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Get to know the authors longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026
We asked the authors nominated for this year’s Booker Prize about the inspirations behind their longlisted works; their favourite books; and where they love to read, and write
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Marlon James interview: 'Fiction is ideally placed to bring a closed-off chapter right into the open'
The author of The Disappearers, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2026, on realising that novels could be more than schoolwork, re-reading Toni Morrison, and trusting rumours more than facts
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Information for teachers and children's librarians
Are you a teacher or librarian? Join our community of professionals who bring books to life for children and young people
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Women in Translation Month: 10 essential International Booker Prize-nominated books to read this August
The founder of Martha’s Monthly, a newsletter designed to make books from around the world more accessible, recommends her favourite novels to help you read further and wider
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Emma Cline interview: 'The book probably all comes out of my own feelings of mortal terror and loss'
The author of Switzy, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026, talks about the strangeness of life’s endings, writing in hotels, and the childhood books that inspired her
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Makenna Goodman interview: 'I wanted to explore how we govern, punish, teach and love'
The author of Helen of Nowhere, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026, on the Helens that inspired her, writing by hand and her fantasy reading spot
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M. John Harrison interview: 'Writing or reading, my overall relationship with a book is always romantic'
The author of The End of Everything, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2026, on his favourite stationery, finding inspiration in coastal towns, and the books that shaped his writing
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Douglas Stuart interview: 'When we talk about class or sexuality, our rural places are often overlooked'
The author of John of John, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2026, on studying his brother’s LPs, and finding a rich, inspiring culture on the Isle of Harris
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Chloe Aridjis interview: 'My best writing is still done in my childhood bedroom in Mexico City'
The author of The Shadow of the Object, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026, talks about her beloved chaise longue, revisiting Kafka, and the art historian who inspired her latest novel