Mantel, Saunders, Ondaatje make Man Booker ‘Golden Five’ George Saunders, Hilary Mantel and Michael Ondaatje are among the names to have been shortlisted for the Golden Man Booker Prize, created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the coveted literary award. The ‘Golden Five’ – the books thought to have “best stood the test of time”…
Profile pledges support for IBA as members debate deep discounting The Independent Bookshop Alliance (IBA) has received its first official pledge for publisher support from Profile Books. Andrew Franklin, founder of the independent publisher, said he would be happy to liaise with the IBA on special editions and discounts for titles while speaking at an event to…
Hachette Book Group terminates Weinstein Books The Hachette Book Group is terminating its Weinstein Books imprint in the US following the accusations of sexual assault against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. Publishers Weekly reports that the imprint is to be terminated effective immediately. The decision comes after the publication of a New York Times report which exposed decades of sexual…
Here’s a taster of all six books. 1 4321 by Paul Auster (Faber & Faber) According to family legend, Ferguson’s grandfather departed on foot from his native city of Minsk with one hundred rubles sewn into the lining of his jacket, traveled west to Hamburg through Warsaw and Berlin, and then booked passage on a…
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The longlist for 2016 and links to the Man Booker Prize can be found here
Details of this year’s longlist can be found here
Today, Friday 24 July, marks the launch of the ‘Man Booker Prize Podcast’ – an exciting new audio series that takes as its focus the prize’s tagline, Fiction at its Finest, and looks at the very best from the world of books. Hosted by Joe Haddow, Producer of the Radio 2 Book Club, there…