Sarah Waters on her Booker Prize Nominated Novel Fingersmith | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-10-19 | Sarah Waters on her Booker Prize Nominated Novel Fingersmith | The Booker Prize
Tanya Reynolds reads from ‘The Safekeep’ | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-10-12 | Watch Tanya Reynolds read from Booker Prize 2024-shortlisted ‘The Safekeep’, written by Yael van der Wouden.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…Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-safekeepDirected by Sebastian Thiel for Merman.---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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 #BookerPrize2024 #TanyaReynolds #SexEducation #TheDecameron #Timestalker
Jason Isaacs reads from ‘Held’ | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-10-12 | Watch Jason Isaacs read from Booker Prize 2024-shortlisted ‘Held’, written by Anne Michaels.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.Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/heldDirected by Sebastian Thiel for Merman.---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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 #BookerPrize2024 #JasonIsaacs #harrypotter #luciusmalfoy #sexeducation #TheOA
Adelayo Adedayo read from ‘Creation Lake’ | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-10-12 | Watch Adelayo Adedayo read from Booker Prize 2024-shortlisted ‘Creation Lake’, written by Rachel Kushner. 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.Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/creation-lakeDirected by Sebastian Thiel for Merman.---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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 #BookerPrize2024 #adelayoadedayo #supacell #theresponder
Nonso Anozie reads from ‘James’ | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-10-12 | Watch Nonso Anozie read from Booker Prize 2024-shortlisted ‘James’, written by Percival Everett.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.Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/jamesDirected by Sebastian Thiel for Merman.---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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 #BookerPrize2024 #NonsoAnozie #sweettooth #tedlasso #gameofthrones #themandalorian #gameofthroneshbo #huckleberryfinn
Chipo Chung reads from ‘Stone Yard Devotional’ | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-10-12 | Watch Chipo Chung read from Booker Prize 2024-shortlisted ‘Stone Yard Devotional’, written by Charlotte Wood.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.Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/stone-yard-devotionalDirected by Sebastian Thiel for Merman.---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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 #BookerPrize2024 #ChipoChung #BlackCake #Silo #HisDarkMaterials
Will Poulter reads from ‘Orbital’ | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-10-12 | Watch Will Poulter read from Booker Prize 2024-shortlisted ‘Orbital’, written by Samantha Harvey.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. Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/orbitalDirected by Sebastian Thiel for Merman.---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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 #BookerPrize2024 #WillPoulter #TheBear #TheBearFX #Dopesick #guardiansofthegalaxy #internationalspacestation
The Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist Films | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-10-11 | Introducing the #BookerPrize2024 shortlist films, performed by Chipo Chung, Will Poulter, Adelayo Adedayo, Jason Isaacs, Nonso Anozie and Tanya Reynolds. Coming 12.10.24 | 12:00 BST ---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
The Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist Films | Trailer #shorts The Booker Prizes 2024-10-10 | Introducing the #BookerPrize2024 shortlist films, performed by Chipo Chung, Will Poulter, Adelayo Adedayo, Jason Isaacs, Nonso Anozie and Tanya Reynolds. Coming 12.10.24 | 12:00 BST---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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 #ShortFilm
The Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist Announcement Livestream | The Booker Prizes The Booker Prizes 2024-09-16 | Join us on Monday 16 September, from 7pm BST, as we reveal the six books shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024.---The Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe 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 #BookerPrize2024
The Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist Announcement | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-09-16 | ‘Here is storytelling in which people confront the world in all its instability and complexity. The fault lines of our times are here.’We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2024 shortlist. Huge congratulations to all six authors.➡️ Discover the shortlist: thebookerprizes.com/bp2024-- The Booker Prize 2024 shortlist in full:James by Percival Everett Orbital by Samantha Harvey Creation Lake by Rachel KushnerHeld by Anne MichaelsThe Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
The Booker Prize 2024 Longlist Announcement | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-07-30 | ‘This is timely and timeless fiction, in which there is much at stake.’We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2024 longlist. Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen.➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2024-- The Booker Prize 2024 longlist in full:Wild Houses by Colin BarrettHeadshot by Rita Bullwinkel James by Percival Everett Orbital by Samantha Harvey Creation Lake by Rachel KushnerMy Friends by Hisham Matar This Strange Eventful History by Claire MessudHeld by Anne MichaelsWandering Stars by Tommy OrangeEnlightenment by Sarah PerryPlayground by Richard Powers The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood ---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
Euro 2024 Book Recommendations | The Booker Prize #shorts The Booker Prizes 2024-06-14 | Euro 2024: book recs edition. We picked out some of our fave Booker books from countries playing in the Euros.Any more recs from other countries? ⚽️#BookerPrize #BookRecommendations #Bookstagram #ReadingRecommendations #TBR #ReadingList #Euro2024 #ItsComingHome
Our June Monthly Spotlight: The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-06-03 | Presenting our Monthly Spotlight pick for June: The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst.🔗 Discover the reading guide, exclusive articles, competition and more. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/monthly-spotlight-the-line-of-beauty-by-alan-hollinghurst---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
International Booker Prize 2024 Winner Special | The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 41 The Booker Prizes 2024-05-24 | Listen to the full episode: youtu.be/J8y97aQkK-0Earlier 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/kairosA full transcript of the episode is available at our website.Follow The Booker Prize Podcast so you never miss an episode. Visit http://thebookerprizes.com/podcast to find out more about us, and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok @thebookerprizes. #BookerPrize #InternationalBooker2024 #TranslatedFiction #BookRecommendations
International Booker Prize 2024 Winner Special | The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 41 The Booker Prizes 2024-05-24 | 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/kairosA full transcript of the episode is available at our website.Follow The Booker Prize Podcast so you never miss an episode. Visit http://thebookerprizes.com/podcast to find out more about us, and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok @thebookerprizes. #BookerPrize
Jenny Erpenbeck and Michael Hofmann win the International Booker 2024 for Kairos | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-05-22 | Watch the moment author Jenny Erpenbeck and Michael Hofmann won the International Booker Prize 2024 for Kairos. The novel tells an intimate and devastating story of the path of two lovers through the ruins of a relationship, set against the backdrop of a seismic period in European history.Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/kairos---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizes#BookerPrize #InternationalBooker2024 #TranslatedFiction #ReadingRecommendations
The International Booker Prize 2024 Ceremony Livestream The Booker Prizes 2024-05-21 | The International Booker Prize 2024 ceremony, sponsored by Maison Valentino, took place on the 21 May at Tate Modern. Watch the livestream from London to find out who won this year's International Booker Prize. Your host is Jack Edwards. --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).#BookerPrize #InternationalBookerPrize #InternationalBooker2024 #TranslatedFiction The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesLive video production by silverstream tv
Presenting the International Booker 2024 winner | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-05-21 | We're delighted to announce that the winner of the #InternationalBooker2024 is Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann.Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/kairos#BookerPrize #TranslatedFiction #ReadingRecommendations
What everyones saying about the International Booker Prize 2024 | #shorts The Booker Prizes 2024-05-21 | As we countdown to the #InternationalBooker2024 announcement, we're looking back at some of your reactions to this year's prize.Head to our channel to watch the livestream and hear the winner as it's announced.---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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 #TranslatedFiction #InternationalBooker2024
The International Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist (Part 2) | The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 40 The Booker Prizes 2024-05-16 | With under a week until the International Booker Prize 2024 ceremony, we're back with the second part of our deep dive into this year's six shortlist books. Listen in to hear what Jo and James think of the remaining three books on the list, common themes that run across the shortlisted reads and which book they want to see win the award. 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 winReading 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-riverA full transcript of the episode is available at our website.---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
A Q&A with Ia Genberg and Kira Josefsson | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-05-13 | Author Ia Genberg and translator Kira Josefsson, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024 for The Details, discuss whether any of this semi-autobiographical novel is based on real people or events, why getting emotionally invested is the key to a great translation and which other Swedish writers we should read.Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-details---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizes#BookerPrize #InternationalBooker2024 #TranslatedFiction
A Q&A with Selva Almada and Annie McDermott | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-05-13 | Author Selva Almada and translator Annie McDermott, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024 for Not a River, discuss why masculinity continues to inspire Almada as a writer, how McDermott approached translating a book steeped in a little-known language and why there's so much great fiction coming out of Argentina right now.Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/not-a-river---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizes#BookerPrize #InternationalBooker2024 #TranslatedFiction
A Q&A with Jente Posthuma and Sarah Timmer Harvey | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-05-13 | Author Jente Posthuma and translator Sarah Timmer Harvey, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024 for What I'd Rather Not Think About, discuss the unusual structure of the novel, how Timmer Harvey approached her translation of the book and other Dutch writers we should be reading.Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/what-id-rather-not-think-about---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizes#BookerPrize #InternationalBooker2024 #TranslatedFiction
A Q&A with Hwang Sok-yong, Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-05-13 | Author Hwang Sok-yong and translators Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024 for Mater 2-10, discuss why a novel following the lives of working class labourers felt much needed, what the novel says about today's Korea and why co-translating was worked so well on this epic tale.Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/mater-2-10---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizes#BookerPrize #InternationalBooker2024 #TranslatedFiction
A Q&A with Jenny Erpenbeck and Michael Hofmann | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-05-13 | Author Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024 for Kairos, discuss the universality of this story, how translators maintain the spirit of the original text and what the judges might be looking for in a winner this year.Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/kairos---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizes#BookerPrize #InternationalBooker2024 #TranslatedFiction
A Q&A with Itamar Vieira Junior and Johnny Lorenz | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-05-13 | Author Itamar Vieira Junior and translator Johnny Lorenz, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024 for Crooked Plow, discuss the origins of this bestselling novel, the similarities between the art of translation and writing poetry and how Vieria Junior's career as a geographer helped him bring the story to life.Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/crooked-plow---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizes#BookerPrize #InternationalBooker2024 #TranslatedFiction
Talking translated fiction with The Notting Hill Bookshop | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-05-08 | We’ve teamed up with The Notting Hill Bookshop in London, made famous by the 1999 Richard Curtis film, to showcase the world’s best translated fiction. Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/notting-hill-bookshop---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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 #NottingHill
The International Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist (Part 1) | The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 39 The Booker Prizes 2024-05-02 | We're three weeks away from the International Booker Prize 2024 award ceremony, so we thought it was high time to take a deep dive into this year's six shortlist books. In the first of two parts, we're exploring three of the books on this week's podcast episode. Listen in to hear what Jo and James make of them, common themes that run across the shortlisted reads and how the International Booker can expand one's world through literature.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 episodeReading 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-aboutA full transcript of the episode is available at our website.Follow The Booker Prize Podcast on your podcast app of choice so you never miss an episode.---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
Antonia Thomas reads from Crooked Plow | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-04-25 | Watch Antonia Thomas read an extract from Crooked Plow, the International Booker 2024-shortlisted novel written by by Itamar Vieira Junior and translated by Johnny Lorenz.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.Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/crooked-plowDirected by Charlotte Hamblin for Merman. ---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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 #TranslatedFiction #ReadingRecommendations #BookTube #StillUp #TheGoodDoctor #AntoniaThomas
Anya Chalotra reads from What I’d Rather Not Think About | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-04-25 | Watch Anya Chalotra read from International Booker Prize 2024-shortlisted 'What I'd Rather Not Think About', written by Jente Posthuma and translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey.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.Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/what-id-rather-not-think-aboutDirected by Charlotte Hamblin for Merman. ---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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 #TranslatedFiction #ReadingRecommendations #BookTube #TheWitcher #TheWitcher3 #AnyaChalotra
Tobias Menzies reads from Mater 2-10 | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-04-25 | Watch Tobias Menzies read from International Booker Prize 2024-shortlisted 'Mater 2-10', written by Hwang Sok-yong, translated by Sora Kim-Russell Youngjae Josephine Bae.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-2-10Directed by Charlotte Hamblin for Merman. ---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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 #TranslatedFiction #ReadingRecommendations #BookTube #TobiasMenzies #GameOfThrones #Outlander #TheCrownNetflix
Eleanor Tomlinson reads from Kairos | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-04-25 | Watch Eleanor Tomlinson read from International Booker Prize 2024-shortlisted 'Kairos', written by Jenny Erpenbeck and translated by Michael Hofmann.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/kairosDirected by Charlotte Hamblin for Merman. ---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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 #TranslatedFiction #ReadingRecommendations #BookTube #EleanorTomlinson #Poldark #OneDay
David Jonsson reads from Not a River | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-04-25 | Watch David Jonsson read from International Booker Prize 2024-shortlisted 'Not a River', written by Selva Almada and translated by Annie McDermott.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-riverDirected by Charlotte Hamblin for Merman. ---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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 #TranslatedFiction #ReadingRecommendations #BookTube #DavidJonsson
Dua Lipa reads from The Details | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-04-25 | Watch Dua Lipa read from International Booker Prize 2024-shortlisted 'The Details', written by Ia Genberg and translated by Kira Josefsson.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-detailsDirected by Charlotte Hamblin for Merman. ---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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 #TranslatedFiction #ReadingRecommendations #BookTube #DuaLipa
The International Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist Films | The Booker Prize #shorts The Booker Prizes 2024-04-24 | Introducing the #InternationalBooker2024 shortlist films, performed by Dua Lipa, David Jonsson, Antonia Thomas, Anya Chalotra, Tobias Menzies and Eleanor Tomlinson.Coming 25 April 2024, 9am BST.
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan: Aprils Monthly Spotlight | The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 38 The Booker Prizes 2024-04-12 | Esi Edugyan’s thrilling novel follows the astonishing adventures of its titular character, Washington Black, whose escape from the brutal cane plantations of Barbados was only the beginning. Shortlisted for the 2018 Booker Prize and set to be released as a glitzy television adaptation starring Sterling K Brown and co-produced by Edugyan later this year, what better excuse to dive into the novel? 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 bookReading 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-edenA 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---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
Presenting the #InternationalBooker2024 shortlist | The Booker Prize #shorts The Booker Prizes 2024-04-09 | Presenting the #InternationalBooker2024 shortlist.Find out more about all the books, authors and translators: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2024---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
The International Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist Announcement | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-04-09 | We are delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2024 shortlist, featuring six books ‘that interweave the intimate and political in radically original ways’.➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2024-- 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---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
Empire of the Sun or Hotel du Lac: The Booker vs the Bookies | The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 37 The Booker Prizes 2024-03-28 | In 1984, many assumed that J.G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun had the Booker Prize in the bag. But actually, it was Anita Brookner's Hotel du Lac that clinched the prize in the end. This week, we're exploring the bookies' favourite vs the Booker winner to ask which book should have won: Brookner's short, quiet novel set in a genteel Swiss hotel or Ballard's long and action-packed autobiographical epic set in wartime Shanghai. 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 1984Reading 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---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
Unboxing the International Booker Prize 2024 Longlist | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-03-21 | Watch @jack_edwards, Nique (@chroniqled on Instagram), Sarah Gwonyoma (@whatsarahreadnext on Instagram) and Bernie (@bernie.lombardi on Instagram) unveil the International Booker Prize 2024 longlist.Want to read the longlisted books along with us? Join our #IBPReadingChallenge here: thebookerprizes.com/readingchallenge---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
Announcing the International Booker Prize 2024 longlist | The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 36 The Booker Prizes 2024-03-12 | It's a big week in the literary calendar (if we do say so, ourselves), as we've just announced this year's International Booker Prize longlist. Hot on the heels of that announcement, James is joined by Fiammetta Rocco, the administrator of the International Booker Prize, and Eleanor Wachtel, chair of the 2024 judging panel. Listen in as they discuss the prize, this year's longlisted books and why translated fiction matters.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 longlistReading 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/undiscoveredA full transcript of the episode is available at our website.---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
Presenting the #InternationalBooker2024 longlist | The Booker Prize #shorts The Booker Prizes 2024-03-11 | Find out more about all the books, authors and translators longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2024---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
The International Booker Prize 2024 Longlist Announcement | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-03-11 | We are delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2024 longlist, featuring 13 books ‘that speak of courage and kindness, of the vital importance of community, and of the effects of standing up to tyranny’.➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2024-- 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---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
10 Booker-nominated books written by women | The Booker Prize #shorts The Booker Prizes 2024-03-08 | Reading recommendations from women authors nominated for the Booker Prizes, for International Women’s Day. #IWD2024 ---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
The Booker at the Oscars: The Remains of the Day | The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 35 The Booker Prizes 2024-03-06 | It’s the third and final installment in our mini-series where we revisit Booker Prize novels whose cinematic adaptations were nominated at the Academy Awards. In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, which won the 1989 Booker Prize. Ishiguro’s moving portrait of the perfect English butler looking back on his life was adapted for the screen four years later by James Ivory – the film received eight nominations at the Oscars. Tune in to hear Jo and James discuss the novel – which also happens to be our March Monthly Spotlight – and its big-screen counterpart.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 filmReading 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-worldA full transcript of the episode is available at our website.---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
Get the plot right first: Iris Murdoch on writing fiction | The Booker Prize The Booker Prizes 2024-02-23 | Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin and made her writing debut with 'Under the Net' in 1954. She wrote 26 novels, seven of which were nominated for a Booker Prize – including one winner, The Sea, the Sea in 1978.Discover more about Iris Murdoch: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/authors/iris-murdoch---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
The Booker at the Oscars: The English Patient | The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 34 The Booker Prizes 2024-02-22 | Welcome back to the second of our Booker at the Oscars mini-series where we explore Booker Prize novels whose silver screen adaptations went on to experience Academy Award success. This time we're revisiting The English Patient, the joint Booker Prize 1992 winner by Michael Ondaatje (the other winner was Barry Unsworth's Sacred Hunger) and its silver screen counterpart, directed by Anthony Minghella.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 filmReading 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 OndaatjeA 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-andFollow The Booker Prize Podcast so you never miss an episode.---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
What makes a classic novel? Plus six Booker Prize classics | The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 33 The Booker Prizes 2024-02-15 | When does a book transcend from contemporary literature to a classic? Does someone have to confirm its classic status? And can all Booker Prize novels be considered classics just by being part of the Booker canon? This, and more, is what Jo and James are trying to get to the heart of in this week's episode. Listen in as they discuss what makes a classic novel and chat about which Booker books should be known as classics.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 statusReading 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 TolstoyRead 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-classicsA 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-novelFollow The Booker Prize Podcast so you never miss an episode.---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
The Booker at the Oscars: Schindlers Ark vs Schindlers List | The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 32 The Booker Prizes 2024-02-08 | It's Oscars season so we're off to the movies. Welcome to the first in a new mini-series where we explore Booker Prize novels whose silver screen adaptations went on to experience Oscar glory. We're starting with Schindler's Ark, the Booker Prize 1982 winner, which also happens to be the first Booker-winning novel to become a film that won a Best Picture Oscar. Listen in as we dive into the book and its film counterpart.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 filmReading 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 KeneallyA 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---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
Why Sally Rooneys Normal People is more than just a love story | The Booker Prize Podcast, Ep 31 The Booker Prizes 2024-02-01 | Sally Rooney is one of the best-loved writers of her generation and her second novel, Normal People, has been overwhelmingly popular across the world – first in book form and then its TV adaptation. Nominated for the Booker Prize 2018, Normal People follows Marianne and Connell as they come of age and figure out their place in the world. It's a love story that has touched readers everywhere but it's also a novel that has something to say about class and politics, in particular. So tune in to this episode to hear Jo and James discuss our February Monthly Spotlight pick.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 novelReading 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 RooneyA full transcript of the episode is available at our website: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/the-booker-prize-podcast-episode-31-normal-peopleFollow The Booker Prize Podcast so you never miss an episode. Visit http://thebookerprizes.com/podcast to find out more about us, and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok @thebookerprizes. ---The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizesThe Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizesThe Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizesThe 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
