Awards & Press
"Jacaranda has held the torch for diversity in publishing for a long time — and long before major publishers finally got on the train... The whole population should be inspired to read its books." — Judges at the British Book Awards.
Jacaranda Books also won the Inclusivity in Publishing Award at the International Excellence Awards 2019.
2022
Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejidé: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction.
Pleasantview by Celeste Mohammed: Shortlisted for the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature.
Are We Home Yet? by Katy Massey: Longlisted for the Portico Prize.
LOTE by Shola von Reinhold: Winner of the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction; Winner of the Republic of Consciousness Prize.
Bad Love by Maame Blue: Winner of the Society of Authors' Betty Trask Award; Shortlisted for the Betty Trask Prize.
Are We Home Yet? by Katy Massey: Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize; Distinguished Favourite (Race Relations) at the NYC Big Book Awards.
A Book of Secrets by Kate Morrison: Distinguished Favourite (Historical Fiction) at the NYC Big Book Awards.
If I Don't Have You by Sareeta Domingo: Shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards.
The Street Hawker's Apprentice by Kabir Kareem-Bello: Longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards.
2020
LOTE by Shola von Reinhold: Longlisted for the Not the Booker Prize.
Bad Love by Maame Blue: Longlisted for the Not the Booker Prize.
Living the Dream by Isabelle Dupuy: Longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards.
A Book of Secrets by Kate Morrison: Longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards; Longlisted for the Historical Writers' Association Debut Crown Award.
A Girl Called Eel by Ali Zamir, translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins: Winner of the Society of Authors' Scott Moncrieff Prize.
2019
Praise Song For The Butterflies by Bernice L. McFadden: Longlisted for the Women's Fiction Prize.
Seven Stones by Venus Khoury-Ghata, translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins: Shortlisted for the Society of Authors' Scott Moncrieff Prize.
Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin by Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin: Listed on the Publisher's Association 2019 Summer Reading List for Parliamentarians; Adapted for the critically acclaimed six-part documentary series produced by Jay Z and Paramount Pictures.
A Girl Called Eel by Ali Zamir: Listed in Cosmopolitan’s Books to Read in 2019.
2018
A Girl Called Eel by Ali Zamir: Awarded the English PEN Translates Award Prize.
Radio Sunrise by Anietie Isong: Winner of the Society of Authors' McKitterick Prize; Longlisted for the 9mobile (formerly Etisalat) Prize for Literature.
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline: Shortlisted for the Sunburst Award.
2017
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline: Winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Young People’s Literature; Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature; Shortlisted for the New York Public Library Best Book for Teens.
The Book of Harlan by Bernice L. McFadden: Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Fiction; Winner of the American Book Award; Soon-to-be a motion picture.
Radio Sunrise by Anietie Isong: Shortlisted for the Kingston University Big Read 2017.
Speak Gigantular by Irenosen Okojie: Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize; Shortlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize.
2016
Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila: Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize.
Butterfly Fish by Irenosen Okojie: Winner of the Betty Trask Award.
2015
Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila: Winner of the Etisalat Prize for Literature; Winner of the PEN Translates Award.
2014
So the Path Does Not Die by Pede Hollist: Winner of the African Literature Association Book of the Year.