Picture Book

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Bessie's Bees by Ana Gómez, George Kirk (Templar)

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Carnival Queen by Donette Williams-Harry, Amélie-Anne Calmo (Little Tiger)

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Cloud Boy by Greg Stobbs (Oxford University Press)

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My Rice is Best by Selina Brown, Maxwell A.Oginni (Puffin)

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Noah’s New Home by Zeshan Akhter, Nabila Adani (Templar Books)

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Little Rhino Lost by Candy Gourlay, Jamie Bauza (Otter Barry Books)

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Super Nani and Captain Yaz by Saira Shah, Maria Gabriela Gama (Templar Books)

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The Bicycle by Patricia McCormick and Mevan Babakar, Yas Imamura (Farshore)

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The Tour at School: Because you’re the new kid by Katie Clapham, Nadia Shireen (Walker Books)

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Children's

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How to Roller-Skate with One Leg by Ella Dove, Jennifer Jamieson (Orchard Books)

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Kofi and the Brand New Vibe by Jeffrey Boakye (Faber & Faber)

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My Name is Samim by Fidan Meikle (Kelpies/Floris Books)

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My Soul, A Shining Tree by Jamila Gavin (Farshore)

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Naeli and the Secret Song by Jasbinder Bilan (Chicken House)

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Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past by Maisie Chan (Piccadilly Press)

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Runaways by E.L.Norry (Bloomsbury Children's Books)

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Running My Own Race by Abena Eyeson (Nosy Crow)​

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Supa Nova by Chanté Timothy (Nosy Crow)

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YA 

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Girl, Ultra-Processed by Amara Sage (Faber & Faber)

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Heartbreaker by Anika Hussain (Hot Key Books)

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Love on Sight by Asli Jensen (Chicken House)

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Mondays Are Murder by Ravena Guron (Usborne)​

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Odd Girl Out by Tasneem Abdur-Rashid (David Fickling Books)

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Roar by Manjeet Mann (Penguin Random House)

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Stealing Happy by Brian Conaghan (Bloomsbury YA)

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The Girl with the Red Boots by Alex Wheatle (Hodder Children's Books)

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’Til Death by Busayo Matuluko (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)

 

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Adult

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Chaotic Energy by Stephanie Yeboah (Orion)

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Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

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Hail Mary by Funmi Fetto (Magpie)

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Kakigori Summer by Emily Itami (Phoenix)

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Salutation Road by Salma Ibrahim (Mantle)

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The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri (Orbit)

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The Kill List by Nadine Matheson (HQ)

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The Manual for Good Wives by Lola Jaye (Pan Macmillan)

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What Happens in the Dark by Kia Abdullah (HarperCollins)

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Picture Book/Children's/YA Non-Fiction

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Different Like Us! Inspiring Real Stories from Kids Everywhere by Margaret Rooke (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)  - Children's

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It's a Brave Young World by Anu Adebogun, Soofiya and Lila Cruz (Little Tiger) - YA​

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TEN Children Who Changed the World by Paterson Joseph, Rumbidzai Savanhu (Wren & Rook/Hachette) - Children's

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The Endless Sea by Chi Thai, Linh Dao (Walker Books) - Picture Books​

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We Are Your Children by David Roberts (Two Hoots) - YA

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Non-Fiction Adult

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Act Normal: Joy and Despair in Postcolonial Britain by Pete Kalu (HopeRoad)

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To Be Young, Gifted and Black by Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason (OneWorld)

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The Science of Racism by Keon West (Picador)

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The Trembling Hand by Mathelinda Nabugodi (Hamish Hamilton)

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Who Wants Normal? Life Lessons from Disabled Women by Frances Ryan (Fig Tree)

 

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