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Ben Okri: How I wrote The Famished Road
In 1991 Ben Okri became the first Black writer to win the Booker Prize. He explains how his novel, The Famished Road, was written on a magic tide of freedom
In our latest competition, we’re offering you the chance to win one of five bundles made up of all six shortlisted titles in contention for this year’s International Booker Prize
The last decade of the 20th century saw A.S. Byatt, Roddy Doyle and J.M. Coetzee win the Booker, but there are many other shortlisted titles that modern readers should seek out
The author of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, winner of the Booker Prize 2022, explains why its plot, tone and black humour all owe a debt to the American writer
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The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 18: Exploring the Booker Prize 2023 shortlist (part 1)
In this episode of The Booker Prize Podcast, our hosts take a closer look at If I Survive You, This Other Eden and Study for Obedience from this year’s shortlist
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Reading guide: On Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia, translated by Padma Viswanathan
Stark and unsettling, On Earth As It is Beneath is set in a forgotten prison in remote Brazil where life has taken a sadistic, deadly turn
Samanta Schweblin’s wildly imaginative novel – longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020 – explores the voyeurism and exhibitionism inherent in our digital lives
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10 Booker Prize-nominated books with unique settings
Journey to some seriously unusual spaces and places in Booker Prize history with these unforgettable novels
Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, translator Daniel Levin Becker talks about The Birthday Party in an exclusive interview