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Date: 07/08/2025
Type: Feature

An extract from Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Douglas Stuart depicts the heartbreaking story of a working-class family in 1980s Glasgow, with the young Shuggie Bain trying to understand his place in the world

Date: 07/08/2025
Type: Feature

Monthly Spotlight: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Winner of the Booker Prize 2020, Shuggie Bain has captured hearts with the story of a young boy plagued by poverty and trauma

A Booker Prize tote bag with the cover of Shuggie Bain and text saying Monthly Spotlight in a circle

Date: 07/08/2025
Type: Feature

Win a copy of Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Win one of five copies of our Monthly Spotlight title for August, plus a limited-edition Booker Prize tote bag

Mixed media collage combining a black-and-white photo of a pair of hands, some open books, a tablet plus colourful graphic elements including large and small polka dots and a looping black line linking the books and the human hands together

Date: 17/07/2025
Type: Feature

10 of the best genre-bending Booker Prize-nominated novels

If you enjoy innovative books that switch between genres, play with forms, and generally turn the reader’s expectations upside down, this list is for you

Date: 03/07/2025
Type: Feature

Reading guide: Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Pasaribu, translated by Tiffany Tsao

Powerful blend of science fiction, absurdism and alternative-historical realism that aims to destabilise the heteronormative world and expose its underlying rot

Composite image of the International Booker Prize 2026 judges

Type: Press release

Natasha Brown announced as Chair of judges for the International Booker Prize 2026, in its 10th anniversary year

The award-winning Assembly author is joined by Marcus du Sautoy, Sophie Hughes, Troy Onyango and Nilanjana S. Roy

A selection of books presented against a bright yellow background, featuring graphics of the sun and an open book, which has a swimming pool within its pages

Date: 08/07/2025
Type: Feature

10 Booker Prize-nominated books that are perfect for hot weather

Across the northern hemisphere, temperatures are rising with forecasts of another sweltering summer ahead. Here are ten searingly good Booker-nominated reads, where hot weather is much more than just a backdrop

A selection of open books with swimming pools within the pages presented sandy yellow background

Date: 08/07/2025
Type: Feature

Summer reading from the Booker Prizes

We’ve pooled together some of our best reading recommendations for the long hot summer ahead – so dip in and find your new favourite novel. Still unsure? Our quiz will recommend the perfect Booker book for you

Type: Content Page

The International Booker Prize 2026 call-in nomination form

Type: Content Page