Oyinkan Braithwaite triumphs at The British Book Awards

Cursed Daughters picks up Audiobook of the Year: Fiction award at The Nibbies

Oyinkan Braithwaite - credit: Amaal Said

W.F. Howes, RBmedia’s UK publishing brand, is celebrating its Fiction Audiobook of the Year win at the 2026 British Book Awards for Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite. The British Book Awards, widely known as The Nibbies, honour the best in UK publishing and bookselling each year. The 2026 winners were announced on 11 May.

Praising its “authenticity” and “richness”, judges described themselves as being “blown away” by the audio edition, hailing the narrators for creating a “deeply human” listening experience.

The highly anticipated follow-up to Braithwaite’s global bestseller My Sister, The Serial Killer, Cursed Daughters is a multi-narrator production, featuring three celebrated Nigerian voice actors - Weruche Opia, Nnei Opia Clark, and Diana Yekinni - who bring this stunning story to life.

Captivating, dark, and wickedly funny, the story follows Eniiyi, a young Lagosian woman who must shake off a curse that has plagued her family for generations. Is she destined to live out the habitual tragic story of love and heartbreak, or can she finally break the pattern once and for all?

“Oyinkan is without a doubt one of the most exciting authors out there,” said Habiba Sacranie, Senior Acquisitions Editor at W. F. Howes. “She burst onto the international literary scene with the explosive success of My Sister, The Serial Killer, and followed it up beautifully with Cursed Daughters - an absolute gem of a novel. It is an inspiration to see her brilliant work pick up an award of this calibre and we’re delighted to continue playing an integral role in her journey. We couldn’t be more excited about winning this hugely prestigious award alongside her. It is such a big achievement for the company and testament to the hard work that goes on behind-the-scenes at W. F. Howes to publish top-quality audiobooks year in and year out.”