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Type: Feature
Date: 17 Oct 2022

Shehan Karunatilaka on Kurt Vonnegut: ‘He's the genius I have robbed from the most'

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

Type: Feature
Date: 26 Sep 2022

Elizabeth Strout on William Trevor: ‘He taught me that the writer’s voice can be quiet’

The Oh William! author, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, explains what she has learnt from William Trevor, including how to be compassionate to her characters

Type: Feature
Date: 23 Sep 2022

Celebrating Hilary Mantel: how the Wolf Hall author rewrote history

Following the sad and sudden death of Hilary Mantel, historians and fellow Booker Prize winners explain how she brought a fresh perspective to one of England’s best-known periods

Type: Author

Frank Wynne

Frank Wynne is an award-winning Irish writer and translator from French and Spanish

Type: Author

Brian W. Aldiss

As a child, Brian w. Aldiss discovered the pulp fiction magazine Astounding Science Fiction, which proved a gateway to the likes of H.G. Wells and Philip K. Dick and his own career as a sci-fi writer

Type: Author

Joe Orton

Joe Orton was an English playwright noted for his black comedies, which combine genteel dialogue with violent and shocking action

Type: Author

Patrick O'Brian

Patrick O’Brian is best known for the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels, acclaimed by Richard Snow in The New York Times as ‘the best historical novels ever written’

Type: Author

Shiva Naipaul

The younger brother of novelist V. S. Naipaul, he died from a heart attack at the age of 40, sitting at his writing desk

Type: Feature

What everyone is saying about the Booker Prize 2022 shortlist

Six authors, five countries, three independent publishers, three sophomore novels and the oldest-ever nominated author: there’s a huge amount to be said about the Booker Prize 2022 shortlist

Casual Readers Club (East London) at the Booker Prize 2022 shortlist event, The Serpentine, London

Type: Press release

Finalists announced for the inaugural Booker Prize Book Club Challenge

From Devon to County Down, steel workers to bakers, the finalists of The Booker Prize Book Club Challenge were celebrated at the 2022 shortlist event