Gurnaik Johal

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Gurnaik Johal (born 1998) is a British writer of Indian origin. Originally from Northolt, London, he studied at the University of Manchester. [1]

Johal's debut collection of short stories, We Move, was published in 2022. Among other honours, it won the Somerset Maugham Award. His sophomore novel, Saraswati, is due out in 2025. [2] [3] [4]

We Move (2022)

We Move was published April 2022, by Serpent's Tail, and contains 17 stories:

  1. Arrival
  2. The Red River
  3. Leave to Remain
  4. Chatpata: Kaam
  5. Strange Attractor
  6. Flight Path
  7. SYM
  8. The Turn
  9. Chatpata: Ahankar
  10. Afterimage
  11. The Piano
  12. Haven Green
  13. Be More Roy
  14. Chatpata: Moh
  15. Freehold
  16. The Twelfth of Never
  17. We Move

The collection was generally well received by critics, [5] [6] [7] [8] with both The Guardian and Hindustan Times named it one of the best books of 2022. [9] [10] It won the 2023 Somerset Maugham Award [11] and the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award.[ citation needed ] Prior to the collection's publication, "Arrival" won the 2022 Galley Beggar Press Short Story Award, [12] and "The Piano" had been shortlisted for the 2018 Guardian and Fourth Estate BAME Short Story Prize. [13]

In 2025 Saraswati was shortlisted for Waterstones debut fiction prize. [14]

References

  1. ↑ Sethi, Anita (26 March 2022). "Gurnaik Johal: 'I am constantly wondering about the lives of others'". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  2. ↑ Guha, Keshava (10 June 2025). "Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal review – an ambitious Indian panorama". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "We Move". Serpent's Tail. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  4. ↑ Shariatmadari, David; Jordan, Justine; Spencer, Liese (28 December 2024). "From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Pope Francis: the books to look forward to in 2025". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  5. ↑ Goyal, Sana (1 April 2022). "We Move by Gurnaik Johal review – virtuosic stories of British-Punjabi life". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  6. ↑ Self, John (4 April 2022). "We Move by Gurnaik Johal review – a colourful tapestry of multicultural lives". The Observer. ISSN   0029-7712 . Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  7. ↑ Srinivasan, Krishna (26 April 2022). "We Move by Gurnaik Johal - "short story writing at its finest"". The Gryphon. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  8. ↑ Bhasin, Simar (21 July 2022). "Review: We Move by Gurnaik Johal" . Hindustan Times . Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  9. ↑ Jordan, Justine (3 December 2022). "Best fiction of 2022". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "HT reviewers pick their best reads of 2022". Hindustan Times . 23 December 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  11. ↑ McDonald, Teddy (29 June 2023). "'A plethora of riches' – announcing the winners of the 2023 Society of Authors' Awards". The Society of Authors. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "In conversation with...Gurnaik Johal". FLO London. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  13. ↑ Armitstead, Claire (6 August 2018). "BAME short story prize shortlist ranges across modern life". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  14. ↑ Creamer, Ella (17 June 2025). "Waterstones debut fiction prize 2025 shortlist announced". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2 July 2025.


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