ROUTE ANNOUNCE ACQUISITION OF MARK HOYLE'S MEMOIR 'SWERVE' 

So the secret's out, Mark Hoyle has been writing his memoir 'Swerve' – an evocative insider’s account of post-punk Manchester. 

On 4th May 2023, publishers Route announced their acquisition of the book due for release in late 2023 or early 2024 - it will be made available as a collector’s signed and numbered edition exclusively from Route before it goes on general release.

'Swerve' provides an intimate, eye-witness access to all the haunts and people associated with the golden era of Manchester music, both the icons and the ones less celebrated, from the early days of punk to the frenzy of Madchester. Mark Hoyle was in the middle of it all, and this is his story. A story that chronicles from age 9 his time in the UK Care system until in his mid-teens he found a surrogate family in the wider musical community exploding on his doorstep. Whether as a dedicated participant in the Manchester Musician’s Collective, working at the Hacienda, or living amongst the creative chaos of Hulme’s notorious crescents, the book describes an artist developing in the raw. Against this backdrop, dub sex emerged.

Here's the full announcement on the Route website:
Route Acquires Mark Hoyle Memoir

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Route is a north of England publishing house with a principle commitment to authentic stories and good books. Their titles have been bestowed with Book of the Year Awards from Rolling Stone Magazine, Mojo, Rough Trade, Guardian, Northern Soul, Morning Star and Reader’s Digest, and have been deemed worthy of being shortlisted for the James Tait Memorial Prize for Fiction, Penderyn Music Book Prize, NME Book Award, Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award and PEN Ackerley Prize.

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