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From fresh voices to previous winners, here’s everything you need to know about the 13 books in contention for this year’s International Booker Prize

The Booker Prize Foundation is pleased to announce it has appointed Premier to provide year-round public relations, marketing and event management services
 

In this extract from her final book, the two-time Booker Prize winner explains how she wanted to create a new sense of history, and reveals her relish for Thomas Cromwell’s company

Books Unlocked, our partnership with the National Literacy Trust, encourages the UK’s prison population to engage with literature. Last month we invited the singer Dua Lipa to join our session with the reading group at HMP Downview as they discussed Douglas Stuart’s Shuggie Bain

From unfamiliar voices to a fifth-time nominee, from audacious accounts of displacement and disability to semi-autobiography and speculative fiction, there’s a wealth of global experiences to enjoy on this year’s longlist 

Jon Fosse’s Septology is a transcendent exploration of the human condition, and a radically other reading experience – incantatory, hypnotic, and utterly unique

Shortlisted for the 2018 Booker Prize, Esi Edugyan’s novel relates the astonishing adventures of Washington Black, whose escape from the brutal cane plantations of Barbados was only the beginning

Tim Winton’s 1995 shortlisted novel features a desperate man’s attempts to find his missing wife as he journeys across Europe

From a reading guide and extract to an exclusive interview with the author, find out more about The Narrow Road to the Deep North here.

The bestselling art historian and author of The Story of Art Without Men shares her insights into several paintings of great women authors, from Mary Shelley to Zadie Smith