Prize Winners

Join Brighton Book Festival in a conversation with literary prize winners  as they talk about their work and what winning has done for them.

This incredible evening is a unique look into the life and writing of a major prize winner and their writing and personal journey.  This is an evening not to be missed.

Exploring the Politics of Fiction:

An Evening with Prize Winners Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams. Natasha and Luke , used to live in Edinburgh but Natasha now lives in Brussels and Luke in Kilcreggan. Their collaborative novel Diego Garcia was published by Fitzcarraldo (UK) and Semiotext(e) (US) in 2022 and won that year's Goldsmith’s Prize.

Dr. Olivia Umurerwa Rutazibwa,  is a Belgian/Rwandan International Relations scholar and former journalist and Senior Research Fellow of the Johannesburg Institute of Advanced Studies (JIAS), South Africa. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Human Rights and Politics at the London School of Economics (LSE) and her research and teaching focuses on ways to decolonise (international) solidarity.who will chair the discussion. 

This event is made possible by Brighton Book Festival collaboration with The Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics (CAPPE) at the University of Brighton, for a thought-provoking discussion on the intersection of fiction, politics, and formal radicalism. 

This event is also part of the Horizon Europe/UKRI Innovate Horizon Europe Guarantee – funded project Cartography of the Political Novel in Europe (CAPONEU). CAPONEU sets out to examine how people in different national and cultural contexts engage with contemporary political issues and thereby have their share in shaping European societies and politics in the 21st century. CAPONEU brings together an interdisciplinary research team that seeks not only to unpack the rich literary heritage of the 20th century but also to make the political novel experiences relevant to our present.