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Neil MacGregor
Neil MacGregor is a British cultural historian, broadcaster and writer.
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An extract from Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga
‘His face seemed stuck in between expressions. It reminded me of an unfinished Rubik’s Cube we kept around the house, which I could never resist trying to solve’
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The Booker brothers and enslavement
When the Booker Prize was first conceived, in 1968, its founders Tom Maschler and Graham C Greene found a backer in Booker McConnell, a wholesale food distributor with a long-term presence in Guyana
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The Long Song by Andrea Levy, in the author’s own words
Andrea Levy, the author of The Long Song, died in 2019. Here we reproduce some of her comments on the book, including how and why she wrote it
Members of the Designer Bookbinders society reveal their designs for the Booker Prize 2022 shortlisted titles, which took around 150 hours of work to create
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An extract from A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding by Amanda Svensson, translated by Nichola Smalley
Read an extract from A System So Magnificent it is Blinding, Svensson’s joyful family saga which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023
We asked our friends at MUBI to recommend six great movies to complement this year’s Booker shortlist – plus, join us for live Q&A with the winner and a special film screening
As Shehan Karunatilaka becomes the second Sri Lankan author to win the Booker, here’s everything you need to know about him and his prize-winning novel
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An extract from Any Human Heart by William Boyd
William Boyd’s entertaining story of a life lived to the full turns into a journey deep into a very human heart. Read an extract from our December Book of the Month here
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Chinua Achebe
The poet, critic and novelist Chinua Achebe came to prominence in 1958 with Things Fall Apart. By 1987 and Anthills of the Savannah, he was a venerated figure