Tag: Kevin Jared Hosein
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Kevin Jared Hosein wins Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2024
Kevin Jared Hosein’s novel Hungry Ghosts won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2024 in Melrose, UK on Thursday, June 13, 2024. The Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction is a British literary award created by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, whose ancestors were closely linked to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, generally…
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Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2024 shortlist announced
Kai Thomas and Kevin Jared Hosein are on the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2024 shortlist announced on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction is a British literary award created by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, whose ancestors were closely linked to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, generally…
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OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2024 shortlists announced.
Safiya Sinclair, Nicole Sealey, and Kevin Jared Hosein are the shortlisted writers of the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2024 announced in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday, April 7, 2024. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, worth US$10,000, is an annual award for literary books by Caribbean writers, first handed…
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Dylan Thomas Prize 2024 longlist announced.
The longlist for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2024 was announced in Swansea, Wales on Thursday, January 25, 2024. Here are the writers of African descent on it. Dylan Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer who became widely popular in his lifetime and remained so after his premature death at the age of…
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Fred D’Aguiar, Louise Umutoni, Kevin Jared Hosein to judge Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2022
Fred D’Aguiar, Kevin Jared Hosein, and Louise Umutoni are on the judging panel for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2022 announced today, September 22, 2021. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction in English in the regions of Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, the Caribbean, and the…