The Latest Breaking News from M John Harrison

Booker Prize 2026: the 6 books shortlisted – and the one that's missing

And the winner is… not on this Booker shortlist, says David Sexton

Evening Standard · Sep 23

This Booker Prize shortlist could produce award’s oldest ever winner

Only one debut novelist is among the six finalists, with previous winners including Douglas Stuart and Marlon James in the running

The Independent UK · Sep 22

I read 163 novels and these are the six best: Mary Beard on judging the Booker prize

I found being a Booker judge hugely rewarding. All the works on our shortlist will change how you see the world

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22

Booker Prize longlist 2026: Douglas Stuart and Elizabeth Strout lead nominees

The 13 books selected for the longlist features authors representing England, Ireland, Scotland, Jamaica, Mexico, Turkey and America

The Independent UK · Jul 28

From Jon Snow: A Last Big Story to Muse: the week in rave reviews

The former Channel 4 News anchor reports on his health before leading another investigation, and the never-knowingly-understated Devon rockers return. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27

M John Harrison: ‘If we met a real alien we’d have no clue what they thought’

At 80, SF author M John Harrison is producing some of his best work. He talks about finding his voice, alien intelligence and the advice from Iain Banks that still spurs him on

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21

The End of Everything by M John Harrison review – near-future visions from an SF master

This bleak but brilliant tale of enigmatic alien entities and slow social collapse exposes the terrifying insecurity of life right now

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

Where the Axe Is Buried by Ray Nayler; The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King; Hemlock & Silver by T Kingfisher; Secret Lives of the Dead by Tim Lebbon; The Course of the Heart by M John Harrison

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2025

The best memoirs and biographies of 2023

The rise of Madonna, Barbra Streisand in her own words, plus the stormy relationship of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor are among this year’s highlights

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023

M John Harrison: ‘I want to be the first human to imitate ChatGPT’

The titan of literary science fiction on AI hype, writing his ‘anti-memoir’, and his take on Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023