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Weaving together a dense tapestry of consciousness and a century of lived life, Will Self sets out to understand the nature of the modern world
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An extract from On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J. Haveland
In the first part of Solvej Balle’s epic septology, Tara Selter has slipped out of time. Every morning, she wakes up to the 18th of November
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Young, urban and male: who is reading translated fiction in the UK now?
As the International Booker Prize celebrates 10 years, we look at how the audience for translated fiction has changed over the past decade
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Benjamin Wood interview: ‘I used to be fussy about the conditions I needed for writing, but then I had children’
The author of Seascraper, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2025, discusses feeling compelled to write about the region where he grew up, and reveals that he wrote the novel on a churchyard bench
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The Nick of Time by Francis King: an eye-opening state of the nation novel
Lucy Scholes shines a spotlight on The Nick of Time by Francis King: a state of the nation novel by an author who was finally nominated, aged 80
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How independent publishers have become the cornerstone of the International Booker Prize
The majority of publishers submitting books for the International Booker Prize are indies. We spoke to some of them about passion, risk-taking and the growing appeal of translated fiction
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An extract from Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
A mother faces a terrible choice, in Paul Lynch’s exhilarating, propulsive and confrontational portrait of a society on the brink
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Vote for the greatest Booker Prize shortlist of all time
From big names to fresh voices to modern classics that have stood the test of time, which is the greatest Booker shortlist in the prize’s 54-year history?
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The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 26: An interview with Time Shelter's Georgi Gospodinov and Angela Rodel
On The Booker Prize Podcast this week, Jo and James are joined in the studio by the winning author and translator of this year’s International Booker Prize
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Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, wins the International Booker Prize 2026
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King, is named the 2026 winner of the International Booker Prize supported by Bukhman Philanthropies