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Several titles in the Booker archives foreground the craft of writing and present multi-layered narrative experiences which challenge storytelling norms. Here are some of the best…
In 2016, Graeme Macrae Burnet was shortlisted for the Booker Prize with a mesmerising literary thriller based on ‘found’ historical documents, set in an unforgiving landscape where the exercise of power is arbitrary
With How to Build a Boat longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023, we spoke to Elaine Feeney about why Ireland is a nation of storytellers and how her main character was inspired by her son
With All the Little Bird-Hearts longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023, we spoke to Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow about why she set her book in the 1980s, and writing whenever there’s an opportunity to do so
With Pearl longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023, we spoke to Siân Hughes about her lifelong obsession, and how the book is rooted in her home village
With Study for Obedience shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023, we spoke to Sarah Bernstein about the cruelty of the countryside and why her writing begins with sounds rather than stories
With In Ascension longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023, we spoke to Martin MacInnes about the interconnectedness of life – and why arts and sciences belong together
With A Spell of Good Things longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ talks about how impulse strikes when she’s observing others, and the literary traditions that have nourished her as a writer
The authors shortlisted and longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize reveal the inspirations behind their nominated work, their writing processes and their favourite Booker books
We spoke to Paul Lynch, winner of the Booker Prize 2023, about writing the ‘wrong’ book and creating a realistic dystopia
