The inconvenient truth about this year’s Booker Prize winner
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The inconvenient truth about this year’s Booker Prize winner

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The Booker Prize is billed as “the world’s most significant award for a single work of fiction”. What is hard to believe, though, is that the Booker judges would have risked the fallout from trumpeting a shortlist dominated by “the highest number of women in the prize’s 55-year history” and, being fully aware that the prize has gone only six times to women since 2008, then handed the £50,000 award to the shortlist’s sole man. It can change conversations between people now.” open image in gallery Percival Everett’s ‘James’ was also a favourite to win this year’s prize The 2024 United Nations Conference of the Parties is taking place now in Baku, Azerbaijan, but I’m highly sceptical that Orbital, could make a jot of meaningful difference to changing the conversation about saving the planet. But while there are lots of things to admire about Orbital, I can’t match the admiration of De Waal, who hailed the book as “miraculous”, one he and his fellow judges felt “compelled to share”.

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BOOK REVIEW | Samantha Harvey’s Orbital’s Pertinent Political Point is Held Back by a Weak Narrative
2 months ago

BOOK REVIEW | Samantha Harvey’s Orbital’s Pertinent Political Point is Held Back by a Weak Narrative

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 27, 2025 08:41 IST - 4 MINS READ Six astronauts circle the earth aboard the International Space Station. Earth’s pageantry is breathtaking, from the “apricot desert of Takla Makan” to Santiago “in a cloud-hazed burn of gold” to the Nile, “a spillage of royal-blue ink”. “I’ve never been in space, I could never go to space, and …

Sarah Jessica Parker joins judging panel for 2025 Booker Prize
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Sarah Jessica Parker joins judging panel for 2025 Booker Prize

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Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As the Prize opens for submissions from publishers on Tuesday, the panel will also feature …

Booker Prize winner Samantha Harvey’s Orbital shows only a true talent can deliver a great short book
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Booker Prize winner Samantha Harvey’s Orbital shows only a true talent can deliver a great short book

The Independent  

When Orbital, a tale of some 136 pages, by Samantha Harvey, the 2024 Booker Prize winner, landed on my desk, my first thought was for an old friend, an acclaimed English writer, now in the twilight of his career. How can you claim to be the premier English fiction prize if you exclude new writing from the most dynamic expression …

Booker Prize 2024: British Writer Samantha Harvey Wins For Space Novel ‘Orbital’
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Booker Prize 2024: British Writer Samantha Harvey Wins For Space Novel ‘Orbital’

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 13, 2024 19:58 IST - 4 MINS READ British writer Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize for fiction on November 12 with Orbital, a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station that ponders the beauty and fragility of Earth. ‘Hopeful, timely, and timeless’ Writer and artist Edmund de Waal, who chaired the five-member judging panel, …

UK writer Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker with space novel
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UK writer Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker with space novel

Raw Story  

British writer Samantha Harvey won the prestigious Booker Prize on Tuesday for her short novel following six astronauts as they contemplate Earth from the International Space Station. "I was not expecting that," Harvey said upon learning of her win, the first by a woman since Atwood was recognised in 2019 for "The Testaments" alongside Bernardine Evaristo for "Girl, Woman, Other". …

Samantha Harvey becomes the first woman since 2019 to win the Booker Prize with Orbital, her groundbreaking space novel
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Samantha Harvey becomes the first woman since 2019 to win the Booker Prize with Orbital, her groundbreaking space novel

Hindustan Times  

In a groundbreaking moment for literature, British author Samantha Harvey has won the prestigious 2024 Booker Prize with her novel Orbital, making history as the first-ever Booker-winning book set in space. With this win, Harvey becomes the first woman since 2019 to win the Booker, marking a big milestone for women in literature. The book also made history as the …

British author Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize for Orbital
4 months, 2 weeks ago

British author Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize for Orbital

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Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It was my main reference point,” she said in an interview with BBC Radio 4’s …

British writer Samantha Harvey's space-station novel 'Orbital' wins the Booker Prize for fiction
4 months, 2 weeks ago

British writer Samantha Harvey's space-station novel 'Orbital' wins the Booker Prize for fiction

Deccan Chronicle  

London: British writer Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday with "Orbital", a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station. De Waal praised the crystalline writing and capaciousness of Harvey's succinct novel at 136 pages in its U.K. paperback edition, one of the shortest-ever Booker winners. The other finalists were American writer Rachel Kushner's spy …

The Hindu On Books newsletter: Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize for ‘Orbital’, Aditya Iyer’s ‘Gully Gully’ and more
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The Hindu On Books newsletter: Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize for ‘Orbital’, Aditya Iyer’s ‘Gully Gully’ and more

The Hindu  

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. It reflects Harvey’s extraordinary intensity of attention to the precious and precarious world we share.” In her review, Nandini Bhatia writes that Harvey offers a unique perspective in her novel, which concludes with a panoramic view of the “beautiful velvety poverty of man on earth that tips into the void”. …

English author Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize 2024 for her novel set in space, Orbital
4 months, 2 weeks ago

English author Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize 2024 for her novel set in space, Orbital

ABC  

English author Samantha Harvey has won the prestigious Booker Prize, worth 50,000 British pounds, for her novel, Orbital, about a team of six astronauts on board the International Space Station. The 2024 Booker Prize shortlist James by Percival Everett Orbital by Samantha Harvey Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner Held by Anne Michaels The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden Stone …

‘Orbital,’ which looks down on Earth in awe, wins the 2024 Booker Prize
4 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Orbital,’ which looks down on Earth in awe, wins the 2024 Booker Prize

LA Times  

A slim science fiction novel that looks at our “precious and precarious” world through the eyes of six astronauts on the International Space Station has won the 2024 Booker Prize. “Compact yet beautifully expansive, Orbital invites us to observe the Earth’s splendour, whilst reflecting on the individual and collective value of every human life,” the Booker Prize judges wrote. In …

British writer Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize for space novel Orbital
4 months, 2 weeks ago

British writer Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize for space novel Orbital

Al Jazeera  

Judges say award recognises the ‘beauty and ambition’ of the 136-page novel set on board the International Space Station. British writer Samantha Harvey has been awarded the 2024 Booker Prize for her “beautifully expansive” novel about a day in the life of six astronauts on board the International Space Station. “Everyone and no one is the subject, as six astronauts …

Samantha Harvey becomes first woman to win the Booker Prize in five years with 'Orbital' as she joins hosts of celebs at 2024 awards ceremony
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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Samantha Harvey becomes first woman to win the Booker Prize in five years with 'Orbital' as she joins hosts of celebs at 2024 awards ceremony

Daily Mail  

British author Samantha Harvey has become the first woman since 2019 to win the Booker Prize. Samantha Harvey poses with the trophy after winning the Booker Prize award Samantha Harvey reacts after winning the Booker Prize award at Old Billingsgate in the City of London Samantha Harvey's book Orbital, about astronauts looking down at Earth, was named as the winner …

British writer Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel ‘Orbital’ wins the Booker Prize for fiction
4 months, 2 weeks ago

British writer Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel ‘Orbital’ wins the Booker Prize for fiction

Associated Press  

LONDON — British writer Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday with “Orbital,” a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station that ponders the beauty and fragility of Earth. Writer and artist Edmund de Waal, who chaired the five-member judging panel, called “Orbital” a “miraculous novel” that “makes our world strange and new for us.” …

'Orbital' by Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize
4 months, 2 weeks ago

'Orbital' by Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize

NPR  

'Orbital' by Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize toggle caption Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her science fiction novel Orbital. Previous winners include Margaret Atwood, who won twice for her novels The Testaments and The Blind Assassin, and Paul Lynch, who won the 2023 Booker Prize for his book Prophet Song. …

Booker Prize 2024: Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel ‘Orbital’ wins annual literature award
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Booker Prize 2024: Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel ‘Orbital’ wins annual literature award

CNN  

London AP — British writer Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday with “Orbital,” a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station that ponders the beauty and fragility of Earth. Writer and artist Edmund de Waal, who chaired the five-member judging panel, called “Orbital” a “miraculous novel” that “makes our world strange and new for …

Booker Prize shortlist 2024: Book experts on the surprises, snubs and likely winner of the prestigious $98,000 literary award
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Booker Prize shortlist 2024: Book experts on the surprises, snubs and likely winner of the prestigious $98,000 literary award

ABC  

The Booker Prize — described by some as the Olympic Games of literature — is one of the world's most prestigious writing prizes. Booker Prize 2024 shortlist James by Percival Everett Orbital by Samantha Harvey Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner Held by Anne Michaels The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood For the first …

Booker Prize 2024 winner | Review of ‘Orbital’ by Samantha Harvey: beyond the blue orb
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Booker Prize 2024 winner | Review of ‘Orbital’ by Samantha Harvey: beyond the blue orb

The Hindu  

When one thinks of space, it is hard not to be enamoured by its endless vastness. English novelist Samantha Harvey’s Booker Prize-winning Orbital, set in raw space that is “a panther, feral and primal”, reclaims the lesser-known side of this orbital romance, by taking out the fantasy from the genre. Harvey writes of the ins and outs of an otherwise …

Booker Prize winning novel Shuggie Bain to become television series
2 years, 4 months ago

Booker Prize winning novel Shuggie Bain to become television series

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Douglas Stuart is adapting his bestselling Booker Prize-winning novel Shuggie …

Booker Prize 2022 longlist features oldest and youngest nominees
2 years, 8 months ago

Booker Prize 2022 longlist features oldest and youngest nominees

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Booker Prize 2022 longlist features the oldest and youngest …

Booker Prize 2021: Damon Galgut wins top honours for ‘The Promise’
3 years, 4 months ago

Booker Prize 2021: Damon Galgut wins top honours for ‘The Promise’

The Hindu  

South African author Damon Galgut has won the £50,000 Booker Prize for The Promise, beating out a quality field that included one other previously shortlisted author, Richard Powers. 'The legacies of the past' During the ceremony at BBC’s Radio Theatre in London, the chair of the Booker Prize judges, historian Maya Jasanoff, said all six shortlisted novels "share a sense …

Booker Prize 2021: Read this year’s winning novel by Damon Galgut
3 years, 4 months ago

Booker Prize 2021: Read this year’s winning novel by Damon Galgut

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Damon Galgut has been announced as this year’s winner …

Booker Prize 2021: Shortlist announced
3 years, 6 months ago

Booker Prize 2021: Shortlist announced

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Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Whether it’s David Diop’s International Booker Prize-winning novel At Night All Blood Is …

Booker Prize 2020: Read this year’s winning novel and the previous top titles
3 years, 10 months ago

Booker Prize 2020: Read this year’s winning novel and the previous top titles

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Douglas Stuart has been crowned this year’s winner of …

British Book Awards 2021: Nibbies winners announced
3 years, 10 months ago

British Book Awards 2021: Nibbies winners announced

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Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The winners of the British Book Awards – also …

Booker Prize 2020: The shortlisted novels you need to read
4 years, 1 month ago

Booker Prize 2020: The shortlisted novels you need to read

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Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This is why literary awards are an exciting time to discover new novels …

Scottish writer Douglas Stuart's 'Shuggie Bain' wins 2020 Booker Prize
4 years, 4 months ago

Scottish writer Douglas Stuart's 'Shuggie Bain' wins 2020 Booker Prize

India TV News  

Scottish writer Douglas Stuart's "Shuggie Bain" was on Thursday evening named the winner of the 50,000 pounds 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction, at the heart of which are the memories he carries of his mother's struggle with drink, with men and with her modest dreams, at the culmination of a star-studded "ceremony without walls" at London's Roundhouse. "'Shuggie Bain' is …

All You Need to Know About Douglas Stuart's 'Shuggie Bain', the Winner of Booker Prize 2020
4 years, 4 months ago

All You Need to Know About Douglas Stuart's 'Shuggie Bain', the Winner of Booker Prize 2020

News 18  

Douglas Stuart’s debut novel, ‘Shuggie Bain’, which won the Booker Prize 2020 last night, is the embodiment of an oxymoron. As Stuart pointed out during his Booker prize acceptance speech, Shuggie Bain is the second book from Scotland to receive the prestigious literary award in the past 50 years, and through it, he has painted a realistic and gritty picture …

Booker Prize 2020: Scottish-American author Douglas Stuart wins for ‘Shuggie Bain’
4 years, 4 months ago

Booker Prize 2020: Scottish-American author Douglas Stuart wins for ‘Shuggie Bain’

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Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scottish-American author Douglas Stuart has won the 2020 Booker Prize for …

Booker Prize: Scot Douglas Stuart wins with debut novel Shuggie Bain
4 years, 4 months ago

Booker Prize: Scot Douglas Stuart wins with debut novel Shuggie Bain

Daily Mail  

Scottish author Douglas Stuart has won the Booker Prize for his first novel Shuggie Bain - a 'powerful and moving' story based on his own experience growing up in 1980s Glasgow. Scottish author Douglas Stuart has won the Booker Prize for his first novel Shuggie Bain - a 'powerful and moving' story based on his own experience growing up in …

Booker Prize 2020: Douglas Stuart wins coveted award for Shuggie Bain, debut novel set in 1980s Glasgow – Firstpost
4 years, 4 months ago

Booker Prize 2020: Douglas Stuart wins coveted award for Shuggie Bain, debut novel set in 1980s Glasgow – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Douglas Stuart’s Shuggie Bain was chosen from a shortlist of six books, by a jury comprising Lee Child, Sameer Rahim, Emily Wilson, and Lemn Sissay, with Margaret Busby as chair. The Booker Prize Foundation, on 19 November, announced that the Booker Prize 2020 has been awarded to Douglas Stuart for his debut novel Shuggie Bain. Shuggie Bain was chosen from …

Booker Prize 2020: A guide to the shortlisted authors, from Douglas Stuart to Avni Doshi
4 years, 4 months ago

Booker Prize 2020: A guide to the shortlisted authors, from Douglas Stuart to Avni Doshi

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International Booker Prize 2020: Read this year’s winning novel and the previous top titles
4 years, 7 months ago

International Booker Prize 2020: Read this year’s winning novel and the previous top titles

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