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Type: Book
Date: 30 May 2023

The House on Via Gemito

Narrated against the vivid backdrop of Naples in the 1960s, The House on Via Gemito has established itself as a masterpiece of contemporary Italian literature

Type: Book
Date: 07 Mar 2023

The Gospel According to the New World

A miracle baby is rumoured to be the child of God. Award-winning Caribbean author Maryse Condé follows his journey in search of his origins and mission

Type: Feature
Date: 17 Oct 2022

Win in our competition to celebrate the Booker Prize 2022

Win one of 10 signed copies of this year’s Booker Prize-winning book, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida plus 10 limited edition tote bags

Type: Book
Date: 08 Sep 2021

A New Name: Septology VI-VII

Jon Fosse delivers both a transcendent exploration of the human condition and a radically ‘other’ reading experience – incantatory, hypnotic, and utterly unique

Type: Book
Date: 26 Aug 2021

Tomb of Sand

An urgent yet engaging protest against the destructive impact of borders, whether between religions, countries or genders

Type: Content Page

The Bukhman International Booker Prize and its history

The Bukhman International Booker Prize is awarded annually for a single book, translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland

Type: Book
Date: 26 Sep 2019

Faces on the Tip of My Tongue

Meetings, partings, loves and losses in rural France are dissected with warm compassion, in Emmanuelle Pagano’s wonderful collection of stories

Type: Book
Date: 12 Sep 2002

The Autograph Man

Zadie Smith delivers an unforgettable tale about who we are and what we really want to be, in this wry and thoughtful rite-of-passage novel

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jul 2004

I'll Go to Bed at Noon

Gerard Woodward’s richly woven novel, set in the 70s. As pressure builds on Colette to help her struggling family, her own weaknesses begin to emerge

Type: Author

Jennifer Johnston

Jennifer Johnston was born in Dublin in 1930. She is one of the foremost Irish writers of her, or any, generation