Shortlist for Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2024 announced

The shortlist for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize has been revealed today, featuring six extraordinary, emerging voices whose writing plays with formal inventiveness to explore the timeless themes of grief, identity and family.

The shortlist includes: A Spell of Good Things by AyòbámiAdébáyò (Canongate Books) – novel (Nigeria); Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson (Viking, Penguin Random House UK) – novel (UK/Ghana); The Glutton by A. K. Blakemore (Granta) – novel (England, UK), Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan (Faber & Faber) – poetry collection (Hong Kong); Local Fires by Joshua Jones (Parthian Books) – short story collection (Wales, UK); and Biography of X by Catherine Lacey (Granta) – novel (US). The winner of the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2024 will be revealed in Swansea on May 16.