Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Jhalak Longlist 2021 #booktube #FridayReads


I am trying to read 6/12 Jhalak long-listed books by 13th April – can I read more? I want to read all of them by the announcement of the winner in May.


This is my first catchup video.


Please check out Caleb Femi’s poetry on his channel youtube.com/channel/UCNRCMOdxVJA_k4MdYb3oyHg




The longlist can be found here - jhalakprize.com/.
And Mel’s discussion video here youtube.com/watch?v=Xxa0775jBmA


The entire list is here.


Romalyn Ante - Antiemetic for Homesickness (Chatto & Windus)
Catherine Cho - Inferno (Bloomsbury Circus)
Afshan D’Souza-Lodhi - [re: desire] (Burning Eye Books)
Caleb Femi - Poor (Penguin)
Kiran Millwood Hargrave - The Mercies (Picador)
Tammye Huf - A More Perfect Union (Myriad Editions)
Rachel Long - My Darling From the Lions (Picador)
Deirdre Mask - The Address Book (Profile Books)
Katy Massey - Are We Home Yet (jacaranda)
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - The First Woman (Oneworld Publications)
Paul Mendez - Rainbow Milk (Dialogue Books)
Stephanie Scott - What’s Left of Me Is Yours (W&N)

I am thinking of doing a giveaway of one of the Jhalak books (worldwide from Book Depository) - would you be interested?


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Goodreads (Please answer the question any way you like and I will Friend back): goodreads.com/user/show/46346297-maria-hill-aka-mh-books


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