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Exploring love, war, and the human experience, these works of fiction from the Booker Library celebrate the South Asian diaspora through the region’s most influential voices and stories

‘Why am I in this car? I’ll sit still. Sometimes, if you don’t move, your memory comes back. But it’s not working. One thing is certain, the driver is smoking. The vehicle is filled with heavy smoke. My eyes are burning. I feel sick.’

In 2005, Hilary Mantel emailed her editor Nicholas Pearson the first 40 pages of a new book, which would transform not only her career, but our expectations of historical fiction. Here, he recalls how Wolf Hall came to life

John Berger’s decision to give away half of his £5,000 prize money in 1972 was one of the Booker’s most controversial moments. In this speech, delivered at the Café Royal in London after being announced as the winner, he set out the reasons behind his actions

‘It was then that I heard a knocking on the windowpane. And there, behind the glass, stood Nelso Tabiòna. He was looking at me in silence, in keeping with his most personal principle of discretion. As a matter of fact, he deems it proper to announce himself in this manner.’ 

Tim Winton depicts a man’s desperate quest across Europe, as he tries to track down his missing wife

The BBC and The Booker Prizes have partnered to showcase gifted new directing talent.

What if all the Palestinians in Israel simply disappeared one day? What would happen next? How would Israelis react? These unsettling questions are posed in Ibtisam Azem’s powerfully imaginative novel

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