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Michael Ondaatje Q&A
‘It takes me a long time to get over the writing and editing of a book.’
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An extract from The Van by Roddy Doyle
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1991, the third novel in Roddy Doyle’s comic Barrytown trilogy follows the adventures and misadventures of Jimmy Rabbitte Senior
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Reading Guide: The Trees by Percival Everett
Explore Percival Everett’s Booker Prize 2022 shortlisted novel The Trees with your book club using our guide and discover why the judges said it ‘asks questions about history and justice and allows not a single easy answer.’
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An extract from Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
Read the opening chapter from Nightcrawling; at once agonising and mesmerising, Leila Mottley presents a haunting vision of marginalised young people navigating the darkest corners of an adult world.
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Eight Booker Prize-nominated books for World Environment Day
To mark World Environment Day, we’ve scoured the Booker Library to find some of the best books that celebrate the natural world and highlight our need to protect it
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32 books that have inspired the International Booker Prize 2023 shortlistees
We asked each of the International Booker Prize 2023 shortlisted authors and translators which works of fiction have inspired them and their careers the most.
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The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 32: Schindler's Ark vs Schindler's List
This week, The Booker Prize Podcast goes to the movies and revisits Thomas Keneally’s 1982 prize-winner, and its silver-screen counterpart
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If you loved the International Booker Prize 2023 shortlist, you'll love these films...
We believe there is a natural union between international fiction and film. Here, we recommend 6 great movies to complement this year’s International Booker shortlist
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Win a copy of At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop, translated by Anna Moschovakis
Win one of five copies of our Monthly Spotlight title for February, plus a limited-edition Booker Prize tote bag
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The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 37: Empire of the Sun or Hotel du Lac – The Booker vs the Bookies
On this episode of The Booker Prize Podcast, our hosts revisit the works of two titans of literature, which were in the running for the 1984 prize, and ask – did the right novel win?