on other editorial projects.I am also the managing editor of the Verso Blog, which publishes 3 to 5 essays per week.Books recently commissioned and edited include:- Internet for the People by Ben Tarnoff (Verso, 2022)- Owning the Future by Mathew Lawrence and Adrienne Buller (Verso, 2022)- Planet on Fire by Mathew Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton (Verso, 2021)- Revolution and Counterrevolution in China by Lin Chun (Verso, 2021)- The Invention of Sicily by Jamie McKay (Verso, 2021)- Work Without the Worker by Phil Jones (Verso, 2021)- Overtime by Will Stronge and Kyle Lewis (Verso, 2021)- Political Writing by William Morris (Verso, 2020)- Post-Growth Living by Kate Soper (Verso, 2020)- Searching for Socialism by Leo Panitch and Colin Leys (Verso, 2020)- Capital is Dead by McKenzie Wark (Verso, 2019) -
Editorial AssistantVerso Books Jan 2018 - Jan 2022This role includes commissioning and editing around 5 books a year, alongside a range of administrative duties for the editorial department, and assisting on other editorial projects. I am also the managing editor of the Verso Blog, which publishes around 3-5 essays per week, and I am also in charge of Verso's translation grant programme for our work from a range of languages.Books recently commissioned and edited include:- Internet for the People by Ben Tarnoff (Verso, 2022)- Owning the Future by Mathew Lawrence and Adrienne Buller (Verso, 2022)- Planet on Fire by Mathew Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton (Verso, 2021)- Revolution and Counterrevolution in China by Lin Chun (Verso, 2021)- The Invention of Sicily by Jamie McKay (Verso, 2021)- Work Without the Worker by Phil Jones (Verso, 2021)- Overtime by Will Stronge and Kyle Lewis (Verso, 2021)- Political Writing by William Morris (Verso, 2020)- Post-Growth Living by Kate Soper (Verso, 2020)- Searching for Socialism by Leo Panitch and Colin Leys (Verso, 2020)- Communities of Resistance by A. Sivanandan (Verso, 2019)- Capital is Dead by McKenzie Wark (Verso, 2019) -
Publicity ExecutiveVerso Books Jan 2015 - Jan 2018I started this role as a publicity and marketing assistant in January 2015, and over three years worked my way to becoming a publicist. During this time i worked on a number of successful publicity and marketing campaign for a range of nonfiction titles. -
Marketing And Publicity InternVerso Books Sep 2014 - Dec 2014 -
Freelance EditorFreelance Sep 2020 - PresentFreelance developmental editing, copyediting, proofreading, and substantive editing for a range of publishers, including Repeater Books, William Collins, Tilted Axis, Daunt Books, and elsewhere.
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Freelance WriterFreelance Jan 2020 - PresentI am a freelance writer and critic, whose work focuses on questions of culture, class and place. My writing has, over the past few years, appeared in a range of publications including the Baffler, SoftPunk, the TLS, New Statesman, Tribune, Jacobin, New Left Review, Boston Review, Journal of Civic Architecture, and elsewhere.
John Merrick Education Details
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Politics And Contemporary History
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