‘Pleasure and invigoration’: Diana Evans wins UK’s Jhalak prose prize
Awards for prose, children’s writing and poetry, for writers of colour in UK and Ireland, come with £1,000 Diana Evans has won this year’s Jhalak prose prize for I Want to Talk to You, a nonfiction collection on subjects ranging from Jean Rhys and Toni Morrison to lockdowns and the British monarchy. The book, described as a “pleasure and an invigoration” by the Guardian’s reviewer Alex Clark, was announced as the 10th winner at a reception on Wednesday evening. Continue reading...
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Diana Evans won the prose prize for her book I Want to Talk to You. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The GuardianView image in fullscreenDiana Evans won the prose prize for her book I Want to Talk to You. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The GuardianBooks‘Pleasure and invigoration’: Diana Evans wins UK’s Jhalak prose prizeAwards for prose, children’s writing and poetry, for writers of colour in UK and Ireland, come with £1,000Ella CreamerWed 10 Jun 2026 14.30 EDTLast modified on Wed 10 Jun 2026 15.29 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleDiana Evans has won this year’s Jhalak prose prize for I Want to Talk to You, a nonfiction collection on subjects ranging from Jean Rhys and Toni Morrison to lockdowns and the British monarchy.The book, described as a “pleasure and an invigoration” by the Guardian’s…
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