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Ayanna Lloyd Banwo wins American Book Award

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When We Were Birds by UEA alumna and current student Ayanna Lloyd Banwo has been named a winner of the 44th annual Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award, an award created to provide recognition of outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s diverse literary community. Ayanna (pictured) is from Trinidad and graduated from […]

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo and Tom Watson shortlisted for Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award

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Novels by two UEA alumni have been shortlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award. Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (pictured), who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2018 and is currently completing her PhD in Creative and Critical Writing, is nominated for When We Were Birds (Hamish Hamilton); and Tom Watson, who graduated from […]

Tom Watson and Ayanna Lloyd Banwo longlisted for Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award

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Novels by two UEA alumni have been longlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award. Tom Watson (pictured), who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2017 as the recipient of the Curtis Brown Prize, is nominated for Metronome (Bloomsbury), and Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing […]

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo wins Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award

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When We Were Birds by UEA writer Ayanna Lloyd Banwo has won the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award. Ayanna (pictured) is from Trinidad and graduated from the University of the West Indies before gaining an MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2018. She is currently completing her PhD in Creative & Critical […]

Taymour Soomro and Ayanna Lloyd Banwo shortlisted for McKitterick Prize

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Novels by two UEA alumni have been shortlisted for the McKitterick Prize for a first novel by a writer over 40. Taymour Soomro (pictured), who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2016 and the PhD in Creative and Critical Writing in 2021, is nominated for Other Names for Love. Ayanna Lloyd […]

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo shortlisted for The Kitschies Golden Tentacle Award

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When We Were Birds by UEA writer Ayanna Lloyd Banwo has been shortlisted for The Kitschies’ Golden Tentacle Award. The Kitschies are annual awards for progressive, intelligent, and entertaining genre literature, and the Golden Tentacle category is for debut novels. She recently won the Overall and Fiction prizes in the 2023 OCM Bocas Prize for […]

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo wins Overall OCM Bocas Prize for Literature

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When We Were Birds by UEA writer Ayanna Lloyd Banwo has been named as the Overall winner, in addition to winning the Fiction category, in the 2023 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, sponsored by One Caribbean Media. Ayanna (pictured) is from Trinidad and graduated from the University of the West Indies before gaining an […]

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo shortlisted for Jhalak Prize

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When We Were Birds by UEA writer Ayanna Lloyd Banwo has been shortlisted for the 2023 Jhalak Prize, which celebrates books by British/British resident BAME writers. Ayanna (pictured) is from Trinidad and graduated from the University of the West Indies before gaining an MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2018. She is currently completing […]

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo wins OCM Bocas Prize for Fiction

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When We Were Birds by UEA writer Ayanna Lloyd Banwo has won the Fiction category in the 2023 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, sponsored by One Caribbean Media. Ayanna (pictured) is from Trinidad and graduated from the University of the West Indies before gaining an MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2018. She is […]