Tulba shortlisted for Dylan Thomas Prize

9 October 2013 Books+Publishing

Australian author Majok Tulba has been shortlisted for this year’s Dylan Thomas Prize in the UK.

Tulba’s novel Beneath the Darkening Sky (Hamish Hamilton) is shortlisted along with two other novels, two works of poetry and two short stories, all of which are debut works. The other authors on the shortlist are: Tim Leach (The Last King of Lydia, Atlantic), Marli Roode (Call It Dog, Atlantic), Claire Vaye Watkins, (Battleborn, Granta), Prajwal Parajuly (The Gurkha’s Daughter, Quercus), James Brookes (Sins of the Leopard, Salt) and Jemma L King (The Shape of a Forest, Parthian).

The winner will receive a cash prize of £30,000 (approximately A$51,180) and a bronze bust of Dylan Thomas. The winner’s announcement will be made at a ceremony in Swansea, Wales, the birthplace of Dylan Thomas, in November.

As previously reported by Books+Publishing, UK author Emma Chapman (How to Be a Good Wife, Picador), who spent the past four years living in Australia, was also longlisted for the prize. To see the full longlist, click here.

The Dylan Thomas Prize, which is sponsored by the University of Swansea, is open to any writer under the age of 30 who has been published in English. For more information, see the Dylan Thomas Prize website here.

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