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We are so excited to announce that Lauren Gardner, in collaboration with Mokkingbird Talent Management, has sold the rights to Professional and England International Basketball Player and break-out star of 2019’s Love Island, Ovie Soko’s debut non-fiction title to Sarah Lavelle at Quadrille Books.

In You Are Dope, Soko sets out his “manifesto for positive personal change”. He wants to “encourage people to respect themselves and others, find their way to peace, make the most of every day and embrace the future in an increasingly challenging world”.

Ovie commented: “I can’t wait to publish my first book this October! I truly believe that You Are Dope is going to help so many people and bring about some important conversations. I’m really excited to be working with the team at Quadrille and to see my ideas come to life.”

Lavelle added: “Ovie possesses a wit, wisdom and warmth beyond his years, and we’re looking forward to working with him to spread his positive message far and wide. You Are Dope is going to be beautiful and inspiring – a unique book from an important new voice.”

Whatever’s happened before is in the past. Just do your thing.

Don’t fight yourself, because that will make you more frustrated than anything.

At the end of the day, it’s the small gestures that speak the loudest.

Ovie Soko won hearts all over the world during his time on Love Island UK with his openness and wise insights into all the drama. Now, he has a message for you all, whether you watched him in the villa or not:

YOU

ARE

DOPE

You, yes, YOU, are exactly where you’re meant to be right now. You’re ready for what life is going to throw at you and you’re ready to embrace life in all of its glorious complications.

Here is what Ovie had to say on his announcement post;

I have been working on a project that means a lot to me. With every good fortune that comes my way in life I believe that it’s my job to pass on as much of that, to as many people as possible. The opportunity to work on my first book “ YOU ARE DOPE” with Quadrille has been one of the most fulfilling things I’ve been able to do so far in my life. I wrote this book because I see how difficult loving yourself is in this Social Media Era. It’s not easy being a young man and it can’t be easy for the ladies. We scroll through the gram and life every day and what we DONT have is always pushed in our face. I wrote this book for you. To remind you what you do have. And I PROMISE you, when you realise what you DO have, and how dope you really are, everything else won’t seem to matter so much.

​And Ovie’s announcement has already been picked up in the Metro and The Bookseller,