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Christopher Ricks
Sir Christopher Bruce Ricks FBA is a British literary critic and scholar.
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An extract from The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone, translated by Oonagh Stransky
Narrated against the vivid backdrop of Naples in the 1960s, Domenico Starnone’s The House on Via Gemito is a masterpiece of contemporary Italian literature
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The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 38: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
This week on The Booker Prize Podcast, our hosts delve into Esi Edugyan’s acclaimed 2018 shortlisted novel – an extraordinary tale of a world destroyed and made whole again
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Hilary Mantel reading list: a guide to her Booker nominated titles and other best works
Through a career spanning 17 books and almost four decades, Hilary Mantel cemented herself as one of the world’s best-loved authors. Whether you’ve read her Wolf Hall series and would like to know where to turn next or are new to her work, here is a walk-through of her best writing
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The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 9: The Sellout - the first American novel to win the Booker Prize
In this episode of The Booker Prize Podcast, our hosts discuss Paul Beatty’s biting satire and 2016 Booker Prize-winning novel, The Sellout
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Mia Couto
António Emílio Leite Couto, better known as Mia Couto, is a Mozambican writer
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Polly Barton
Polly Barton is a literary translator and writer
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Sinan Antoon
Born in Baghdad, Sinan Antoon is a poet, novelist, and translator
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An extract from The Overstory by Richard Powers
Richard Powers’ radical and remarkable novel. Nine strangers are each summoned in different ways by the natural world to save it from catastrophe
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An interview with Vincent Delecroix and Helen Stevenson, author and translator of Small Boat
With Small Boat shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025, we spoke to its author and translator about suspending moral judgement, and the books that inspired their careers