Join us to celebrate Raven Leilani, the winner of the £20,000 prestigious literary prize for writers aged 39 and under. This year's winner talks with the 2020 recipient, who won with Lot, his collection of short stories of a young man finding his place among family and community in Houston.
The 2021 shortlist comprised of:
Alligator and Other Stories by Dima Alzayat (Syria/USA)
Kingdomtide by Rye Curtis (USA)
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi (Nigeria/USA)
Pew by Catherine Lacey (USA)
Luster by Raven Leilani (USA)
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell (USA)
Leilani will also appear later in the Festival in our 10@10 series in conversation with Pandora Sykes on Friday 4 June [event 115]
