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Win one of five copies of our Monthly Spotlight title for May, The Overstory by Richard Powers, plus a limited-edition Booker Prize tote bag

Richard Powers’ radical and remarkable novel. Nine strangers are each summoned in different ways by the natural world to save it from catastrophe

The award-winning author of The Power reflects on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale – a novel that, four decades on, offers far more than a series of important warnings

From time loops to alternative histories, these books offer sharp glimpses into worlds both unsettling and known – while reflecting our own uncertain realities

The cast of actors who star in the International Booker Prize 2025 shortlist films are today revealed in a trailer for the highly anticipated series of shorts, broadcast on the Booker Prizes’ social media channels

Lucy Boynton, Jamie Demetriou, Omari Douglas, Rosalind Eleazar, Ambika Mod and Peter Serafinowicz star in our new films showcasing the International Booker Prize 2025 shortlist

We’re offering you the chance to win one of five bundles made up of all six shortlisted titles in contention for this year’s International Booker Prize

Thirty years after winning the Booker for The Ghost Road, Pat Barker discusses feeling like an outsider, writing about men, and the under-representation of working-class voices 

Today, Tuesday, 8 April, the 2025 shortlist for the International Booker Prize, the world’s most influential award for translated fiction, is announced

Whether you’re new to Under the Eye of the Big Bird or have read it and would like to explore it more deeply, here is our comprehensive guide, featuring insights from critics and the book’s author and translator, as well as discussion points and suggestions for further reading.