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Why we still need a women’s prize for fiction

As we make summer reading lists, some of us will turn to lists of prize winners for recommendations.

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‘Stupider than everyone else’: one comic’s semi-naked bid to perform dozens of Penguin novels

In a riotous show, Garry Starr dons a tailcoat, flippers and little else to re-enact a bookshelf full of classics. Would you help him bring The Jungle Book to life?

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New book prize to award aspiring writer £75,000 for first three pages of novel

The Next Big Story competition, run by writing school The Novelry, is encouraging entries from would-be authors ‘historically overlooked by the publishing industry’

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Novelist Kiley Reid: ‘Consumption cannot fix racism’

The American author on the follow-up to her bestselling debut Such a Fun Age, why she loves characters you want to shake, and reading 160 novels for the Booker prize

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How to watch 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' online – stream Richard Flanagan saga from anywhere now – U.K. release date revealed

World War 2 miniseries based on Booker-winning novel of same name. Here's how to watch "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" online, on TV and from anywhere in the world.

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James by Percival Everett audiobook review – reimagining Huckleberry Finn

Dominic Hoffman narrates this satirical, Booker-nominated reworking of the children’s classic, written from the perspective of the enslaved Jim

The Guardian - UK

Jennifer Johnston, celebrated Irish novelist and playwright, dies aged 95

Once lauded ‘the best writer in Ireland’, Johnston began publishing in her 40s and was Booker-shortlisted for her 1977 novel set during the Troubles, Shadows on Our Skin

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Writer Percival Everett: ‘Deciding to write a book is like knowingly entering a bad marriage’

The American novelist on James, his Booker-shortlisted retelling of Huckleberry Finn, working with Steven Spielberg and the silliness of the Oscars

The Guardian - UK

The Old Guard 2: release date, trailer, cast and everything we know about the Charlize Theron movie

In The Old Guard 2, Theron and her team of immortal mercenaries are finally back. Here’s everything you need to know.

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Booksellers predict Orbital by Samantha Harvey will be UK No 1 bestselling book

The Booksellers Association spoke to staff who also highlighted James by Percival Everett, and everything from Chris Hoy’s autobiography to a book about fishing by a dog

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Jessica Parker gets a ‘golden ticket’ to the judging panel of 2025 Booker prize

Sex and the City star says it is ‘the thrill of a life’ to be appointed to 2025 panel alongside Roddy Doyle, Kiley Reid and Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ to pick year’s best novel

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‘It can feel quite mysterious’: Alan Garner on writing, folklore and experiencing time slips in the Pennines

At 90, the author reflects on his friendship with Alan Turing, quantum realities and how his grandfather inspired his latest book

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Sarah Jessica Parker joins Booker Prize 2025 judging panel

The Hollywood actress owns her own literary imprint.

The Independent UK

Samantha Harvey’s Booker-winning Orbital tops UK bestseller list

The short novel narrating a day in the life of six astronauts on the International Space Station becomes the first book to top the charts in the week of its win

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The Guardian view on the Booker prize winner: a whole new perspective

Editorial: Samantha Harvey’s Orbital, a love letter to our wounded planet, is the perfect choice for the political moment

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Samantha Harvey’s Orbital and the fragility of Earth

Letter: Peter Reason says the Booker prize winner’s novel may encourage the idea that we have to get off the planet to see what we are doing to it

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‘I’m so not an astronaut!’ Samantha Harvey on her Booker-winning space novel – and the anxiety that drove it

She won the top prize with a time-distorted novel set on the International Space Station. Yet, the writer reveals, Orbital is actually ‘a celebration of Earth’s beauty with a pang of loss’ – fuelled by her anxiety-induced insomnia

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

Samantha Harvey’s Orbital has won the 2024 Booker prize. What it so skilfully and ambitiously exposes is the human cost of space flight set against the urgency of the climate crisis.

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‘This is a book we need now’: Sara Collins on choosing this year’s Booker winner

After reading more than 150 books over seven months, the judges voted unanimously in favour of Samantha Harvey’s Orbital – which pulled them as far away as possible from our planet

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Percival Everett and Samantha Harvey favourites to win 2024 Booker prize

American author Everett and British writer Harvey have been given the shortest odds of winning the £50,000 literary prize but Ladbrokes say the ‘race is wide-open’

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Paul Bailey obituary

Writer best known for the novel Gabriel’s Lament and a sympathetic biography of the brothel madam Cynthia Payne

The Guardian - UK

Booker prize 2024: and the winner is... you, the reader

The judges have a hard task at this week’s Booker prize ceremony with five of the six shortlisted books worthy winners, though Percival Everett’s James – a retelling of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn – is the title to put your money on

The Guardian - UK

Novelist and poet Paul Bailey dies at 87

The twice Booker prize-shortlisted author was best known for his novels, which included At the Jerusalem and Gabriel’s Lament

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Where to start with: Alan Garner

As the master of myth and fantasy turns 90 today it’s a good time to look at his wide ranging canon, from Booker-nominated novels to children’s fiction, poetry and essays

WhatToWatch

Queens Court season 2: who are the final couples?

Queens Court season 2 stars LisaRaye, K. Michelle and London. Who did each of the three ladies choose in the end?

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