Jhalak Prize
@jhalakprize
Awards two annual prizes to books by writers of colour in UK. Disrupts publishing, celebrates great writing. Submissions open September 1
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Isabella Hammad’s ENTER GHOST is the winner of this year’s Aspen Words Literary Prize. Hammad’s novel, published last April by Grove Atlantic, was also announced this week as a finalist for the Women's Prize for Fiction. ow.ly/ypv850Rpiv7
🌼 Save the Date! 🌼
The #IndieBookAwards shortlist will be announced on Friday 10 May.
Join us on Books Are My Bag from 9am to find out which books have made this year's shortlist.
The winners will be announced during #IndieBookshopWeek (15 - 22 June).
Three years since the launch of @WritersMosaic, yesterday marked the debut of The Review, by RLF’s WritersMosaic and The Jhalak Prize (Foundation), available as an insert in The Bookseller.
'The Review builds on the good work of The Jhalak Prize, which makes space and brings attention to writers of colour in Britain and Ireland.' thebookseller.com/comment/under-…
National Book Tokens Dr Denise Saul Jhalak Prize Books Are My Bag Peepal Tree Press Malika Booker Carcanet Press Karen McCarthy Woolf Nine Arches Press Vintage Books Rushika Wick Liverpool University Press .Rushika Wick 's wonderful book can be ordered from us at vervepoetrypress.com and from all good booksellers. Thanks so much for including it Dr Denise Saul💟
The Jhalak Foundation (Jhalak Prize) and the writersmosaic have today unveiled the first issue of their new publication: The Review by WritersMosaic and Jhalak 👇 thebookseller.com/news/jhalak-fo…
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Alycia Pirmohamed How to carry water: a poetry workshop is this Sunday at 4pm!
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Come celebrate our #shorlists at the gorgeous The London Library on May 2nd. Hear about the prize and from the judges, followed by readings from some of the shortlisted authors
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TODAY! We launch #TheReview , an editorially independent bi-annual insert in The Bookseller, entirely produced by and featuring writers of the global majority. Brought to you by Jhalak Prize and writersmosaic.
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Guy Gunaratne Irenosen Okojie colin grant Kiran Millwood Hargrave FRSL **UPDATES ONLY** Sarah Shaffi MichaelSalu HOUSE OF THOUGHT writersmosaic Sunny Singh #TheReview is published for the first time this week as an insert in The Bookseller.
Additional print copies will be made available upon request to independent bookshops and community organisations.
Guy Gunaratne Irenosen Okojie colin grant Kiran Millwood Hargrave FRSL **UPDATES ONLY** Sarah Shaffi MichaelSalu HOUSE OF THOUGHT 'At the heart of this exciting new project is a determination to shine a spotlight on these books, and to ensure that the rigour of the review writing will be matched by the quality of the editing.' - colin grant, director of writersmosaic on #TheReview
This is such a great development, and I’m excited to read the first issue. Congratulations to all at the Jhalak Prize writersmosaic and The Bookseller who’ve made it happen!