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Type: Feature
Date: 05 Dec 2023

Book of the Month: Any Human Heart by William Boyd

In 2002, William Boyd was longlisted for the Booker Prize for his story of a life lived to the full – a journey deep into a very human heart

Type: Judge

Nicki Sheard

Nicki is one the leading members of the UK media industry, currently holding the position of President of Brands and Licensing, BBC Studios, where she is responsible for marketing some of the world’s most famous TV brands, such as Doctor Who, Strictly Come Dancing and BBC Earth.

Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson in Remains of the day, standing by a window.

Type: Feature
Date: 09 Jan 2023

How The Remains of the Day changed the way I think about England

Kazuo Ishiguro’s quietly subversive novel showed the English obsession with class and made this writer look at the country with fresh eyes

Type: Author

Wang Anyi

Wang Anyi is a Chinese writer, vice-chair of the China Writers Association since 2006 and a professor of Chinese Literature at Fudan University

Type: Author

Sam Taylor

Sam Taylor was born in Nottinghamshire, England, in 1970

Type: Feature
Date: 04 Apr 2025

Monthly Spotlight: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1986, The Handmaid’s Tale is the dystopian novel that became a phenomenon

Type: Feature
Date: 06 Nov 2023

Book of the Month: The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch

In 1973, The Black Prince was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Part-thriller, part-love story, it was Murdoch’s 15th novel and third recognition by the prize

Type: Year

The Booker Prize 2025

David Szalay has won the Booker Prize 2025 for his sixth work of fiction, Flesh, becoming the first Hungarian-British author to win the award

Type: Book
Date: 23 Jan 2024

Not a River

Selva Almada’s novel is the finest expression yet of her compelling style and singular vision of rural Argentina

Type: Book
Date: 09 Feb 2023

This Other Eden

Full of lyricism and power, Paul Harding's spellbinding novel celebrates the hopes, dreams and resilience of those deemed not to fit in a world brutally intolerant of difference