The Jhalak Prize shortlists 2024
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The 2024 shortlists for the Jhalak Prize and Jhalak Children and YA prize have just been announced!
A few Lighthouse favourites, including Noreen Masud's A Flat Place and Jason Allen-Paisant's Self-Portrait as Othello are in there with plenty more to discover - have a look at them all below!
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- A Flat Place
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- Masud, Noreen

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- Anansi's Gold : The man who swindled the world
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- Yeebo, Yepoka

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- Boundary Road
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- Rao, Ami

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- Fire Rush : SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023
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- Crooks, Jacqueline

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- Self-Portrait as Othello
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- Allen-Paisant, Jason

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- Twelve Words for Moss
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- Burnett, Elizabeth-Jane

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- Geoffrey Gets the Jitters
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- Shireen, Nadia

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- How To Die Famous
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- Dean, Benjamin, Bradley, Nerissa, Brown, Chase, Glasgow, Troy, Rogers, Julie

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- Safiyyah's War
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- Khan, Hiba Noor

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- Steady For This : the laugh-out-loud and unforgettable teen novel of the year!
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- Lessore, Nathanael

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- To The Other Side
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- Meza, Erika

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- Wild Song
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- Gourlay, Candy