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Anuk Arudpragasam Q&A
‘I view each book I write as a kind of apprenticeship to writers I want to emulate’
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GauZ' interview: 'Africans never abandon laughter, no matter how serious the situation'
Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, GauZ’ talks about the inspiration behind his debut novel Standing Heavy in an exclusive interview
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Paul Harding interview: 'Without exaggeration, the book was mostly written on Post-it notes'
With This Other Eden shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023, we spoke to Paul Harding about the real island that inspired the book, and why his method of writing is like musical improvisation
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Mariana Enríquez and Megan McDowell on The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
Author Mariana Enríquez and translator Megan McDowell speak about the International Booker Prize-longlisted The Dangers of Smoking in Bed.
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Sophie Hughes interview: ‘When you translate fiction, the masquerade frees you’
Hughes reveals challenges she faces in the art of translation and tells us how reading J.M. Coetzee changed her life.
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11 Booker Prize-nominated novels that explore the passage of time
This selection of books offers a profound meditation on the human experience, with characters that are guaranteed to stay with you long after each story ends
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The Booker Prize audio advent calendar
With the countdown to Christmas underway, we are posting a festive clip from a different Booker-nominated audiobook each day until 24th December. Listen to them all here
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Katy Derbyshire interview: 'Respect for a book doesn’t mean opting for an obvious translation'
Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, translator Katy Derbyshire talks about While We Were Dreaming in an exclusive interview
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Meet the International Booker Prize Reading Challenge Ambassadors
The librarians and booksellers taking part in our inaugural challenge tell us what they are most looking forward to about being a Reading Challenge Ambassador
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Hisham Matar interview: ‘I carried this novel in my head for a decade’
The author of My Friends, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, talks about the classic that inspired him to become a writer, and why he always returns to Proust