Catriona Troth

Freelance Writer. Regular contributor to @WordswithJam magazine. Member of Writers' Collective @Triskelebooks.

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

Congratulations to Fidan Meikle for winning the 2026 Jhalak Children's & Young Adult Prize for #MyNameisSamim.

Many thanks to artist and book illustrator Hoang Giang for creating the unique art that serves as the 'trophy' for the 2026 winner

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

Congratulations to Diana Evans for winning the 2026 Jhalak Prose Prize for #IWanttoTalktoYou.

Many thanks to artist Munir Wakad for creating the unique art that serves as the 'trophy' for the 2026 winner

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

Congratulations to Maggie Harris for winning the 2026 Jhalak Poetry Prize for #ISingtotheGreenhearts.

Many thanks to artist Malak Mattar for creating the unique art that serves as the 'trophy' for the 2026 winner

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

“The difference [since I was one of the first judges, ten years ago] is not in quality but in the breadth and diversity of work. The longlist provides readers with brilliant reads.” - @catwrote, judge, Jhalak Prose Prize 2026 (and Year ONE of the Jhalak Prize)
#jhalakprize2026

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

Delighted to announce the winners of the 10th Jhalak Prize awards:
1. Children's & Young Adult: Fidan Meikle, #MyNameisSamim
2. Poetry: Maggie Harris, #ISingtotheGreenhearts
3. Prose: Diana Evans, #IWanttoTalktoYou
Congratulations to the winners!

[The Carnegies @CarnegieMedals]

King of Nothing has won the 2025 Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Medal for Writing! Congratulations @natelessore @BonnierBooks_UK @HotKeyBooks! #Carnegies2025

[Asylum Matters @AsylumMatters]

Some might try to divide our communities for political gain, but we see every single day how people go out of their way to welcome newcomers and speak out for the rights of people seeking sanctuary.

Share if the Britain you recognise is an island of solidarity, not of strangers.

[Catriona Troth @L1bCat]

Lovely to meet you properly @dancinginshado

[Catriona Troth @L1bCat]

And three artists in conversation #jhalakprize2025

[Catriona Troth @L1bCat]

Caught a lovely moment of @ProfSunnySingh interviewing three of the judges of @jhalakprize 202y

[Catriona Troth @L1bCat]

Three exquisite prizes awarded for the winners of the 2025 @jhalakprize

[Catriona Troth @L1bCat]

Bought this at the pop up bookshop at the #jhalakprize award ceremony

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

BUY Maame Blue's exquisitely written, poignant novel #TheRestofYou, shortlisted for the Jhalak Prose Prize.
https://t.co/WyseW3srm8
#jhalakprize25 #jhalakshowcase

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

Delighted to announce our 2025 winners:

1. Jhalak Children's & Young Adult Prize: @NateLessore for #KingofNothing (@HotKeyBooks)
2. Jhalak Poetry Prize: Mimi Khalvati for #CollectedPoems (@Carcanet)
3. Jhalak Prose Prize: N.S. Nuseibeh for #Namesake (@canongatebooks)

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

ANNOUNCING OUR 2025 SHORTLISTS. 3 Awards. 18 future classics that demonstrate the power of literature to challenge, inspire and transform our worlds! These are your #mustreads. Now and forever!
#booksfullofhopeloveandjoy
#JhalakPrize25

[Ink Sweat & Tears @InkSweatTears]

The @jhalakprize Shortlists were announced this morning and that for the first ever Poetry Prize is pretty special. IS&T interns were able to sit in on judging discussions and take notes – a huge opportunity.
We are proud to be a supporter of this prize. https://t.co/C6j91f8UvZ

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

#GiveawayAlert: School & community libraries: to celebrate announcing our #JhalakPrize25 shortlists on 22 April, we're giving away a FULL set of inaugural Jhalak Poetry Prize longlisted books (UK only). Reply & RT for a chance to win. #giveaway #EasterWeekend

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

Shocked and heartbroken.@brixtonbard was a brilliant author as well as a friend and supporter. He was an inaugural judge and helped design the criteria for our prize.
Here he is announcing the creation of the Jhalak Prize in 2016. We shall remember him for this joy.

[Catriona Troth @L1bCat]

@ProfSunnySingh @jhalakprize I think I remember you hinting at something (not sure if that was at that interview, but around then) so when the announcement came I thought, "ah, that's what that was all about!"

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

ANNOUNCING OUR 2025 LONGLISTS
3 Awards. 36 extraordinary books.
There is something for every reader. These are your #mustreads. Now and forever.
#JhalakPrize25