{"product_id":"jhalak-prize-shortlist-prose-2026-bundle-68-rrp-75-94","title":"Jhalak Prize Shortlist Prose 2026 Bundle £68 (RRP £75.94)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"MW5IWV\" data-motion-part=\"BG_LAYER comp-ja9fxolr\" data-hook=\"bgLayers\" id=\"bgLayers_comp-ja9fxolr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"VgO9Yg\" data-motion-part=\"BG_MEDIA comp-ja9fxolr\" id=\"bgMedia_comp-ja9fxolr\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-testid=\"inline-content\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-ja9fxolrinlineContent\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-ja9fxolrinlineContent-gridContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"richTextElement\" class=\"MMl86N zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-ja9fxolv wixui-rich-text\" id=\"comp-ja9fxolv\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mesh-id=\"comp-ja9fxolx-rotated-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"comp-ja9fxolx aVng1S wixui-horizontal-line\" id=\"comp-ja9fxolx\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"richTextElement\" class=\"MMl86N zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-ja9fxom0 wixui-rich-text\" id=\"comp-ja9fxom0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eIn Hindi and many related Northern Indian dialects, Jhalak means ‘glimpse’; implicitly brief, often tantalising with promise, piquing curiosity to explore further. It seems an appropriate name for the first prize for Book Of The Year By A Writer of Colour. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eThe Jhalak Prize will recognise the vastness of talent, ambition and creative vigour that is often overlooked by an industry that has yet to decolonize its gaze and acknowledge that we do not live in world of lactified centres and rainbow peripheries. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/a\/6750\/9781913109448\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAct Normal: Joy and Despair in Postcolonial Britain\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Pete Kalu (HopeRoad)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/a\/6750\/9781529929997\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCall Me Ishmaelle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Xiaolu Guo (Vintage) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/a\/6750\/9781805301738\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eForeign Fruit\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Katie Goh (Canongate) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/a\/6750\/9780861547692\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHail Mary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Funmi Fetto (Magpie)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/a\/6750\/9781784744243\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eI Want to Talk to You\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Diana Evans (Chatto \u0026amp; Windus) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/a\/6750\/9780008637606\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe South\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Tash Aw (Fourth Estate)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(Titles may take a couple of days to arrive as shortlisted books often sell out and go to reprint straight away when the list is announced)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookbag Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57748961493366,"sku":null,"price":68.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/9857\/1159\/files\/brigit_1.png?v=1777128883","url":"https:\/\/bookbag.shop\/products\/jhalak-prize-shortlist-prose-2026-bundle-68-rrp-75-94","provider":"Bookbag Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}