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This event took place on 25 May 2023. The information below is correct as of the publication date.
The Jhalak Prize is an annual literary prize for British or British-Resident writers of colour, established in 2016. Previous winners include Jacob Ross, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Guy Gunaratne, Johny Pitts, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi.
The 2023 shortlist for the Jhalak Prize is: NONE OF THE ABOVE, Travis Alabanza (Canongate); TAKEAWAY, Angela Hui (Trapeze); THE SECRET DIARIES OF CHARLES IGNATIOUS SANCHO, Paterson Joseph (Dialogue); WHEN WE WERE BIRDS, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (Hamish Hamilton); I'M A FAN, Sheena Patel (Rough Trade Books); HIDING TO NOTHING, Anita Pati (Liverpool University Press)
The 2023 shortlist for the Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize is: IN OUR HANDS, Lucy Farfort (Tate); WHEN OUR WORLDS COLLIDED, Danielle Jawando (Simon & Schuster); MIA AND THE LIGHTCASTERS, Janelle McCurdy, ill. Ana Latese (Faber); ELLIE PALLAI IS BROWN, Christine Pillainayagam (Faber); REBEL SKIES, Ann Sei Lin (Walker); DADAJI'S PAINTBRUSH, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, ill. Ruchi Mhasane (Andersen)
Join this online celebration of great contemporary British writing, and the announcement of the Jhalak Prizes live from the British Library. Prize director Sunny Singh brings together the Jhalak Prize judges Haleh Agar, Anthony Vahni Capildeo and Monisha Rajesh; the judges of the Jhalak Children’s and Young Adult Prize Yaba Badoe, Maisie Chan and Irfan Master, and the Jhalak Artists in Residence.
In addition to the announcement of the winner of the Jhalak Prize and the Jhalak Children’s and Young Adult Prize, the two Jhalak Artists-in-Residence reveal the works created to serve as the 2023 winners’ trophies. The evening showcases the independent bookshops championing the 2023 shortlists, in partnership with National Book Tokens.
Sunny Singh is a London-based author and academic. She is the founder of the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour, the Jhalak Children’s & YA Prize and the Jhalak Art Residency. She is also Professor of Creative Writing and Inclusion in the Arts at the London Metropolitan University.
This event took place on 25 May 2023. The information below is correct as of the publication date.
The Jhalak Prize is an annual literary prize for British or British-Resident writers of colour, established in 2016. Previous winners include Jacob Ross, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Guy Gunaratne, Johny Pitts, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi.
The 2023 shortlist for the Jhalak Prize is: NONE OF THE ABOVE, Travis Alabanza (Canongate); TAKEAWAY, Angela Hui (Trapeze); THE SECRET DIARIES OF CHARLES IGNATIOUS SANCHO, Paterson Joseph (Dialogue); WHEN WE WERE BIRDS, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (Hamish Hamilton); I'M A FAN, Sheena Patel (Rough Trade Books); HIDING TO NOTHING, Anita Pati (Liverpool University Press)
The 2023 shortlist for the Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize is: IN OUR HANDS, Lucy Farfort (Tate); WHEN OUR WORLDS COLLIDED, Danielle Jawando (Simon & Schuster); MIA AND THE LIGHTCASTERS, Janelle McCurdy, ill. Ana Latese (Faber); ELLIE PALLAI IS BROWN, Christine Pillainayagam (Faber); REBEL SKIES, Ann Sei Lin (Walker); DADAJI'S PAINTBRUSH, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, ill. Ruchi Mhasane (Andersen)
Join this online celebration of great contemporary British writing, and the announcement of the Jhalak Prizes live from the British Library. Prize director Sunny Singh brings together the Jhalak Prize judges Haleh Agar, Anthony Vahni Capildeo and Monisha Rajesh; the judges of the Jhalak Children’s and Young Adult Prize Yaba Badoe, Maisie Chan and Irfan Master, and the Jhalak Artists in Residence.
In addition to the announcement of the winner of the Jhalak Prize and the Jhalak Children’s and Young Adult Prize, the two Jhalak Artists-in-Residence reveal the works created to serve as the 2023 winners’ trophies. The evening showcases the independent bookshops championing the 2023 shortlists, in partnership with National Book Tokens.
Sunny Singh is a London-based author and academic. She is the founder of the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour, the Jhalak Children’s & YA Prize and the Jhalak Art Residency. She is also Professor of Creative Writing and Inclusion in the Arts at the London Metropolitan University.
