Coming soon: the Children’s Booker Prize

Ahead of the Booker Prize 2025 winner announcement on Monday, 10 November, we’ve picked out the most interesting facts, trends and themes that have emerged in this year’s shortlist 

We asked the authors nominated for this year’s Booker Prize about the inspirations behind their longlisted works, their favourite books, and where and when they most like to write
 

As Heart Lamp becomes the first short-story collection to win the International Booker Prize, here’s everything you need to know about the book, its author and translator

Wildly imaginative and timely, Little Eyes explores the collision of technology and play, horror and humanity, and the way our digital lives allow us to observe others – and be observed by them