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Jenny Erpenbeck and Michael Hofmann’s victory with their novel about the dissolution of a political system marks a first for German literature – and was celebrated far beyond the novel’s borders

Read the opening words from Oh William! where bestselling author Elizabeth Strout returns to her beloved heroine Lucy Barton in a luminous novel about love, loss, and the family secrets that can erupt and bewilder us at any time. 

The 2025 judges for the International Booker Prize, the world’s most significant award for a single work of translated fiction, are revealed today, 10 July 2024

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, Julia Sanches talks about the inspiration behind Boulder in an exclusive interview

Tan Twan Eng talks about being a voracious reader as a child - and why, as a judge of the International Booker, he is looking for novels that speak to both the head and the heart

Mary Jean Chan talks about being drawn to Anglophone literature as a teenager, and why the Booker Prize is about so much more than the winning novel

On being longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, Diane Cook speaks about transitioning from short stories to novels and the authors who have inspired her work.

As Time Shelter wins the International Booker Prize 2023, here’s what fans and critics are saying about Georgi Gospodinov and Angela Rodel’s timely win

An unforgettable road trip of a novel about a middle-aged academic whose marriage, career and body are failing him 

Whether you’re new to A Spool of Blue Thread or have read it and would like to explore it more deeply, here is our comprehensive guide.