Press release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Toronto; February 20, 2019)

Humble the Poet, a.k.a. Kanwer Singh—the internationally acclaimed Canadian rapper, poet, and spoken word artist—will be publishing his second book, Things No One Else Can Teach Us, with HarperCollinsCanada in fall 2019. Humble said of the acquisition, “The process of writing Things No One Else Can Teach Us has been the most uncomfortable, challenging, yet most rewarding experience I’ve had as a writer, and I’m so grateful to the amazing people at HarperCollinsCanada for helping me bring this vision and these words to life. I’m very excited to share this book with the world.”

In the follow-up to his bestselling debut, Unlearn, Humble once again flips the conventional script for happiness and success, showing us how our hardest moments can become our greatest teachers. Using raw, honest stories from his own life, he reveals how, with a change in mindset, we can stop seeing the negative and instead see the magic—our ability to create silver linings in our lives—priming us to better handle future challenges.

As simple as it is eye-opening, Things No One Else Can Teach Us reminds us all that we have a magic within us, one that can transform the way we respond to everyday challenges, empowering us to ultimately become our best selves.

“We have long admired Kanwer’s fresh voice and unique perspective–his insight and candour are just what we crave in chaotic times. We are so thrilled to welcome him to the HarperCollins list and look forward to a long publishing collaboration with him,” said acquiring executive editor, Kate Cassaday.

The book deal was brokered by Marc Gerald and Jaime Chu at Europa Content.

About HarperCollins Publishers

HarperCollinsCanada:

Known worldwide for the quality of its list, HarperCollinsCanada is the proud home of many bestselling authors, including Esi Edugyan, Heather O’Neill, Lawrence Hill, Kamal Al-Solaylee, Mark Sakamoto, Ayelet Tsabari, Emily St. John Mandel, Tracey Lindberg, Tara Westover, Hilary Mantel, Rachel Cusk, Anthony Horowitz, Uzma Jalaluddin, Kim Fu, Carrianne Leung, Ellen Keith, Jael Richardson, Emma Donoghue, Helen Humphreys, and Thomas King, among many more found at harpercollins.ca.

HarperCollins Publishers is the second largest consumer book publisher in the world, with operations in 17 countries. With 200 years of history and more than 120 branded imprints around the world, HarperCollins publishes approximately 10,000 new books every year in 16 languages, and has a print and digital catalog of more than 200,000 titles. Writing across dozens of genres, HarperCollins authors include winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Newbery and Caldecott Medals and the Man Booker Prize. HarperCollins, headquartered in New York, is a subsidiary of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) and can be visited online at corporate.HC.com.