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Sunjeev Sahota Q&A
‘I like it when fiction respects the reality that no one truly knows anyone else’
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Karen Jennings Q&A
‘The best approach for me would be to simplify the story as far as possible, much as one might see done in a poem’
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Guy Gunaratne Q&A
In this Man Booker 2018 longlist interview Guy Gunaratne tells us the inspiration behind In Our Mad and Furious City and what we can expect to see next
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An extract from The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar, translated by Ruth Martin
‘King of kings they called him, and they said, We rejoice in him, we rejoice in his wife and her beauty; they said, We love this country, and then we said, We love this country. We had to rejoice in his newborn son, for longer than we ever would a birth in our own family, his newborn son, in the far-off Palace of Flowers.’
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Natasha Brown interview: ‘Reading is always an act of border crossing’
International Booker Prize 2026 Chair of judges Natasha Brown reflects on her love of books that are surprising and daring, and the endless creative possibilities of fiction in translation
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The Booker Prize 2025 shortlist: what our judges said
Wondering which of the six Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted novels to read first? We asked our judges to tell us what they loved about the books – and why you’ll love them too
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Eight essential questions about the International Booker Prize
Discover everything you need to know about the International Booker Prize here, from how it differs from the Booker Prize to prize’s impact
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How the Booker Prize has always celebrated debut novels and why it matters
Several debut novels have won the Booker Prize, and four more were longlisted in 2023, but the prize has championed fresh talent from the outset
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An extract from The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder
Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020, The Memory Police is a haunting meditation on loss from one of Japan’s greatest writers. Read an extract from our October Book of the Month here
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Summertime: A Booker Prize summer quiz
Our quiz maestro James Walton has once again trawled the Booker Library to bring you 30 fiendish multiple-choice questions, all (loosely) on the theme of summer holidays. Good luck!