Booker Prize

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Best climate fiction reads 2024: Meet the finalists of a new UK prize

The first-ever Climate Fiction prize has announced its longlist of books - and they’re all written by women.

16 December 2024

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Sarah Jessica Parker on the 2025 Booker Prize judging panel

Sarah Jessica Parker is a judge on the newly announced panel for the 2025 Booker Prize. The ‘Sex and the City’ star will join panel chair Roddy Doyle alongside three other authors.

10 December 2024

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Percival Everett wins National Book Award for 'James'

After disappointment at the Booker Prize, Everett has taken home one of the US's top gongs for his retelling of Mark Twain's story.

21 November 2024

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Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize with 'Orbital'

The judges described Harvey's "Orbital" as a “miraculous novel” with a “crystalline” style that makes the world feel “strange and new”.

13 November 2024

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Record number of female writers make 2024 Booker Prize shortlist

This year’s Booker Prize shortlist features the highest number of female writers shortlisted in the prize’s 55-year history, as well as the first Dutch author to be shortlisted.

17 September 2024

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Booker Prize longlist: Several European authors make the cut

The 2024 Booker Prize longlist marks two firsts: a Dutch writer and a Native American author are among the nominees.

1 August 2024

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International Booker Prize 2024: 'Kairos' by Jenny Erpenbeck wins

Jenny Erpenbeck is the first German writer to win the International Booker Prize.

21 May 2024

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International Booker Prize 2024: Shortlist announced

Six books spanning six languages, six countries and three continents contend for this year's biggest international language literary award.

9 April 2024

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Booker Prize 2024: Judges announced for Britain's top literary award

As submissions open for next year's Booker Prize, the 2024 judging panel for the leading literary award in the English-speaking world has been announced.

14 December 2023

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A.S. Byatt: Author of award-winning novel ‘Possession’ dies aged 87

"She died peacefully at home surrounded by close family. A girl from Sheffield with a strong European sensibility, Antonia had a remarkable mind which produced a unique creative vision."

17 November 2023

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'A list to bring wonder': 2023 Booker Prize longlist announced

The 13 books on the list cover a wide range of themes, including moving personal dramas and tragi-comic family sagas, as well as the effects of climate change and the oppression of minorities.

1 August 2023