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Date: 22/10/2022
Type: Book

Is Mother Dead

‘To mother is to murder, or close enough,’ thinks Johanna, as she looks at the spelling of the two words in Norwegian

Date: 27/05/2021
Type: Book

The Fortune Men

Nadifa Mohamed’s gripping novel about a petty criminal in Cardiff who becomes the last man to be hanged there, wrongfully convicted of murder in 1952

Date: 26/05/2022
Type: Book

Standing Heavy

A unique insight into everything that passes under a security guard's gaze, which also serves as a searingly witty deconstruction of colonial legacies and capitalist consumption

Date: 06/03/2023
Type: Feature

Reading guide: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2015, Hanya Yanagihara’s novel is a powerful exploration of human endurance. Discover more in our comprehensive guide

Type: Press release

The Booker Prize 2022 ‘Stimulating and Surprising’ Longlist Announced

The Booker Prize 2022 Longlist Announced

Type: Year

The Booker Prize 2024

Orbital by Samantha Harvey wins the Booker Prize 2024

Type: Author

Elaine Feeney

Elaine Feeney is an award-winning poet, novelist, short story writer and playwright from the west of Ireland

Date: 01/08/2025
Type: Feature

Booker Prizes facts and figures

Which author has been nominated more than anyone else? What exactly is the ‘Booker bounce’? Who is the youngest winner? Find out here

Date: 18/09/2023
Type: Feature

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?

Type: Author

Ben Okri

Sir Ben Okri is a poet, playwright and novelist. His novel The Famished Road won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1991