The Jhalak Prize 2021 Winners
The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour 2021 Winner
It is our very great pleasure to confirm The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi as the winner of the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour.
A captivating and rapturous coming-of-age tale set in Uganda under Idi Amin’s brutal reign, The First Woman weaves together family history and folklore into a stunning novel about the power of stories and what it means to belong.
‘The First Woman has magnetic, tender, vindictive, generous, oh-so-human characters whose journeys through the novel moved me […] to tears. Makumbi is a supremely gifted writer and The First Woman an astonishing accomplishment.’
Peter Kalu, JUDGE
The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour 2021 Shortlist
The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour 2021 Longlist
The Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize 2021 Winner
It is our very great pleasure to confirm Eight Pieces of Silva by Patrice Lawrence as the winner of the inaugural Jhalak Children’s and Young Adult Prize.
Filled with unforgettable characters, Lawrence’s deftly constructed YA mystery follows a gay teen in search of her disappeared stepsister, trying to unravel the enigma of Silva through eight clues she discovers in her room.
‘A mystery, a drama and a comedy, [Eight Pieces of Silva] feels like a book that is entirely of the moment, but with qualities that will make it endure.’
KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE, JUDGE
The Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize 2021 Shortlist
The Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize 2021 Longlist
Baby Girl by Ella Hill is also nominated but unfortunately is currently unavailable from Waterstones.com and so is not listed below.
Jhalak Prize Previous Winners
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