Wimmy Road Boyz

Sufiyaan Salam is a writer (and former animator) from Blackburn. He co-wrote the BAFTA-nominated, BIFA-winning short film MAGID / ZAFAR and won the #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize for his novel Wimmy Road Boyz. He was also named an Observer Best Debut Novelist 2026.

Compulsive, raw and searingly honest. An utterly original, unfiltered voice. A darkly witty story of Northern rude-bois coming of age: perfectly crafted, uncensored, totally real