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Young people reading, world map in the background

Date: 13/04/2023
Type: Feature

Generation TF: who is really reading translated fiction in the UK

Data compiled by Nielsen for the Booker Prize Foundation shows that readers of translated fiction in the UK are significantly younger than fiction readers generally

Date: 12/04/2023
Type: Feature

Aniruddhan Vasudevan interview: 'I have a sincere urge to go back and redo my earlier work'

Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, Aniruddhan Vasudevan talks about his translation of the novel Pyre in an exclusive interview

Date: 12/04/2023
Type: Feature

Perumal Murugan interview: 'Reports of honour killings compelled me to write'

Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, Perumal Murugan talks about his novel Pyre and the events that inspired the book in an exclusive interview

International Booker Prize longlist 2023

Date: 05/04/2023
Type: Feature

Why we should celebrate translated fiction, according to our longlistees

We asked the 2023 International Booker Prize longlisted authors and translators to explain why reading fiction translated from another language matters so much

Date: 18/04/2023
Type: Feature

Rosalind Harvey interview: 'The separation of translated fiction from so-called original fiction is false'

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, Rosaline Harvey talks about her translation of Still Born in an exclusive interview

Date: 04/04/2023
Type: Feature

Laurent Mauvignier interview: 'I can’t write if the view in front of me is too beautiful'

With The Birthday Party longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, its author talks about writing a novel in the vein of Stephen King, but with the language of Marcel Proust

International Booker Prize 2023 longlist books

Date: 04/04/2023
Type: Feature

Interviews with the International Booker Prize 2023 longlistees

The authors and translators longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023 tell us how it feels to be nominated and why we should celebrate translated fiction

Date: 18/04/2023
Type: Feature

Frank Wynne interview: 'Literature in translation is a powerful way of fostering empathy'

Frank Wynne, translator of Standing Heavy which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, talks to The Booker Prizes in an exclusive interview

Date: 04/04/2023
Type: Feature

Charlotte Barslund interview: 'It’s a paradox that the better I translate, the more I erase myself'

Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, Charlotte Borslund talk about her translation of Is Mother Dead in an exclusive interview

Date: 18/04/2023
Type: Feature

GauZ' interview: 'Africans never abandon laughter, no matter how serious the situation'

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, GauZ’ talks about the inspiration behind his debut novel Standing Heavy in an exclusive interview