Kate Mosse and Sunny Singh have revealed the opposition facing their book prizes, with people at first accusing the Jhalak of "diluting literary merit". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-20 05:15:55 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster UK has collaborated with the Jhalak Prize in its Books to Readers programme, which aims to boost sales and visibility for longlisted writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-05-25 00:26:21 UTC ]
National Book Tokens has launched a partnership with the Jhalak Prize, aiming to help promote the 2021 nominated titles among booksellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-03-01 00:58:20 UTC ]
The Jhalak Prize, which annually awards the Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour, has launched a new, second prize for books for children and young adults. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 07:13:10 UTC ]
Sunny Singh, the co-founder of the Jhalak Prize, has said lockdown caused by the pandemic is an opportunity to reassess equality in the industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-27 11:18:23 UTC ]
Television presenter and musician wins £1,000 prize for writers of colour, with ‘exceptionally thoughtful’ debut AfropeanExtract from Afropean: ‘It really was another world’Johny Pitts has won the Jhalak prize for his debut book Afropean, an examination of life in black communities across... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-05-26 18:44:35 UTC ]
The six-strong shortlist for the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour has been announced. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-14 02:53:35 UTC ]
The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour has unveiled its longlist for 2020 with debut author Candice Carty-Williams making the list alongside children's authors Dean Atta and Jasbinder Bilan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-02 13:35:48 UTC ]
Sunny Singh reflects on how far the Jhalak Prize and the publishing industry have come since the award was founded, and how far there is to go. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Reni Eddo-Lodge are some of the authors in the running for the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour, on a longlist of books published mostly by independent presses. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The founders of the Jhalak Prize have said that smaller publishers are doing the “heavy lifting” when it comes to publishing “new, brave and unusual voices” from UK-based writers of colour. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The inaugural Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour was awarded in March. Co-founder and chair of judges Sunny Singh analyses what the 100-plus submissions made to the prize reveal about the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Conservative MP Philip Davies complained to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) that the Jhalak Prize unlawfully discriminated against white people, it has emerged. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Titles from independents Faber, Peepal Tree Press, Chicken House and Jacaranda feature on the inaugural shortlist for the Jhalak Prize for a Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour, alongside works from PRH's Harvill Secker and Pan Macmillan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Shappi Khorsandi has expanded on the reasons for her decision to withdraw Nina is Not OK (Ebury) from the Jhalak Prize longlist, saying she wants her writing to be "inclusive" to all her readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
British comedian and author Shappi Khorsandi has withdrawn her book Nina Is Not OK (Ebury) from The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour longlist because she says it "felt like my skin colour was up for an award rather than my book". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour has announced its inaugural longlist, recognising authors including Malorie Blackman, Gary Younge and Abir Mukherjee. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Jhalak prize lines up 12 titles – taking in fiction, history, politics and YA fantasy – showcasing ‘the strength, range and promise’ of UK writers of colour A debut novel about inherited identity, a dystopian fantasy from a former children’s laureate, a study of Indian healthcare and radical... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sunny Singh, author and chair of judges for the Jhalak Prize, has called the efforts of British publishers "pathetic" due to the "shockingly low" submissions to the prize created to celebrate British BAME writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour is now accepting submissions for its inaugural prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]