International Booker Prize 2023: what our judges said about the longlist
Wondering which of the International Booker Prize 2023 longlisted titles to read first? We asked our judges to summarise each book - and say what they loved about them
Events: What's on and dates for your diary
From intimate gatherings to bustling festivals, we celebrate the finest in fiction at these UK events featuring Booker Prize and International Booker Prize authors
The Booker Prizes: London events
International Booker Prize 2023: shortlist readings
The International Booker Prize introduces the finest fiction from across the globe, and celebrates the ingenuity and imagination of writers and their translators.
This year’s shortlist event in London is mediated by Merve Emre. Merve Emre is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. She is the author and editor of several books and a regular contributor to the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books. She was also one of the judges of the International Booker Prize 2022.
Date: Thursday, May 18, 2023, 7.30pm
Location: Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre
Price: £15
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Merve Emre
The Booker Prizes at Hay Festival
The International Booker Prize 2023 winners, in conversation
The International Booker Prize 2023 will be announced on Tuesday, 23 May. Four days later, Hay Festival will present the winning author and translator in conversation with Gaby Wood, Chief Executive of the Booker Prize Foundation, and 2023 judge Tan Twan Eng, the Booker-shortlisted Malaysian novelist.
Date: Saturday, May 27, 2023, 4pm
Location: Wye Stage, Hay Festival
Price: £12
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International Booker Prize longlist 2023
Dua Lipa at Hay Festival
Douglas Stuart, in conversation with Dua Lipa
With multiple Grammys and Brit Awards to her name, the music icon last year revealed a different side - as a talented and engaging interviewer on her podcast, Dua Lipa: At Your Service, as well a passionate advocate for the power of fiction and the joy of reading.
She will appear at Hay Festival for an exclusive recording of her podcast featuring author Douglas Stuart, for a deep dive into his 2020 Booker Prize-winning novel Shuggie Bain.
Date: Saturday, June 3, 2023, 5.30pm
Location: Baillie Gifford Stage, Hay Festival
Price: £20
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Dua Lipa, in conversation with Gaby Wood
Join global superstar, pop icon and book lover Dua Lipa for a tour of the people, places and events that have shaped her life and the books that symbolise these moments, hosted by the Booker Prize Foundation’s Chief Executive Gaby Wood. Dua discusses how books have been her constant companion and her lifeline, from her childhood in London and her school years in Kosovo to the long hours spent on a tour bus as a musician.
Date: Sunday, June 4, 11.30am
Location: Baillie Gifford Stage
Price: £14
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Dua Lipa on stage at the Booker Prize 2022 winner ceremony at the Roundhouse
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Shehan Karunatilaka in conversation, via Bookshop.org
A special online event with Shehan Karunatilaka, winner of the Booker Prize 2022, discussing his winning novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. Entrance is free when you buy (or have already bought) a copy of the book via Bookshop.org. You will receive an email link to watch this live event on the day. Questions? Contact [email protected]
Date: Monday, June 5, 2023, 7pm
Location: Online
Price: Free, when you buy the book
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Shehan Karunatilaka, winner of the Booker Prize 2022
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