The Jhalak Prize 2023 Longlist

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7 participants, 12 books

You can start and finish this challenge whenever you like!

The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour is an annual literary prize awarded to British or British-resident BAME writers.

Challenge Books

1

None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary by Travis Alabanza

None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary

Travis Alabanza

2

Birdgirl: A Young Environmentalist Looks to the Skies in Search of a Better Future by Mya-Rose Craig

Birdgirl: A Young Environmentalist Looks to the Skies in Search of a Better Future

Mya-Rose Craig

3

Takeaway: Stories From a Childhood Behind the Counter by Angela Hui

Takeaway: Stories From a Childhood Behind the Counter

Angela Hui

4

The Attic Child by Lola Jaye

The Attic Child

Lola Jaye

5

The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho: A Novel by Paterson Joseph, Paterson Joseph

The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho: A Novel

Paterson Joseph, Paterson Joseph

6

When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

When We Were Birds

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

7

Here Again Now by Okechukwu Nzelu

Here Again Now

Okechukwu Nzelu

8

Losing the Plot by Derek Owusu

Losing the Plot

Derek Owusu

9

I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel

I'm a Fan

Sheena Patel

10

Hiding to Nothing by Anita Pati

Hiding to Nothing

Anita Pati

11

Another Way to Split Water by Alycia Pirmohamed

Another Way to Split Water

Alycia Pirmohamed

12

The Room Between Us by Denise Saul

The Room Between Us

Denise Saul