The Booker Prizes
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The story so far: It’s 15 years since the Second World War and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the conflict is well and truly over. Living alone in her late mother’s country home, Isabel’s life is as it should be: led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis delivers his graceless new girlfriend, Eva, at Isabel’s doorstep-as a guest, there to stay for the season…
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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The story so far: 1920: John has returned from war to North Yorkshire – alive, but not still whole. Reunited with Helena, an artist, he reopens his photography business and endeavours to keep on living. But the past erupts insistently into the present, as ghosts begin to surface in his pictures: ghosts whose messages he cannot understand.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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The story so far: Sadie Smith, a 34-year-old undercover agent of ruthless tactics, bold opinions and clean beauty, is sent by her mysterious employers to a remote corner of France to infiltrate a commune of radical eco-activists. But her journey here hasn't been without incident, including a case she worked on during her time with the FBI, which had dire results and changed her life’s trajectory.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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The story so far: It’s 1861 and Jim, a slave and soon-to-be companion of Huckleberry Finn on a dangerous journey along the Mississippi River, is a man driven by a fierce instinct to survive and to protect his family. This includes teaching his own and other children the behavioural and language skills needed to avoid antagonising the white people who have made their lives hell.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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The story so far: Burnt out and in need of retreat, a middle-aged woman leaves Sydney to return to the place she grew up, taking refuge in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of New South Wales. She doesn’t believe in God, or know what prayer is, and finds herself living a strange, reclusive existence almost by accident.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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The story so far: Six astronauts rotate in the International Space Station. They are there to do vital work, but slowly they begin to wonder: what is life without Earth? What is Earth without humanity? Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents, and cycling through seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of oceans. Endless shows of spectacular beauty witnessed in a single day. Yet although separated from the world they cannot escape its constant pull.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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Coming 12.10.24 | 12:00 BST
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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Coming 12.10.24 | 12:00 BST
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2024 shortlist. Huge congratulations to all six authors.
➡️ Discover the shortlist: thebookerprizes.com/bp2024
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The Booker Prize 2024 shortlist in full:
James by Percival Everett
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
Held by Anne Michaels
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2024 longlist. Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen.
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The Booker Prize 2024 longlist in full:
Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
James by Percival Everett
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
My Friends by Hisham Matar
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
Held by Anne Michaels
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
Playground by Richard Powers
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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Earlier this week, author Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann were announced as the winners of the International Booker Prize 2024, for the novel, Kairos. Jenny and Michael join Jo and James to talk about whether their win has truly sunk in yet and what might be next, and administrator of the International Booker Prize, Fiammetta Rocco also joins to talk about the prize more generally. It's our last episode of this season of The Booker Prize Podcast so make sure you don't miss this one – but all our previous episodes will be available to listen whenever you want.
Find out more about Kairos: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/kairos
A full transcript of the episode is available at our website.
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Find out more about Kairos: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/kairos
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Each year the International Booker Prize introduces readers to the best novels and short story collections from around the globe that have been translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland. The prize recognises the vital work of translators with the £50,000 prize money divided equally: £25,000 for the author and £25,000 for the translator (or divided equally between multiple translators).
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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In this episode Jo and James discuss:
- Brief biographies of each author, and short summaries of each book
- Their thoughts on the three books books discussed in this episode
- The common themes running through these books
- Which book they think might win
Reading list:
- Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong, translated by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/mater-2-10
- Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior, translated by Johnny Lorenz: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/crooked-plow
- Not a River by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/not-a-river
A full transcript of the episode is available at our website.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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In this episode Jo and James discuss:
- Their initial thoughts on the 2024 shortlist as a whole
- The common themes running through these books
- Brief biographies of each author, and short summaries of each book
- Their thoughts on the three books books discussed in this episode
Reading list:
- The Details by Ia Genberg, translated by Kira Josefsson: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-details
- Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/kairos
- What I'd Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma, translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/what-id-rather-not-think-about
A full transcript of the episode is available at our website.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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The story so far: Deep in Brazil’s neglected Bahia hinterland, two sisters find an ancient knife beneath their grandmother’s bed and, momentarily mystified by its power, decide to taste its metal.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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The story so far: What if one half of a pair of twins no longer wants to live? What if the other can’t live without them? This question lies at the heart of Jente Posthuma’s What I’d Rather Not Think About. The narrator is a twin whose brother has recently taken his own life. She looks back on their childhood, and tells of their adult lives: how her brother tried to find happiness, though never completely.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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The story so far: Centred on three generations of a family of rail workers and a laid-off factory worker staging a high-altitude sit-in, Mater 2-10 vividly depicts the lives of ordinary working Koreans, starting with the Japanese colonial era, continuing through Liberation and right up to the 21st century. The large cast of complex characters includes Daryeong, AKA Yamashita, a former pig farmer who rises through the ranks of the police force, and who pits himself against the country’s labour unions, activists and communists.
Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/mater-2-10
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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The story so far: Berlin, 11 July 1986. Katharina and Hans meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he is older and married. Theirs is an intense and sudden attraction, fuelled by a shared passion for music and art, and heightened by the secrecy they must maintain. But when she strays for a single night he cannot forgive her and a dangerous crack forms between them, opening up a space for cruelty, punishment and the exertion of power.
Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/kairos
Directed by Charlotte Hamblin for Merman.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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The story so far: Three men go out fishing, returning to a favourite spot on the river despite their memories of a terrible accident there years earlier. As a long, sultry day passes, they drink and cook and talk and dance, and try to overcome the ghosts of their past. But they are outsiders, and this intimate, peculiar moment also puts them at odds with the inhabitants of this watery universe, both human and otherwise.
Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/not-a-river
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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The story so far: In the throes of a high fever, a woman lies bedridden. Suddenly, she is struck with an urge to revisit a particular novel from her past. Inside the book is an inscription: a message from an ex-girlfriend. Pages from her past begin to flip, full of things she cannot forget and people who cannot be forgotten. Johanna, that same ex-girlfriend, now a famous TV host. Niki, the friend who disappeared all those years ago. And Alejandro, who appears like a storm in precisely the right moment.
Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-details
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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Coming 25 April 2024, 9am BST.
In this episode Jo and James:
- Introduce our April Monthly Spotlight pick
- Share a brief biography of Esi Edugyan and her work to date
- Summarise the novel
- Discuss the plot and their thoughts
- Suggest the kind of reader who will love the book
Reading list:
- The Second Life of Samuel Tyne by Esi Edugyan
- Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/half-blood-blues
- Washington Black by Esi Edugyan: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/washington-black
- Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby
- The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-amber-spyglass
- Any Human Heart by William Boyd: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/any-human-heart
- This Other Eden by Paul Harding: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/this-other-eden
A full transcript of the episode is available at our website: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/the-booker-prize-podcast-episode-38-washington-black-by-esi-edugyan
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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Find out more about all the books, authors and translators: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2024
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
#BookerPrize
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2024
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The International Booker Prize 2024 shortlist in full:
Not a River by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann
The Details by Ia Genberg, translated by Kira Josefsson
Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong, translated by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae
What I'd Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma, translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey
Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior, translated by Johnny Lorenz
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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In this episode Jo and James:
- Discuss the Booker Prize 1984 shortlist
- Share a brief biography of Anita Brookner
- Summarise the plot of Anita Brookner's Hotel du Lac
- Explore the characters in Brookner's novel
- Share a brief biography of J.G. Ballard
- Summarise the plot of Empire of the Sun
- Who should read these books
- Discuss their thoughts on both novels and which should have won the Booker Prize 1984
Reading list:
- Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/empire-of-the-sun
- Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/hotel-du-lac
- Small World by David Lodge: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/small-world
- Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/flauberts-parrot
- In Custody by Anita Desai: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/in-custody
- According to Mark by Penelope Lively: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/according-to-mark
A full transcript of the episode is available at our website: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/the-booker-prize-podcast-episode-37-empire-of-the-sun-or-hotel-du-lac
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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Want to read the longlisted books along with us? Join our #IBPReadingChallenge here: thebookerprizes.com/readingchallenge
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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Conversation topics in this episode:
- Fiammetta shares how the International Booker Prize began, and how it works in tandem with the Booker Prize
- The importance of translators
- The surging popularity of translated fiction, especially amongst younger readers
- What it's like to be a judge for the International Booker Prize
- Common themes in contemporary literature across the world
- The 2024 longlist
Reading list:
- Not a River by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/not-a-river
- Simpatía by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón, translated by Noel Hernández González and Daniel Hahn: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/simpatia
- Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/kairos
- The Details by Ia Genberg, translated by Kira Josefsson: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-details
- White Nights by Urszula Honek, translated by Kate Webster: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/white-nights
- Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong, translated by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/mater-2-10
- A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare, translated by John Hodgson: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/a-dictator-calls
- The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov, translated by Boris Dralyuk: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-silver-bone
- What I'd Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma, translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/what-id-rather-not-think-about
- Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo, translated by Leah Janeczko: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/lost-on-me
- The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone, translated by Oonagh Stransky: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-house-on-via-gemito
- Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior, translated by Johnny Lorenz: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/crooked-plow
- Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener, translated by Julia Sanches: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/undiscovered
A full transcript of the episode is available at our website.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
#BookerPrize #InternationalBooker2024
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2024
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The International Booker Prize 2024 longlist in full:
Not a River by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott
Simpatía by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón, translated by Noel Hernández González and Daniel Hahn
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann
The Details by Ia Genberg, translated by Kira Josefsson
White Nights by Urszula Honek, translated by Kate Webster
Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong, translated by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae
A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare, translated by John Hodgson
The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov, translated by Boris Dralyuk
What I'd Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma, translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey
Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo, translated by Leah Janeczko
The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone, translated by Oonagh Stransky
Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior, translated by Johnny Lorenz
Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener, translated by Julia Sanches
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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#IWD2024
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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In this episode Jo and James:
- Share a brief biography of Kazuo Ishiguro
- Summarise the plot of the book, and share their thoughts on it
- Explore the character of Stevens and the idea of dignity on which he based his life
- Discuss the narrative devices Ishiguro uses throughout the novel
- Delve into James Ivory’s adaptation, and the differences between book and film
Reading list:
- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-remains-of-the-day
- An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/an-artist-of-the-floating-world
A full transcript of the episode is available at our website.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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Discover more about Iris Murdoch: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/authors/iris-murdoch
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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In this episode Jo and James:
- Share a brief biography of Michael Ondaatje
- Summarise the plot of the book, and discuss their thoughts on it
- Explore the four main characters we meet in the novel
- Delve into Anthony Minghella's film adaptation and the differences between book and film
Reading list:
- The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-english-patient
- Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/sacred-hunger
- Black Dogs by Ian McEwan: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/black-dogs
- Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-butcher-boy
- Warlight by Michael Ondaatje: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/warlight
- Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje
- The Histories by Herodotus
- In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
A full transcript of the episode is available at our website:thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/the-booker-prize-podcast-episode-34-the-english-patient-on-screen-and
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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In this episode Jo and James:
- Consider what makes a classic
- Each pick three novels from the Booker Library that are – or should be – considered classics
- Discuss the plots of their chosen novels and why they are deserving of classic status
Reading list:
- Something to Answer For by P.H. Newby: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/something-to-answer-for
- A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/a-month-in-the-country
- How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/how-late-it-was-how-late
- St. Urbain's Horseman by Mordecai Richler: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/st-urbains-horseman
- Atonement by Ian McEwan: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/atonement
- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-remains-of-the-day
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-handmaids-tale
- Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/shuggie-bain
- Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/schindlers-ark
- The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-english-patient
- Autobiography by Morrisey
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/midnights-children
- The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-siege-of-krishnapur
- The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-conservationist
- Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/oscar-and-lucinda
- The Ghost Road by Pat Barker: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-ghost-road
- Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/disgrace
- Staying On by Paul Scott: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/staying-on
- The Famished Road by Ben Okri: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-famished-road
- Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/cloud-atlas
- The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-line-of-beauty
- Autumn by Ali Smith: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/autumn
- Crudo by Olivia Laing
- No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/no-one-is-talking-about-this
- Waterland by Graham Swift: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/waterland
- G. by John Berger: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/g
- Middlemarch by George Eliot
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Ulysses by James Joyce
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
- To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
- Glass, Irony and God by Anne Carson
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Read Alex Clark's piece, “Which novels in the Booker Prize archives should be considered classics?”: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/which-booker-prize-novels-should-be-considered-classics
A full transcript of the episode is available at our website: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/the-booker-prize-podcast-episode-33-what-makes-a-classic-novel
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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In this episode Jo and James:
- Share a brief biography of Thomas Keneally
- Revisit the origin story of Schindler's Ark
- Consider whether “non-fiction novels” are really novels
- Summarise the plot of the book, and discuss their thoughts on it
- Explore the character of Oskar Schindler
- Delve into Steven Spielberg's adaptation, Schindler's List, and the differences between book and film
Reading list:
- Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/schindlers-ark
- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-remains-of-the-day
- Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/empire-of-the-sun
- Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/hotel-du-lac
- Erasure by Percival Everett: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-trees
- The Trees by Percival Everett
- The Place at Whitton by Thomas Keneally
- The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith by Thomas Keneally: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith
- Gossip from the Forest by Thomas Keneally: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/gossip-from-the-forest
- Confederates by Thomas Keneally: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/confederates
- An Ice-Cream War by William Boyd: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/an-ice-cream-war
- The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally
A full transcript of the episode is available at our website: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/the-booker-prize-podcast-episode-32-title-schindlers-ark-vs-schindlers-list
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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In this episode Jo and James:
- Consider how the book became so popular
- Whether the haters have a leg to stand on
- Share a brief biography of Sally Rooney
- Summarise the plot of Normal People
- Discuss the themes explored in the novel
Reading list:
- Normal People by Sally Rooney: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/normal-people
- Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney
- Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
A full transcript of the episode is available at our website: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/the-booker-prize-podcast-episode-31-normal-people
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The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizes
The Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizes
The Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizes
The Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizes
The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
#BookerPrize