Thread by @jhalakprize

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 #BlackLivesMatterUK
jhalakprize.com/the-prize

Our 2020 winner #Afropean by @johnypitts penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/…

#Remembered by @YBattleFelton hachette.co.uk/titles/yvonne-…

#Queenie by @CandiceC_W
simonandschuster.com/books/Queenie/…

#TheBlackFlamingo by @DeanAtta
hachette.co.uk/titles/dean-at…

#Surge by Jay Bernard
penguin.co.uk/books/111/1116…

#HostileEnvironment by @MayaGoodfellow
versobooks.com/books/3064-hos…

Our 2019 winner, #InOurMadAndFuriousCity by Guy Gunaratne: headline.co.uk/titles/guy-gun…

#Natives by @akalamusic tworoadsbooks.com/titles/akala/n…

#MotherCountry by @CharlieBCuff headline.co.uk/titles/charlie…

#TheTerrible by @YrsaDaleyWard
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/563909/t…

#Brit(ish) by @afuahirsch
penguin.co.uk/books/111/1112…

#TheHealingNextTime by Roy McFarlane (at @NineArchesPress)

ninearchespress.com/publications/p…

Our 2018 winner: #WhyImNoLongerTalkingToWhitePeopleAboutRace by @renireni
bloomsbury.com/uk/why-im-no-l…

#Kumukanda by @KayoChingonyi penguin.co.uk/books/111/1112…

#HoldTight by @unseenflirt
influxpress.com/hold-tight

#BoneReaders by our inaugural winner @rosswriterj (And the brand new #BlackRainFalling):

hachette.co.uk/titles/jacob-r…

#SpeakGigantular by @IrenosenOkojie jacarandabooksartmusic.co.uk/products/speak…

#Orangeboy by @LawrencePatrice
hachette.co.uk/titles/patrice…

#BlackAndBritish by @DavidOlusoga panmacmillan.com/authors/david-…

#AnotherDayintheDeathofAmerica by @garyyounge
faber.co.uk/books/non-fict…

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't find our voices.

Now there is no excuse:

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.