Marlon James, Elizabeth Strout and Douglas Stuart are among the shortlisted authors for the 2026 Booker Prize. (ABC News graphics) For an author of literary fiction, having a novel shortlisted for the Booker Prize is career-changing. The result is a frenzy…
Awarded to novels where the majority of the story is set more than 50 years ago, the Historical Novel Prize recognises Australian and New Zealand historical novelists writing for Adults and Children & Young Adults, with a total prize pool of $155,000. The…
The 2026 shortlist features two authors who have won this - the most prestigious award in British fiction. Booker Prize judges have selected an eclectic mix of works for the 2026 shortlist, which features two authors who have won this - the most prestigious…
M John Harrison spent decades being dismissed as a sci-fi hack. Finally, he’s getting his due – and he may have a heart attack to thank One evening in 2015, M John Harrison was in east London, reading a short story “to…
Home » Lifestyle » Books » Booker Prize 2026: A diverse list to inspire all sorts of readers – six experts review the nominees There’s poetic historic fiction with May we Feed the King about a reluctant medieval king from Rebecca Perry. For lovers of…
“The Disappearers” is not an easy book to write. With his latest release, Marlon James — who previously won the 2015 Booker Prize for “A Brief History of Seven Killings” — takes on a profound endeavor: unearthing life in the gay underground of…
RNZ / Life / Books This year’s shortlist is really a testament to the breadth of stories available out there. The prize is announced on 9 November. When the Booker prize was first launched in 1969, its aim was to get more people reading…
Marlon James is the favourite. It’s obvious why. His novel The Disappearers, about eight men who are viciously attacked by gay-bashers in 1988 Jamaica and what happens to the survivors in the years that follow, is big, furious, vastly ambitious, aggressively…
Sunday Times books editor You were born in Trinidad, but The House in Bacolet takes us to Tobago. What drew you specifically to Bacolet? The Caribbean is often presented to outsiders as paradise. What interested you in unsettling that image?
Love in a Larger World: John Gwynne’s ‘The Wolves of War The Cornell Daily Sun Love in a Larger World: John Gwynne’s 'The Wolves of War' From John Gwynne, author of the heroic fantasy series The Faithful and the Fallen…
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