Jhalak Prize longlist 2020

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Afropean: Notes from Black Europe

Johny Pitts

Exploring Europe’s cities, writer and photographer Johny Pitts offers a new way to think about being black in Europe today.

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Golden Child: A Novel

Claire Adam

A deeply affecting debut novel set in Trinidad, following the lives of a family as they navigate impossible choices about scarcity, loyalty, and love

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The Black Flamingo

Dean Atta

Fiercely told, this is a powerful coming-of-age story told in verse, from one of the UK’s leading poets, Dean Atta. Perfect for fans of Sarah Crossan and Poet X.

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Remembered

Yvonne Battle-Felton

Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019, Remembered is a debut historical fiction novel. It has drawn comparisons to Beloved by Toni Morrison (from the Guardian, Irish Times, Herald).

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Surge

Jay Bernard

Jay Bernard’s extraordinary debut is a fearlessly original exploration of the black British archive: an enquiry into the New Cross Fire of 1981, a house fire at a birthday party…

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Asha & the Spirit Bird

Jasbinder Bilan

In an unforgettable adventure set in contemporary India, Asha is guided by a majestic bird which she believes to be the spirit of her grandmother. Together with her best friend…

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Queenie

Candice Carty-Williams

A darkly comic and unflinchingly raw depiction of a young woman trying to navigate her way in the world, QUEENIE is about identity, independence and carving your own path. For…

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Fleche

Mary Jean Chan

Fleche (the French word for ‘arrow’) is an offensive technique commonly used in fencing, a sport of Mary Jean Chan’s young adult years, when she competed locally and internationally for…

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This Brutal House

Niven Govinden

A timely queer protest novel set in the drag ball community of New York City, from a Green Carnation Prize-shortlisted author

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Nudibranch

Irenosen Okojie

A dark and lyrical collection of short stories from the author of the critically acclaimed Speak Gigantular and Butterfly Fish, whose unique voice has been praised by writers like Ben…

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