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Sci-fi author hits out at Booker judges
Sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson has criticised the Booker Prize judges, accusing them of "ignorance" in neglecting science fiction, which he called "the best British literature of ou...
Coetzee shortlisted for third Booker
Summertime by Australian author J M Coetzee (Knopf) has been shortlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. The full shortlist is: The Children's Book (A S Byatt, Chatto & Windu...
Alice Munro wins Booker International
Canadian short story writer Alice Munro has won the 60,000 pound ($121,000) Man Booker International Prize. The 77-year-old is the third author to win the biennial prize."I am totally amazed a...
Sales climb for Booker longlist
The 13 titles longlisted for this year's Man Booker Prize have all seem sales rise in the UK since the longlist announcement -- in some cases up to 400%
Carey, Coetzee among the 'Best of the Booker'
The public now has a chance to vote for ‘The Best of the Booker' after the shortlist for the one-off celebratory award was released on Monday 12 May. Overlooking the bookies' favourite, Ya...
'Arabic Booker' winner announced
Sunset Oasis by Egyptian author Baha Tahur has been named as the winner of the inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction, already known colloquailly as 'the Arabic Booker'. The a...
Booker prompts debate on reviewers
In the UK debate is running hot in the literary pages over the quality of book reviewing, follwing critical comments made by Man Booker Prize chair of judges Howard Davies.
Enright reprint after Booker win
Having only sold 3000 copies in the UK before winning the Man Booker Prize, Random House is now rushing a 50,000-copy reprint of Ann Enright's The Gathering to press.
Enright wins Man Booker
The Gathering by Irish author Anne Enright (Jonathan Cape) has won the 2007 Man Booker Prize, beating New Zealand hope Lloyd Jones whose Mister Pip (Text) was the shortlist favourite. Enright's novel,...
'Mister Pip' tipped for Booker as shortlist released
Mister Pip by New Zealander Lloyd Jones (Text/Penguin NZ) is one of six titles on the shortlist for the 2007 Man Booker Prize. The other shortlisted titles are:Darkmans (Nicola Barker, Fourth Est...
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