Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Patrice Lawrence win Jhalak Prizes
Recognising excellent work by British and British-resident writers of colour since its inception in 2016, the Jhalak Prize added the Children’s and Young Adult Prize in 2020. Uniquely, the Jhalak Prize celebrates writing across genre and format.
Each writer was awarded £1,000 and the specially commissioned trophies created by artists Amber Khokhar and Ruthine Burton, respectively.
Patrice Lawrence appears in next week’s WritersMosaic, as our profiled author.
Mother Tongues
The Moroccan writer and filmmaker Abdellah Taïa's dedication to his mother
Remembering Parnia Abbasi
The tragic death of a young Iranian poet killed in an Israeli airstrike.
Finding Poetic Inspiration in Uncertainty
Poet Anthony Anaxagorou explores his approach to poetic inspiration, embracing the confused, vulnerable and ordinary.
The New Carthaginians
Nick Makoha's new poetry collection inspired by the work of the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.
One To One: John & Yoko
Exploring the Ono-Lennon’s move into a small two room apartment in 1970s New York.
The Brightening Air
Desire and sacrifice compete in Conor McPherson's visceral family drama.
Preaching
'Preaching': A new poem by the T.S.Eliot Prize-winning poet Roger Robinson, from his forthcoming New and Selected collection, due from Bloomsbury in 2026.
Walking in the Wake
Walking in the Wake was produced for the Estuary Festival (2021) in collaboration with Elsa James, Dubmorphology and Michael McMillan who meditates on the River Thames as we follow black pilgrims traversing sites of Empire.
Illuminating, in-depth conversations between writers.
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