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Booker Prize

Small Boat — a devastating novel about a migrant shipwreck and the cruelty of indifference

World

Small Boat — a devastating novel about a migrant shipwreck and the cruelty of indifference

By Fiona Murphy

Orbital by Samantha Harvey wins the 2024 Booker prize – a short but powerful story urging us to save the planet

Maverick Life

Orbital by Samantha Harvey wins the 2024 Booker prize – a short but powerful story urging us to save the planet

By Debra Benita Shaw

Booker prize 2024: the six shortlisted books reviewed by our experts

Maverick Life

Booker prize 2024: the six shortlisted books reviewed by our experts

By The Conversation

Delving into the 2023 winner of the Booker Prize, ‘Prophet Song’

South Africa

Delving into the 2023 winner of the Booker Prize, ‘Prophet Song’

By Mark Heywood

Best books of 2023 — a smorgasbord to tickle every literary tastebud

Maverick Life

Best books of 2023 — a smorgasbord to tickle every literary tastebud

By The Reading List

Paul Lynch wins Booker prize 2023: why we’re in a ‘golden age’ of Irish writing

Maverick Life

Paul Lynch wins Booker prize 2023: why we’re in a ‘golden age’ of Irish writing

By Orlaith Darling

Damon Galgut’s ‘The Promise’ makes magical leap from page to stage

South Africa

Damon Galgut’s ‘The Promise’ makes magical leap from page to stage

By Marianne Thamm

Striking the right tone — Booker Prize-winning novel ‘The Promise’ reimagined for stage

South Africa

Striking the right tone — Booker Prize-winning novel ‘The Promise’ reimagined for stage

By Keith Bain

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s new novel is a modern Nigerian tragedy about the rich and the poor

Africa

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s new novel is a modern Nigerian tragedy about the rich and the poor

By Sakiru Adebayo

‘A list to bring wonder’—2023 Booker Prize longlist announced, including Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ and Tan Twan Eng

Maverick Life

‘A list to bring wonder’—2023 Booker Prize longlist announced, including Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ and Tan Twan Eng

By Jennifer Malec

Time Shelter: International Booker’s first Bulgarian winner is a rich experiment in style, structure and ideas

Maverick Life

Time Shelter: International Booker’s first Bulgarian winner is a rich experiment in style, structure and ideas

By Sukla Chatterjee

Shehan Karunatilaka’s Booker Prize-winning ‘metaphysical thriller’ The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Maverick Life

Shehan Karunatilaka’s Booker Prize-winning ‘metaphysical thriller’ The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

By The Reading List