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An intensely moving novel about three friends living in political exile and the emotional homeland that friendship can provide

From hidden gems to bustling neighbourhood mainstays, the Booker Prizes team open the doors to their go-to bookshops around the world

On The Booker Prize Podcast this week, Jo and James are joined in the studio by the winning author and translator of this year’s International Booker Prize

On The Booker Prize Podcast this week, our hosts take a closer look at the metafictional thriller widely considered to be Iris Murdoch’s best work

From Roald Dahl’s Danny the Champion of the World to Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden, discover the children’s books that were instrumental in sparking Booker Prize authors’ imagination and love of reading

Doris Lessing’s novel The Good Terrorist follows a group of radicals and a woman who is drawn into their terrorist activities. Read the opening pages here

In this episode of The Booker Prize Podcast, Jo and James discuss this year’s Booker Prize shortlist, and debate which year provided the greatest shortlist ever

Four men attempt to carry out the last wishes of their friend as they travel across the countryside to scatter his ashes

A spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and years – an epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity