The Booker Prize Podcast launches today

In the first episode of The Booker Prize Podcast, our hosts – author and critic Jo Hamya and broadcaster and critic James Walton – get to know each other by discussing their favourite books from the Booker Library

In the second episode of The Booker Prize Podcast, hosts Jo Hamya and James Walton revisit the 2016 International Booker Prize-winning novel, The Vegetarian by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith

Advances in AI suggest it may only be a matter of time before machine-generated fiction renders human novelists obsolete. But here’s why that (probably) won’t be the case, writes Ian Leslie

Peter Ho Davies’s 2007 Booker-longlisted debut novel explores conflicting notions of national pride and shame, belonging and alienation – and is firmly rooted in its landscape

25 years after winning the Booker for Amsterdam, Ian McEwan revisits his journals and talks about the inspirations behind the book, in an exclusive interview
 

Data compiled by Nielsen for the Booker Prize Foundation shows that readers of translated fiction in the UK are significantly younger than fiction readers generally

Max Porter explains the process behind the publication of The Vegetarian, our July Book of the Month, and why it was essential that it reached readers who might have felt that translated literature was not for them

Win one of five bundles including a copy of our July Book of the Month, The Vegetarian by Han Kang and translated by Deborah Smith, plus a limited-edition Booker Prize tote bag

The winner of the International Booker Prize in 2016, Han Kang’s novel is about modern-day South Korea, but also a universal novel about shame, desire and our faltering attempts to understand others’ actions

Fraught, disturbing and beautiful, Han Kang’s 2016 International Booker Prize-winning novel is about shame and desire, and our faltering attempts to understand the lives of others. Read an extract from our July Book of the Month here

Set during the turbulent years of slavery and the early years of freedom that followed, The Long Song is a thrilling journey through that time in the company of people who lived it

In 1985, Doris Lessing was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for her compelling contemporary satire about the contradictions and self-delusion at the heart of political idealism

Although best known for her historical fiction, Hilary Mantel’s first Booker Prize nomination came with this comically sinister tale of wicked spirits and suburban mediums in a masterpiece of dark humour

Hanya Yanagihara’s deft depiction of heartbreak becomes a dark examination of the tyranny of memory, the limits of human endurance and the power of friendship

From classics to contemporary, we’ve compiled a selection of Booker-nominated novels that make a big impact in around 200 pages or less. They may be small, but they’re perfectly formed

From historical same-sex romances to tales of queer parenthood, Eric Karl Anderson has compiled a selection of Booker-nominated fiction celebrating a diverse range of LGBTQ+ experiences 

From folklore with added fright factor to otherworldly modern tales, these books from the Booker Library tap into our darkest fears of spectres and spirits

We asked each of the International Booker Prize 2023 shortlisted authors and translators which works of fiction have inspired them and their careers the most.

What’s the book about? Who are the author and translator? What have the critics said? And what are the inspirations behind it? We have all the answers

As Time Shelter wins the International Booker Prize 2023, here’s what fans and critics are saying about Georgi Gospodinov and Angela Rodel’s timely win

Georgi Gospodinov, winner of the International Booker Prize 2023, takes us through the songs and music that inspired his novel Time Shelter

Our comprehensive guide to Time Shelter, winner of the International Booker Prize 2023, includes a range of discussion points for book groups, insights from the author and further resources

Watch the actor Toby Stephens read an extract from Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov, translated by Angela Rodel, winner of the International Booker Prize 2023

The author and translator of Time Shelter talk about what makes Bulgarian literature unique, the cultural influences behind the book - and the decade to which they’d return if they could

We believe there is a natural union between international fiction and film. Here, we recommend 6 great movies to complement this year’s International Booker shortlist

Discover our reading guides for the shortlisted books and novels on the International Booker Prize 2023 shortlist, packed with insights and discussion points

Ahead of International Booker Prize 2023 ceremony, we spoke to the authors and translators about their novels on this year’s shortlist. Here’s what they said…

A year after Geetanjali Shree and Daisy Rockwell won the International Booker Prize 2022 for Tomb of Sand, they talk about how the prize expanded their world