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An extract from A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler’s domestic saga paints a vivid portrait of the Whitshank family, and reveals the ways in which our everyday lives are far more complex than they appear on the surface
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Anne Tyler’s domestic saga paints a vivid portrait of the Whitshank family, and reveals the ways in which our everyday lives are far more complex than they appear on the surface
In this guest post, singer-songwriter Dua Lipa explains why Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life does exactly what great literature is supposed to do
In exhilarating, provocative prose, Ia Genberg reveals an intimate and powerful celebration of what it means to be human
Flesh is the winner of the Booker Prize 2025. A spare but propulsive novel, Flesh follows a man from adolescence to old age as he is unravelled by a series of events beyond his grasp
Ben Okri wrote a poem for the Booker Prize to celebrate the generosity of its years funded by the Man Group and the transition to a partnership with Crankstart
Sebastian Barry’s The Secret Scripture, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2008, is the story of Roseanne, a woman approaching her 100th birthday who has spent much of her adult life in a Sligo asylum now due to close.
In this episode of The Booker Prize Podcast, our hosts revisit two books that were in the running to win the prize in 2005 and ask - did the right novel win?
The librarians and booksellers taking part in our first Reading Challenge tell us what they enjoyed most about reading 2024’s best in translated fiction – and who they’re tipping to win
This Women in Translation Month, discover translated fiction from across the globe, as recommended by International Booker Prize-nominated authors
25 years after winning the Booker for Amsterdam, Ian McEwan revisits his journals and talks about the inspirations behind the book, in an exclusive interview