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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

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 

From a vast range of global experiences to books brimming with long-held secrets, from fresh voices to Booker Prize alumni, here’s the lowdown on this year’s longlist 

From witchcraft to warfare, trauma to transformation, resilience to cruelty, this year’s longlist shines a light on a vast range of experiences 

From Gabriel García Márquez to Olga Tokarczuk, the International Booker Prize has been celebrating and rewarding the best international writers and translators of long-form fiction since 2005. Here is a definitive list of the winning and shortlisted authors and their novels, since the prize’s inception