Souvenir Press snaps up Man Enough from Matteo Bergamini and Amelia Fairney
Souvenir Press has acquired Man Enough: How to Protect Boys from Online Misogyny by Matteo Bergamini and Amelia Fairney.
Cindy Chan, publishing director at Souvenir Press, acquired world rights in all languages direct from the authors. The book will publish on 24th September 2026.
Bergamini is the founder of Shout Out UK, an award-winning social enterprise dedicated to teaching media literacy to young people and professionals to combat online misinformation. Fairney, formerly communications director of Penguin General Books, joined Shout Out UK as head of strategy and communications in 2025.
The book is described as a guide for parents on how to talk to their sons about online misogyny, covering online safety, fake news and building emotional resilience.
Chan said: "I am thrilled to be working with Matteo and Amelia on this important project – Man Enough will impart all the expertise from their valuable work with Shout Out UK, offering parents a candid exploration of the worrying landscape that forms the manosphere and valuable tools to guide their boys through safely. Their passion is infectious; they will do immense good with this urgent and compelling book."
Bergamini said: "As a man and a father to two young kids, I need to do my part to ensure that the ’manosphere’ con-men are stripped of their ability to profit from infecting boys’ minds with a twisted version of masculinity. In our work in schools for Shout Out UK, we use effective pre-bunking strategies to inoculate kids from harmful disinformation like that touted by the ’manosphere’."
Fairney added: "Having raised a Gen-Z son to adulthood alongside the rise of the so-called ’manosphere’, I wanted to write a book which I would have found helpful myself 10 years ago. Our book highlights the real harm done to women and girls by misogynistic online narratives, but it does not demonise either boys or tech. Instead, we’ve tried to ground the ’manosphere’ phenomenon in its wider context, emphasising that sexism and misogyny hold us all back, and suggesting practical steps to inoculate boys from the lure of these toxic ’manfluencers’."
