Commonwealth Prize
The Commonwealth Prize was awarded on Sunday at the Franschhoek Literary Festival in South Africa. The Best Book award was given to Lawrence Hill of Canada, and Best First Book went to Tahmima Anam of Bangladesh
Best Book
The Hangman’s Game by Karen King-Aribisala (Nigeria)
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill (Canada)
Animal’s People by Indra Sinha (India)
The Time We Have Taken by Steven Carroll (Australia)
Best First Book
Imagine This by Sade Adeniran (Nigeria)
The End of the Alphabet by C S Richardson (Canada)
A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam (Bangladesh)
The Anatomy of Wings by Karen Foxlee (Australia)
