Thread by @jhalakprize, A #thread of books exploring racism and race. It includes fiction, poetry, [...]

A #thread of books exploring racism and race. It includes fiction, poetry, non-fiction because we need to hear many voices.

These are UK-centric because we are here trying to dismantle white supremacy in Britain.
#BlackLivesMatter

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The Prize | Jhalak Prize

https://www.jhalakprize.com/the-prize

Our 2020 winner #Afropean by @johnypitts https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/may/footnote-afropean-johnny-pitts-Jhalak-prize/">https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/...

Footnote: Afropean: Notes from Black Europe by Johny Pitts

Sheffield-born journalist and television presenter Johny Pitts has won the Jhalak Prize for British writers of colour for his ode to European multiculturalism. But what's it all about?

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/may/footnote-afropean-johnny-pitts-Jhalak-prize/

#Remembered by @YBattleFelton https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/yvonne-battle-felton/remembered/9780349700472/">https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/yv...

Remembered

From the Women's Prize for Fiction longlist and the Northern Writer's Award Winner comes. . . REMEMBERED 'Compares with Toni Morrison's Beloved' Guard...

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/yvonne-battle-felton/remembered/9780349700472/

#Queenie by @CandiceC_W https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Queenie/Candice-Carty-Williams/9781501196027">https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Que...

Queenie

ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2019 BY WOMAN’S DAY, NEWSDAY,...

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Queenie/Candice-Carty-Williams/9781501196027

#TheBlackFlamingo by @DeanAtta https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/dean-atta/the-black-flamingo/9781444948592/">https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/de...

The Black Flamingo

"Intensely moving and heart-warming" Cosmo "Bold" Guardian "I loved every word" Malorie Blackman This is not about being ready, it's not even about bei...

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/dean-atta/the-black-flamingo/9781444948592/

#Surge by Jay Bernard https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1116412/surge/9781784742614.html">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111...

Surge

*Shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award 2019* *Shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2019* *Shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection 2019* *Shortlisted for the John Pollard Founda...

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1116412/surge/9781784742614.html

#HostileEnvironment by @MayaGoodfellow
https://www.versobooks.com/books/3064-hostile-environment">https://www.versobooks.com/books/306...

Our 2019 winner, #InOurMadAndFuriousCity by Guy Gunaratne: https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/guy-gunaratne/in-our-mad-and-furious-city/9781472250223/">https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/gu...

In Our Mad and Furious City

*WINNER OF THE JHALAK PRIZE, THE INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE AND THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD* *LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE* *SHOR...

https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/guy-gunaratne/in-our-mad-and-furious-city/9781472250223/

#Natives by @akalamusic https://www.tworoadsbooks.com/titles/akala/natives/9781473661240/">https://www.tworoadsbooks.com/titles/ak...

Natives

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE | THE JHALAK PRIZE | THE BREAD AND ROSES AWARD & LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 'This is...

https://www.tworoadsbooks.com/titles/akala/natives/9781473661240/

#MotherCountry by @CharlieBCuff https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/charlie-brinkhurst-cuff/mother-country/9781472261885/">https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/ch...

Mother Country

***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 JHALAK PRIZE*** A leading new exploration of the Windrush generation featuring David Lammy, Lenny Henry, Corinne Bailey Rae, S...

https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/charlie-brinkhurst-cuff/mother-country/9781472261885/

#TheTerrible by @YrsaDaleyWard https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/563909/the-terrible-by-yrsa-daley-ward/">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/563...

The Terrible by Yrsa Daley-Ward: 9780143132622 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Winner of the PEN Ackerley Prize • Longlisted for the 2019 PEN Open Book Award “Devastating and lyrical.” —The New York Times “Suspenseful and affecting.” —The...

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/563909/the-terrible-by-yrsa-daley-ward/

#Brit(ish) by @afuahirsch https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1112508/brit-ish-/9781784705039.html">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111...

Brit(ish)

The Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the uncomfortable truth about race and identity in Britain today You’re British. Your parents are British. Your partner, your children and most of your...

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1112508/brit-ish-/9781784705039.html

#TheHealingNextTime by Roy McFarlane (at @NineArchesPress) https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/the%20healing%20next%20time.html">https://ninearchespress.com/publicati...

The Healing Next Time | ninearchespress.com

https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/the%20healing%20next%20time.html

Our 2018 winner: #WhyImNoLongerTalkingToWhitePeopleAboutRace by @renireni https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race-9781408870587/">https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-im...

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race

THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION NARRATIVE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018FOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARBLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF THE...

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race-9781408870587/

#Kumukanda by @KayoChingonyi https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1112511/kumukanda/9781784741396.html">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111...

Kumukanda

*Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2018* *Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award 2018* *Shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Prize 2017* *Shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Centre First Poetry Collection...

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1112511/kumukanda/9781784741396.html

#HoldTight by @unseenflirt https://www.influxpress.com/hold-tight ">https://www.influxpress.com/hold-tigh...

Hold Tight — Influx Press

https://www.influxpress.com/hold-tight

#BoneReaders by our inaugural winner @rosswriterj (And the brand new #BlackRainFalling): https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/jacob-ross/the-bone-readers/9780751574463/">https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/ja...

The Bone Readers

WINNER OF THE JHALAK PRIZE 'The Bone Readers is a page-turner, but its insights and language are equally testament to a literary novel of impressive depth...

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/jacob-ross/the-bone-readers/9780751574463/

#SpeakGigantular by @IrenosenOkojie https://www.jacarandabooksartmusic.co.uk/products/speak-gigantular">https://www.jacarandabooksartmusic.co.uk/products/...

Speak Gigantular

Shortlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, the Saboteur Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award and the Jhalak Prize. A startling debut short story collection from the award-winning author of...

https://www.jacarandabooksartmusic.co.uk/products/speak-gigantular

#Orangeboy by @LawrencePatrice https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/patrice-lawrence/orangeboy/9781444927207/">https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/pa...

Orangeboy

WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE FOR OLDER READERS, SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD AND THE YA BOOK PRIZE "A truly brillian...

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/patrice-lawrence/orangeboy/9781444927207/

#BlackAndBritish by @DavidOlusoga https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/david-olusoga/black-and-british/9781509837113">https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/d...

Black and British by David Olusoga

A vital re-examination of a shared history, published to accompany the landmark BBC Two series

https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/david-olusoga/black-and-british/9781509837113

#AnotherDayintheDeathofAmerica by @garyyounge https://www.faber.co.uk/books/non-fiction/9781783351022-another-day-in-the-death-of-america.html">https://www.faber.co.uk/books/non...

Another Day in the Death of America

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE, THE JHALAK PRIZE, THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION AND THE BREAD AND ROSES AWARD Saturday, 23rd November 2013. It was just another day in America. And as befits...

https://www.faber.co.uk/books/non-fiction/9781783351022-another-day-in-the-death-of-america.html

LOADS more of our longlists at our website. Buy and read their books. Follow the writers here. We have included their handles.

We keep seeing tweets about how well intentioned white people can& #39;t find our voices.

Now there is no excuse: https://www.jhalakprize.com/ ">https://www.jhalakprize.com/">...

Jhalak Prize - Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour

First awarded in March 2017, the Jhalak Prize, seeks to celebrate books by British/British resident BAME writers.

https://www.jhalakprize.com/

Also LOADS more writers here on our TL and our following list. Look us up. We are in plain sight. You just choose to not see us!

So if you really mean #BlackLivesMatterUK, listen to the voices that speak eloquently, loudly, constantly, but you choose to unhear.

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