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The Booker Prize will showcase its shortlisted authors with appearances via “Front Row”, social media and Guardian Live alongside readings from the Old Vic on the big night. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-16 04:23:16 UTC ]
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British publisher and writer Tom Maschler–who published authors including Joseph Heller and Gabriel García Márquez, and who masterminded the Booker Prize–has died aged 87. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-15 18:12:55 UTC ]
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With no room for Hilary Mantel’s conclusion to her Wolf Hall trilogy, the six finalists also include four debutsHilary Mantel will not win a third Booker prize with the final novel in her Thomas Cromwell trilogy, after American writers made a near clean sweep of this year’s shortlist.With four... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2020-09-15 12:21:07 UTC ]
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Diane Cook, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Avni Doshi, Maaza Mengiste, Douglas Stuart and Brandon Taylor have been shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize, in a selection packed with independent presses but featuring the notable absence of two-time winner Hilary Mantel. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 08:26:08 UTC ]
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Six titles made the shortlist for this year's Booker Prize for Fiction, of which four are debuts. The list is also notably diverse, with four female finalists and four titles coming from independent publishers. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Mackintosh’s “The Water Cure,” longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2018, also dealt with women living restricted lives. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-30 08:26:14 UTC ]
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In foreword to report into diversity in publishing, Booker prize-winning author rails against ‘ridiculous’ beliefsBernardine Evaristo, the first black woman to win the Booker prize, has hit out at “ridiculous” and “misguided” beliefs in the publishing industry, where “black and Asian people are... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2020-06-23 11:06:09 UTC ]
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The moment they hit the press, the reviews for The Mirror And The Light were glowing. A “shoo-in for the Booker Prize” said the Guardian. “A masterpiece of historical fiction” according to the Independent. “Does it merit another Booker?” asks the Evening Standard, before concluding “yes it... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-27 10:51:38 UTC ]
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Mantel’s first two installments, “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies,” both won the Booker Prize. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-10 15:47:07 UTC ]
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Gaby Wood, literary director of the Booker Prize Foundation, has said prizes like the Booker are for readers first and foremost, and that they should be treated as an investigation rather than an act of judgement shaping the canon. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-25 12:59:25 UTC ]
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Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other, which recently won the Booker Prize, is out now from Grove Atlantic. We asked her about writers’ block, her favorite books, and more. * Who do you most wish would read your book? Oprah. I don’t know if her book club has ever featured a novel or book... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-11-05 09:49:45 UTC ]
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The novel, longlisted for the Booker Prize, is a brilliantly constructed jigsaw puzzle of meaning. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-15 20:26:04 UTC ]
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Longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize, this brainy, batty story is an unholy amalgamation of scholarship and comedy. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-15 12:56:00 UTC ]
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Canadian writer Margaret Atwood and British author Bernardine Evaristo split the Booker Prize on Monday, after the judging panel ripped up the rule book and refused to name one winner for the prestigious fiction trophy. Continue reading at 'CBC'
[ CBC | 2019-10-14 20:58:08 UTC ]
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It's the height of literary award season and WD senior editor Amy Jones considers what prizes like The Booker Prize have to offer readers and writers. The post Benefits of The Booker Prize and Other Literary Awards for Writers (Besides the Money) by Amy Jones appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at 'Writer's Digest'
[ Writer's Digest | 2019-10-14 19:33:33 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize has been jointly won by Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments (Chatto & Windus) and Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other (Hamish Hamilton). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 08:52:37 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize has reassured readers the £50,000 literary award has “not yet been decided” – after a bookshop mistakenly branded copies of Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments with a “winner” sticker. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-17 10:52:14 UTC ]
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Lucy Ellmann’s novel is a 1,000-page single sentence, and it was just shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-11 12:30:00 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize’s "wide-ranging and diverse" shortlist has been met with a broadly positive response from the trade, though there is surprise from some that authors like Max Porter missed out on the final six. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-04 10:36:45 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize has remained tightlipped over speculation that Lee Child will join the judging panel for the 2020 prize. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-12 09:45:34 UTC ]
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