Created by bestselling, award-winning author Abiola Bello and award-winning publicist Helen Lewis. We want to highlight the best of the diverse voices published in the UK & Ireland both traditionally and self-published. We believe there's a need to showcase the talent of marginalised voices, so we came up with The Diverse Book Awards to open a space where the spotlight is on them. 

 

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Longlist: July 31st We open January 12th 2026

Winners panel January 21st 2026 @ Waterstones Piccadilly 

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'One of the UK's leading book prize' 

Waterstones 

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Free posters to display fantastic diverse books! Have a look!

Schools, libraries and hospitals can request free books. OPEN

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