Authors join Julian Barnes in condemning US authors' admission to Booker prize

Writers including AS Byatt and Philip Hensher say Commonwealth and British writers face greater struggle to find readers, now ‘dice are loaded’ AS Byatt, Philip Hensher and Susan Hill have joined authors backing Julian Barnes’s call for the Man Booker prize to exclude US writers once again, a month after Paul Beatty became the first American to win the prize for his novel The Sellout. Related: Julian Barnes: letting US authors compete for Booker prize is 'daft' Related: 'Well, that's the end of the Booker prize, then' It reduces British authors' chances of winning from practically none to 'seriously, mate, don't even think about it' Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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