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10.05.16
The Man Booker International Prize 2016 Longlist Announced - The list includes two Nobel Prize winners and two debut authors Read more...
10.05.16
#MBI2016 #FinestFiction Six shortlisted books in six languages  Four countries appear on the list for the first time Read more...
10.05.16
The volume sales of translated fiction books have grown by 96% since 2001 against a market which is falling overall Value of sales of translated fiction have risen from £8.9 million to £18.6 million between 2001 and 2015 Read more...
19.01.16
Diary Note Key dates of newly evolved prize Read more...
14.12.15
2016 Man Booker Prize for Fiction: Judges announced  www.themanbookerprize.com | #FinestFiction   Read more...
13.10.15
A Brief History of Seven Killings wins 2015 Man Booker Prize    ·        First Jamaican to win the coveted prize ·        Winning novel inspired by real-life attempted murder of Bob Marley Read more...
15.09.15
Man Booker Prize announces 2015 shortlist #ManBooker2015 #FinestFiction First Jamaican-born author to be shortlisted One former nominee, Tom McCarthy, makes list Judges praise diversity of shortlist which includes one debut writer and a wide cultural heritage   Read more...
25.08.15
For release: 00.01 BST 25 August 2015 The Man Booker International Prize 2016 Translated Fiction at its Finest www.themanbookerprize.com Judging Panel Announced The judges for the newly configured 2016 Man Booker International Prize are announced today, 25 August, 2015.  Read more...
07.08.15
An evening with author Joanna Trollope at Middlesbrough Library Read more...
29.07.15
‘The ultimate prize to win in the English speaking world’ - JM Coetzee   Man Booker Prize announces 2015 longlist   #ManBooker2015 #FinestFiction   Wide-ranging international longlist including first Jamaican author Read more...
07.07.15
The Booker Prize Foundation today (7 July 2015) announces that the Man Booker International Prize is to evolve from 2016, to encourage more publishing and reading of quality fiction in translation.  Read more...
19.05.15
THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2015   László Krasznahorkai announced as winner   www.themanbookerprize.com     László Krasznahorkai, from Hungary, writes in Hungarian Read more...
24.03.15
Cape Town, South Africa For Immediate Release: 09.15hrs (Greenwich Mean Time) & 11.15hrs (South Africa Standard Time), Tuesday 24 March 2015                    THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2015 Finalists’ List Announced Read more...
14.10.14
Press Release Strictly embargoed until 10pm, Tuesday 14 October 2014   The Narrow Road to the Deep North wins the 2014 Man Booker Prize   Australian author Richard Flanagan wins prestigious prize with PoW novel   Read more...
09.09.14
For immediate release, Tuesday 9 September   2014 Man Booker Prize: shortlist announced   The first year that the prize is open to all authors writing in English, regardless of nationality Howard Jacobson in the running to be the first British man to win twice   Read more...
23.07.14
‘The ultimate prize to win in the English speaking world’ JM Coetzee   Man Booker Prize goes global with its first international longlist Today, Wednesday 23 July 2014, marks a historic moment for the Man Booker Prize, as it announces its first global longlist. Read more...
25.04.14
For release Friday 25 April 2014 Today, Friday 25 April, saw the judges of the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Fiction reunited in their last official duty, as they travelled to Hainault Forest to plant trees with the Woodland Trust. Read more...
24.02.14
The city of Cape Town in South Africa is set to play an important role in the Man Booker International Prize 2015.  The Man Booker International Prize organisers are starting to plan for the announcement of the list of finalists, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, in March 2015. The list of finalists has traditionally been announced in a city other than London, with previous announcements having taken place in Toronto, Washington DC,  New York, Sydney and Jaipur. Read more...
12.12.13
The judges for the 2014 Man Booker Prize for Fiction are announced today, Thursday 12 December 2013. Read more...
18.09.13
Press Release  Strictly embargoed until 15:00hrs 18 September 2013 The Man Booker Prize announces Global Expansion Read more...