International Booker Prize 2021: Shortlist announced
3 years, 8 months ago

International Booker Prize 2021: Shortlist announced

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 With the past year meaning we’ve spent more time at home than we would’ve liked, here at IndyBest we have a new appreciation for a truly good book. If your reading list has hit a dry spot and you’re looking for recommendations, the International Booker Prize 2021 shortlist should provide some inspiration. Much like last year, when Marieke Lucas Rijneveld was crowned the youngest ever author to win the prize, 2021’s shortlist is full of newcomers and independent publishers.

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Booker Prize to be announced today, here’s a short story of 6 shortlisted contenders
1 month, 1 week ago

Booker Prize to be announced today, here’s a short story of 6 shortlisted contenders

Firstpost  

The UK Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, is set to announce its 2024 winner tonight. This year, the competition has been fierce, with a diverse slate of six outstanding books shortlisted The Booker Prize is the world’s one of the most prestigious literary awards for a single work of fiction in English and …

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

A Diverse and Intriguing Lineup of Shortlisted Books for the 2024 Booker Prize
1 month, 2 weeks ago

A Diverse and Intriguing Lineup of Shortlisted Books for the 2024 Booker Prize

The Hindu  

The Booker Prize 2024 shortlist features a diverse range of stories that explore themes of belonging, displacement, and return. The list includes five women and one man, the first Dutch and Australian authors to be nominated in 10 years, and a novel that tackles the aftermath of World War II in the Netherlands.

Booker Prize 2024: Women dominate shortlist as all six authors tackle ‘fault lines of our times’
3 months, 1 week ago

Booker Prize 2024: Women dominate shortlist as all six authors tackle ‘fault lines of our times’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Booker Prize Shortlist was …

One of the summer’s must-read novels is on the Booker Prize longlist
4 months, 3 weeks ago

One of the summer’s must-read novels is on the Booker Prize longlist

The Independent  

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Here's The Longlist For This Year's Booker Prize
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Here's The Longlist For This Year's Booker Prize

Deccan Chronicle  

The nominees for this year’s class of Booker Prize were announced on Tuesday. The Prestigious award is conferred every year for the best fiction in English language published in the United Kingdom and/or Ireland. American writers including Pulitzer prize winner Hisham Matar, Rachel Kushner, Percival Everett and Tommy Orange are among the 13 semifinalists. The Booker Prize was founded in …

Read our reviews of the International Booker Prize 2024 shortlisted titles
7 months ago

Read our reviews of the International Booker Prize 2024 shortlisted titles

The Hindu  

The winner of the International Booker Prize 2024 will be announced late on May 21. The ceremony, which will be livestreamed on The Booker Prizes’ channels, will be held for the first time at London’s Tate Modern. This year’s shortlist of six books was selected from a longlist of 13 titles by a panel that included writer and broadcaster Eleanor …

International Booker Prize 2024 shortlist revealed, check full list
8 months, 2 weeks ago

International Booker Prize 2024 shortlist revealed, check full list

India TV News  

The International Booker Prize, celebrating the best-translated fiction from around the world, has revealed its 2024 shortlist. South Korea: Veteran author Hwang Sok-yong's "Mater 2-10," translated by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae, celebrates Korean resilience in the face of adversity. Brazil: Itamar Vieira Junior's debut novel, "Crooked Plow," translated by Johnny Lorenz, sheds light on the significance of land …

Booker Prize 2023 shortlist addresses climate change, persecution and political extremism
1 year, 3 months ago

Booker Prize 2023 shortlist addresses climate change, persecution and political extremism

ABC  

The Booker Prize shortlist for 2023 has been announced, and contains a few surprises. Listen: ABC RN's The Book Show Photo shows The Book Show While none of the authors had previously been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, they are not without substantial literary accolades. Harding won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his first novel, Tinkers, while Lynch's …

Booker Prize 2022 | The six shortlists: NoViolet Bulawayo, Claire Keegan, Alan Garner, Shehan Karunatilaka, Percival Everett, and Elizabeth Strout
2 years, 2 months ago

Booker Prize 2022 | The six shortlists: NoViolet Bulawayo, Claire Keegan, Alan Garner, Shehan Karunatilaka, Percival Everett, and Elizabeth Strout

The Hindu  

Watch | Booker Prize 2022 contenders From a longlist of 13 books, six novels made it to the 2022 Booker Prize shortlist. And it includes the shortest book and oldest author ever to be nominated, besides “writers from five countries and a wealth of fabulous fiction”, as the Booker website states. “I thought a ghost story would be an interesting …

Booker Prize 2022: Shortlist includes oldest finalist ever
2 years, 3 months ago

Booker Prize 2022: Shortlist includes oldest finalist ever

Live Mint  

Britain's Booker Prize for fiction unveiled its final contenders for this year's award Tuesday, featuring the oldest author and the shortest book ever to make the prestigious six-strong literary shortlist. Octogenarian Englishman Alan Garner, who will turn 88 when the winner is announced on October 17, was shortlisted for "Treacle Walker", which is the shortest finalist novel by word count. …

Booker Prize 2022 longlist announced: Read the novels now
2 years, 4 months ago

Booker Prize 2022 longlist announced: Read the novels now

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 Literary awards provide us with a means to discover …

Booker Prize 2022 longlist dominated by American authors
2 years, 4 months ago

Booker Prize 2022 longlist dominated by American authors

The Hindu  

The 2022 Booker Prize longlist of 13 books, referred to as the “Booker dozen” and released in London on July 26, is dominated by American authors, including previously longlisted writer Elizabeth Strout. The Booker 13 is completed by Irish writers Audrey Magee for the book ‘The Colony’ and Claire Keegan for ‘Small Things Like These’ and Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo …

The International Booker Prize shortlist is in and dominated by women authors
2 years, 8 months ago

The International Booker Prize shortlist is in and dominated by women authors

The Independent  

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International Booker Prize longlist 2022 revealed
2 years, 9 months ago

International Booker Prize longlist 2022 revealed

The Independent  

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Booker Prize 2021: Read this year’s winning novel by Damon Galgut
3 years, 1 month 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: Longlist announced
3 years, 4 months ago

Booker Prize 2021: Longlist announced

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. Whether it’s David Dop’s International Booker Prize-winning novel At Night All Blood Is …

Booker Prize 2020: The longlist books to add to your reading pile
3 years, 6 months ago

Booker Prize 2020: The longlist books to add to your reading pile

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. 'The New Wilderness' by Diane Cook, published by Oneworld Publications: £11.61, Amazon open …

International Booker Prize 2021: Argentina's Mariana Enriquez, France's Eric Vuillard among shortlisted authors
3 years, 8 months ago

International Booker Prize 2021: Argentina's Mariana Enriquez, France's Eric Vuillard among shortlisted authors

Firstpost  

British author Lucy Hughes-Hallett, who is chairing the panel of judges, said the list showed that some of the most exciting new writing is going on “in the borderlands” between fiction and other genres, such as history and memoir. London: Books from Europe and Latin America that blur the boundaries of fiction, history and memoir are the final six contenders …

Booker Prize 2020: The shortlisted novels you need to read
3 years, 10 months ago

Booker Prize 2020: The shortlisted novels you need to read

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. This is why literary awards are an exciting time to discover new novels …

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