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

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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 awards include the 2022 Gens de Mer Prize and the 2020 Ireland Francophonie Ambassadors' Literary Award. Bernstein was named in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists; Murray's previous novel, Skippy Dies, was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2010; and both Maroo and Escoffery have received the Paris Review's Plimpton Prize for Fiction. The Booker Prize judges said they were "moved by the delicate symphony of language, land and narrative that Harding brings to bear on the story of the islanders".

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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, 1 week 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’

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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 …

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 …

Booker Prize Fiction longlist 2024: U.S. authors make up almost half the 13 semifinalists
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Booker Prize Fiction longlist 2024: U.S. authors make up almost half the 13 semifinalists

The Hindu  

Six American writers including Rachel Kushner, Percival Everett and Tommy Orange are among 13 semifinalists announced Tuesday for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Pulitzer Prize-winning Cheyenne and Arapaho author Orange is the first Native American Booker semifinalist for the 50,000 pound award with his centuries-spanning saga “Wandering Stars.” Everett is nominated for “James,” which reimagines Mark Twain's “Huckleberry Finn” …

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 …

Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize 2023 for dystopian novel Prophet Song
1 year ago

Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize 2023 for dystopian novel Prophet Song

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Irish author Paul Lynch has won the 50,000-pound Booker Prize, for his novel Prophet Song, a dystopian novel set in Ireland in the near future. "It's very difficult for journalism to enter into the individual life of somebody who may be going through these kinds of tumultuous political upheavals and events," Lynch said. The 2023 shortlist: The Bee Sting by …

Booker Prize 2023: Two debuts appear on the shortlist
1 year, 3 months ago

Booker Prize 2023: Two debuts appear on the shortlist

Deccan Chronicle  

The group of six writers who have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023 award include a British, two Americans, a Canadian, and two Irish. Here are the interesting facts about the six authors shortlisted this year, according to the Booker Prize Foundation: Two debuts appear on the shortlist – Western Lane and If I Survive You Two Americans appear …

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  

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. We’re talking about the ones that help to keep our screen time low: …

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

International Booker Prize longlist 2022 revealed

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 The International Booker Prize 2022 longlist has been revealed, …

Booker Prize 2021: Damon Galgut wins top honours for ‘The Promise’
3 years, 1 month 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, 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

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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 …

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 …

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 …

Zimbabwean writer, Americans on diverse Booker Prize list
4 years, 3 months ago

Zimbabwean writer, Americans on diverse Booker Prize list

Associated Press  

LONDON — A Zimbabwean writer who was arrested during anti-government protests is among six finalists announced Tuesday on a diverse list of contenders for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Reform Our Institutions.” The Booker list this year is dominated by books from American or U.S.-based authors, including “The Shadow King” by Ethiopia-born Maaza Mengiste, Diane Cook’s dystopian tale “The …

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