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Alan Garner's Treacle Walker and writing outside the constraints of time

When the 2022 Booker shortlist was announced in September, 87-year-old Alan Garner was highlighted as the oldest-ever shortlisted author. On the day the prize was announced he turned 88. That said, his nominated novel, Treacle Walker, begins with a quote from Italian quantum physicist, Carlo Rovelli: “Time is ignorance.”

The Conversation

The Guardian view on the Booker: one award with hundreds of judges

Editorial: Many have an opinion on the latest winner of the UK’s top literary prize, Shehan Karunatilaka. It’s a shame not all of them have read his book

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‘Writers all want to be rock stars’: Booker winner Shehan Karunatilaka on ghosts, war and childish dreams

Set during the Sri Lankan civil war and narrated by a dead man, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is part murder mystery, part political satire and part love story. Its author recalls the grim events that inspired it – and the editor who kept pushing him to do better

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Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker prize for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Judges described the Sri Lankan author’s second novel as a ‘rollercoaster journey through life and death’ and praised its audacity and ambition

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How to win the Booker prize: is there a formula for ‘the finest in fiction’?

They say that everyone has a book in them. But how about a Booker prize? That’s probably what the six shortlisted authors of the Booker prize 2022 will be wondering as they count down the days to the live-streamed awards ceremony.

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Shehan Karunatilaka: ‘There’s a Sri Lankan gallows humour… we’ve been through a lot of catastrophes’

The novelist on finding dark farce in his country’s civil war, his grunge band past, and the ‘lottery win’ of the Booker shortlist

The Guardian - UK

Elizabeth Strout: ‘There’s a quiet rumbling of violence in America. Is it going to expand and explode?’

The Booker-shortlisted author on the enduring popularity of Olive Kitteridge, cancel culture and why she couldn’t avoid US politics in her latest Lucy Barton novel

The Guardian - UK

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Wolf Hall author Dame Hilary Mantel dies 'suddenly yet peacefully'

The writer is regarded as one of the finest British novelists of the 21st century and has won the Booker Prize twice

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Booker prize: Alan Garner becomes oldest author to be shortlisted

Only British writer on list will collect prize on 88th birthday if successful, but is up against five other books judges say ‘speak powerfully about important things’

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve no idea how we’ll pick a winner’: the challenge of a spectacular Booker shortlist

From a surreal African kingdom to a Sri Lankan afterlife, via murder, morality, grief and healing … One of this year’s prize judges assesses the six finalists they must choose between

The Guardian - UK

Nick Drnaso: ‘Once a book comes back from the printer, it’s dead to me’

In 2018, Nick Drnaso’s ‘Sabrina’ became the first graphic novel to be nominated for the Booker Prize. As his latest work, ‘Acting Class’, is published, he talks to Nick Duerden about his former life working in a button factory, his experiences of abuse, what his stories are really about and…

The Independent UK

Booker Prize 2022 longlist features oldest and youngest nominees

The winner of the prestigious prize will be announced on October 17 at London’s Serpentine Pavilion.

The Independent UK

The Booker longlist is thoughtfully curated and gives Alan Garner overdue recognition

Form is a preoccupation of the 13-strong selection, which highlights books from small presses in favour of work from more famous names

The Guardian - UK

Booker prize longlist of 13 writers aged 20 to 87 announced

List comprises 13 writers of fiction, from NoViolet Bulawayo to Leila Mottley, described as ‘stimulating, surprising, nourishing’ by judging panel

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2022 NBA Mock Draft Lottery Picks: All-High-School Edition

Duke commit Mackenzie Mgbako, DJ Wagner and Xavier Booker lead the way for pro-ready high school prospects.

The Guardian - UK

Bernardine Evaristo fears publishers may lose interest in black authors

Diversity in book industry must be sustained, and start at the top, Booker prize-winning author tells Hay festival

The Hindu

Geetanjali Shree wins International Booker Prize for first Hindi novel 'Tomb of Sand'

“I never dreamt of the Booker, I never thought I could. What a huge recognition, I’m amazed, delighted, honoured and humbled,” said Geetanjali Shree, in her acceptance speech

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NBA Awards: Selecting the 2021-22 All-NBA Teams

Nikola Jokić and Giannis Antetokounmpo headline this official ballot. Which other stars made the cut?

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Lakers intend to waive Trevor Ariza

Shams Charania: The Los Angeles Lakers intend to waive Trevor Ariza and use roster spot to convert a young player prior to Sunday's deadline to sign a player, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Open roster spot now provides flexibility to add to ...

The Guardian - UK

Irish novelist Colm Tóibín wins Rathbones Folio prize for The Magician

Fictionalised biography of writer Thomas Mann beats Booker prize-winner Damon Galgut to £30,000 award

The Guardian - UK

Karen Joy Fowler: ‘I’m a bossy writer; I’m not going to not tell you’

The 2014 Booker nominee on her new novel about the family of Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, the ‘horrible secret’ of her sci-fi writing and her long period of despair

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Ben Okri’s fury at claims his novel was ghostwritten

NOVELIST Ben Okri tells us he is “really furious” about a false claim from a ghostwriting agency that they had written parts of his Booker prize-winning novel The Famished Road.

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Damon Galgut and Colm Tóibín join ‘rich and large’ Rathbones Folio prize shortlist

Galgut’s Booker winner and Tóibín’s fictionalised biography of Thomas Mann are two of eight titles selected by the judges

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