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From Elizabeth Strout to Stephen King, how Maine took over the literary map

Maine is the most isolated state in the continental US. Here, Amanda Whiting writes about how a place so small came to cast such an imposing shadow over American fiction

The Independent UK

Elizabeth Strout's Lucy By the Sea: a claustrophobic portrait of a terrible pandemic year

In her latest novel, Lucy by the Sea, Elizabeth Strout captures the bewilderment of us all at the onset of the pandemic. Her character Lucy Barton admits not only did she not see it coming, but even when she did notice the virus’s existence, she did not really believe it…

The Conversation

Lucy By the Sea by Elizabeth Strout review – Lucy Barton: the Covid years

Set against the backdrop of the pandemic, the Booker-shortlisted author’s monumental new novel is her most nuanced and intensely moving to date

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The Booker Prize 2022 shortlist: a reading guide

A blistering critique of White America, a devastating novella set in Ireland, and a Zimbabwean Animal Farm for the 21st century are among the novels vying for the prestigious literary award.

ABC News

Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout review – lockdown confessions

This follow-up to the Booker-shortlisted Oh William! is a wondrously living record of pandemic pressures and the power of the past

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

Andrew Sean Greer: ‘I’m just a guy who happened to win the Pulitzer’

His agent told him not to write a sequel to his Pulitzer-winning novel ‘Less’ – but Andrew Sean Greer did it anyway. He talks to Nick Duerden about binning drafts, finding acclaim, and his status in America

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Review: 'Lucy by the Sea,' by Elizabeth Strout

FICTION: In the third novel narrated by Lucy Barton, COVID hits and Lucy heads for Maine with her ex-husband, William.

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US authors Strout, Everett among Booker Prize finalists

American authors Elizabeth Strout and Percival Everett are up against writers from Britain, Ireland, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka as finalists for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction

The Independent UK

The Booker Prize shortlist of six works of fiction is announced

Among the six authors who made the Booker Prize shortlist are Elizabeth Strout, NoViolet Bulawayo and Percival Everett. The winner will be announced in October.

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Booker Prize 2022 shortlist announced

A shortlist of six books for the Booker Prize 2022 was announced in the wee hours of September 7, 2022 (India time). The six shortlisted books are "Set in different places at different times [and] are all about events that in some measure happen everywhere, and concern us all," Neil…

The Times of India

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

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Booker Prize 2022 shortlist features oldest author

This year’s six shortlisted books have been revealed.

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From Tim Winton to Michael Robotham and Sarah Krasnostein, celebrated writers share their favourite re-reads

Miles Franklin winner Tim Winton, crime writer Michael Robotham, non-fiction author Sarah Krasnostein and others share the books they re-read for inspiration, comfort and insight.

Evening Standard

Booker prize longlist 2022: Full list of writers aged 20 to 87

The Booker Prize longlist has arrived and this year’s shows a broader range than ever, as it features its youngest and oldest-ever authors, along with debut novels as well as the shortest book ever to be nominated for the prize.

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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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Space heroes, dictator art and cartoon toy horses – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?

The Conversation

True writing is a convulsive act: inside the mind of Elena Ferrante

Where does great writing come from? How does the reading of writers shape their work? Perhaps the great writers are true originals, free from influence?

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