The author of James, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, on how he sees himself as being in conversation with the creator of Huckleberry Finn, and the skills he learnt from reading Tristram Shandy

The author of Orbital, winner of the Booker Prize 2024, on how her novel was 25 years in the making, and the work of translated fiction that haunts her

The author of Creation Lake, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, discusses her fascination with prehistory, and the writer who established a new set of language rules

The author of Held, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, talks about how her novel explores the conflation of science with technology, and the books that have changed the way she thinks about the world 

The author of The Safekeep, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, talks about reimagining personal and national narratives, and the book from last year’s Booker shortlist that she can’t get out of her head

The author of Stone Yard Devotional, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, talks about finding inspiration in personal upheaval, and the stories that shaped her childhood