John Berger, the Black Panthers and the Booker Prize, 50 years on

In a new film to mark the 50th anniversary of John Berger’s Booker win, Jo Hamya revisits the prize’s most controversial moment, reveals what happened to Berger’s prize money and explores the legacy and impact of his 1972 novel, G. Watch it here

John Berger delivering his speech as winner of the 1972 Booker Prize

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The best children's books for Christmas written by Booker Prize authors

From classic toddler tales to immersive YA reads, there’s a broad range of children’s books written by authors who have also been nominated for the Booker Prize. We’ve selected some of the most-loved - and some hidden gems - to help you share the joy of reading, just in time for Christmas

The summer I felt seen: discovering Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus  

In this personal essay, Sarah Gwonyoma recalls the life-changing effect of reading Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s debut novel - and how she observed elements of her own life in fiction for the first time

The Booker Prize audio advent calendar

With the countdown to Christmas underway, we’ll be posting a festive clip from a different Booker-nominated audiobook each day until 24th December

The Bookerworm: meet the man who’s read every book ever shortlisted for the Booker Prize

Bob Jackson read all 315 shortlisted books in the Booker Library in less than four years. Here, he explains how he did it and tells us which titles he loved the most - and which were the most challenging

Our stories matter: why we need more working-class voices in quality fiction

In this guest article, Natasha Carthew, Founder and Artistic Director of the Working Class Writers Festival, argues that it is essential that more authentic working-class stories are told and heard, such as those of Booker winner Douglas Stuart

Booker football World Cup illustration Timothy Hunt

Who will win the Booker Prize World Cup?

Football’s global showpiece tournament is in full swing. And it has got us thinking: who would win a head-to-head knockout competition between Booker-winning authors? There’s only one way to find out…

Learn about this year's Booker Prize winner

Shehan Karunatilaka's literary influences for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Ten books that led Shehan Karunatilaka to The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

From classic sci-fi to interactive children’s books to previous Booker winners, we reflect on the novels that inspired the author of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Shehan Karunatilaka interview: 'Sri Lankans specialise in gallows humour. It's our coping mechanism'

Reading Guide: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

Read the 2022 winner: an extract from The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

Shehan Karunatilaka on Kurt Vonnegut: ‘The genius I have robbed from the most is Uncle Kurt’

Watch the 2022 shortlist films

The story so far: Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet queen, has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office

The story so far: Lucy Barton recalls the moment she feared her first husband, William, would leave her - and how she eventually left him

The story so far: Jim and Ed, two detectives investigating a series of strange murders in Money, Mississippi, meet Mama Z, a local centenarian who has been compiling records of every lynching in the US

The story so far: As the Father of the Nation addresses a huge crowd in Jidada Square, a group of protestors rise up to call for the return of their country’s ‘disappeared’

The story so far: Joe Coppock, a solitary, partially-sighted child, explores the local countryside in a vivid dream

The story so far: Christmas 1985 in a small Irish town. Bill Furlong, a coalman, revisits the local convent with his delivery - and makes a shocking discovery

The story so far: Maali Almeida, a war photographer, has been killed. In the afterlife, he has ‘seven moons’ to find out who murdered him, while, in the real world, local detectives must first find the rest of his body

The story so far: Lucy Barton, a successful writer living in New York, remembers her daughter’s illness and the break-up of her first marriage

The story so far: Jim and Ed, two detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, are investigating a series of strange murders

The story so far: The Father of the Nation, an elderly, charismatic horse, is the ruler of the war-torn land of Jidada. Crowds gather as he arrives to address the masses

The story so far: Joe Coppock forges an unlikely friendship with a mysterious wanderer named Treacle Walker and is introduced to an ancient bog man, Thin Amren

The story so far: Coalman Bill Furlong visits a local convent and is disturbed by an encounter with a group of girls at its training school

Watch videos from the Booker Prize 2022 ceremony

Shehan Karunatilaka wins the Booker Prize 2022 for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’

Shehan Karunatilaka in numbers

The number of years it took Shehan Karunatilaka to write Seven Moons

Years; the length of the Sri Lankan Civil War, against which the book is set

The age of Maali, the protagonist of Seven Moons, when he is murdered

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The number of pages in Seven Moons

1989; the year in which Seven Moons is set

Karunatilaka’s age at the time of winning The Booker Prize 2022

The age when the author discovered he loved writing, thanks to Sesame Street and some crayons

The number of unfinished novels Karunatilaka is said to have written

The best pictures from the ceremony

Her Majesty The Queen Consort meets Dua Lipa ahead of the Booker Prize 2022 winner ceremony at the Roundhouse