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Booker Prize

  1. E-books Can’t Burn
    The New York Book Review logo The New York Book Review 8 hours ago

    In his Man Booker Prize acceptance speech last October, Julian Barnes made his own plea for the survival of printed books. Jonathan Franzen has also declared himself of the same faith. At the university where I work, certain professors, old and young,...

  2. The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey
    Boomerang Blog 1 day ago
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    Chemistry of Tears is the 12th novel by two-time Booker Prize winner Peter Carey, and it’s a welcome addition to the substantial oeuvre of one of Australia’s finest prose stylists. After returning to the 19th century in his previous novel, Parrot and...

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    British author and Booker Prize nominee Romesh Gunesekera, left, reads a petition to reconsider the ban on Salman Rushdie's book "The Satanic Verses" before signing as Indian writer Annie Zaidi, looks on at the Jaipur Literature Festival, in the western...

    British author and Booker Prize nominee Romesh Gunesekera, left, reads a petition to reconsider the ban on Salman Rushdie's book "The Satanic Verses" before signing as Indian writer Annie Zaidi, looks on at the Jaipur Literature Festival, in the western... View Photo »

  4. It was enormously exciting. I had no [inkling] that it would win the Booker Prize, or sell a million copies or change the fortunes of the little company I worked for. I didn’t discover the book — publishers don’t often discover books — but I remember the point in which it discovered me.
    SOURCE: GMANews.tv 2 months ago
  5. Craig Finn: ‘Friday Night Lights’ Fan Tackles First Solo Album
    ABC News logo ABC News 2 days ago

    Finn also drew inspiration from literary sources. Growing up, he said, he was always writing songs, in large part, because he loved reading fiction. His latest must-read: The 2011 Man Booker Prize winner, “The Sense of Ending” by Julian Barnes. “It was...

  6. Amanda Knox's Memoir Goes Up for Auction; No Ban for 'Tintin in the Congo'
    The Atlantic logo The Atlantic 2 days ago

    Nigerian author Ben Okri, who won the Booker prize in 1991 for his novel The Famished Road, is hopping mad at his former editor Robin Robertson, who told The Telegraph in an interview he once had to "rewrite a book of Ben Okri’s written in Lagos patois."

  7. Booker Prize-winning Author Strikes Back At Editor Who Claimed To Rewrite His Work
    ArtsJournal logo ArtsJournal 2 days ago

    Novelist and short story writer Ben Okri says an editor who claimed to have rewritten dialogue in one Okri book "has a tendency to exaggerate his own importance." The Telegraph (UK) 02/11/12

  8. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago
    Shadows of delegates carrying books fall on a wall as they walk past a poster at the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie canceled plans to...

    Shadows of delegates carrying books fall on a wall as they walk past a poster at the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie canceled plans to... View Photo »

  9. Dame Stella Rimington / Julian Barnes - Man Booker Prize 2011
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  10. About A Building
    The Oxonian Review logo The Oxonian Review 3 days ago

    Adiga sprung to international fame when his first novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. However, his negative portrayal of the dark underbelly of a rapidly developing India provoked attacks from several Indian critics. ...

  11. The Blagger's Guide To...The Woman In Black
    The Independent logo The Independent 4 days ago

    London, and publish 24 further novels (the most recent, A Kind Man, published last year, 50 years after her first), four short story collections, 13 children's stories, nine works of non-fiction and five plays. She is the author of the Simon Serrailler...

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The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known in short as the Booker Prize, is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of either the Commonwealth of Nations or Ireland. Full Article

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Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist, poet and Booker Prize-winner Michael Ondaatje, left, talks with Amitava Kumar as an Indian artist walks past during the Jaipur Literature Festival, in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Booker-Prize winning author...
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  1. Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist, poet and Booker Prize-winner Michael Ondaatje, left, talks with Amitava Kumar as an Indian artist walks past during the Jaipur Literature Festival, in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Booker-Prize winning author... AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

    Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist, poet and Booker Prize-winner Michael Ondaatje, left, talks with Amitava Kumar as an Indian artist walks past during the Jaipur Literature Festival, in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Booker-Prize winning author...

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  2. Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist, poet and Booker Prize-winner Michael Ondaatje reads a book at the back stage green room before presenting his talks at the Jaipur Literature Festival, in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Booker-Prize winning... AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

    Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist, poet and Booker Prize-winner Michael Ondaatje reads a book at the back stage green room before presenting his talks at the Jaipur Literature Festival, in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Booker-Prize winning...

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  3. Man Booker Prize shortlisted author Patrick De Witt poses for photographers during a publicity event in central London October 17, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

    Man Booker Prize shortlisted author Patrick De Witt poses for photographers during a publicity event in central London October 17, 2011.

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  4. Man Booker Prize shortlisted author A.D. Miller poses for photographers during a publicity event in central London October 17, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

    Man Booker Prize shortlisted author A.D. Miller poses for photographers during a publicity event in central London October 17, 2011.

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  5. Five of the Man Booker Prize shortlisted authors (L - R) Carol Birch, Stephen Kelman, Patrick De Witt, Esi Edugyan and A.D. Miller pose for photographers during a publicity event in central London October 17, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

    Five of the Man Booker Prize shortlisted authors (L - R) Carol Birch, Stephen Kelman, Patrick De Witt, Esi Edugyan and A.D. Miller pose for photographers during a publicity event in central London October 17, 2011.

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  6. British author Julian Barnes poses with his book' The Sense of an Ending' after winning the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction at the Guildhall in London October 18, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

    British author Julian Barnes poses with his book' The Sense of an Ending' after winning the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction at the Guildhall in London October 18, 2011.

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  7. British author Julian Barnes with his book 'The Sense of an Ending' , winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for fiction poses at a photocall in London, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The Man Booker Prize is an annual literary prize awarded for the best novel written in the English language. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

    British author Julian Barnes with his book 'The Sense of an Ending' , winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for fiction poses at a photocall in London, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The Man Booker Prize is an annual literary prize awarded for the best novel written in the English language.

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  8. British author Julian Barnes poses with his book "The Sense of an Ending" after winning the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction at the Guildhall in London October 18, 2011. English author and bookmakers' favourite Barnes won the Man Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday, despite once... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

    British author Julian Barnes poses with his book "The Sense of an Ending" after winning the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction at the Guildhall in London October 18, 2011. English author and bookmakers' favourite Barnes won the Man Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday, despite once...

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  9. Shadows of delegates carrying books fall on a wall as they walk past a poster at the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie canceled plans to appear at the Indian literature... AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

    Shadows of delegates carrying books fall on a wall as they walk past a poster at the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie canceled plans to appear at the Indian literature...

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  10. Indian actor and playwriter Girish Karnad, left, in conversation with British playwriter David Hare during the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie canceled plans to appear at... AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

    Indian actor and playwriter Girish Karnad, left, in conversation with British playwriter David Hare during the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie canceled plans to appear at...

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  11. Indian actor and playwriter Girish Karnad, back to camera, talks with British playwriter David Hare during the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie canceled plans to appear at... AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

    Indian actor and playwriter Girish Karnad, back to camera, talks with British playwriter David Hare during the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie canceled plans to appear at...

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  12. Author Esi Edugyan poses during a photocall ahead of a book signing session in London, England, on October 17, 2011. The authors shortlisted for the Man Booker 2011 literary prize Carol Birch, Stephen Kelman, Patrick deWitt, Esi Edugyan, and AD Miller. The Booker Prize winner is... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

    Author Esi Edugyan poses during a photocall ahead of a book signing session in London, England, on October 17, 2011. The authors shortlisted for the Man Booker 2011 literary prize Carol Birch, Stephen Kelman, Patrick deWitt, Esi Edugyan, and AD Miller. The Booker Prize winner is...

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  13. The authors shortlisted for the Man Booker 2011 literary prize (Left to Right) Carol Birch, Stephen Kelman, Patrick deWitt, Esi Edugyan, and AD Miller pose for photographers ahead of a book signing session in London, England, on October 17, 2011. The Booker Prize winner is announced... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

    The authors shortlisted for the Man Booker 2011 literary prize (Left to Right) Carol Birch, Stephen Kelman, Patrick deWitt, Esi Edugyan, and AD Miller pose for photographers ahead of a book signing session in London, England, on October 17, 2011. The Booker Prize winner is announced...

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  14. The authors shortlisted for the Man Booker 2011 literary prize, from left, Carol Birch, Stephen Kelman, Patrick deWitt, Esi Edugyan, and AD Miller pose on October 17, 2011 ahead of a book-signing session in London. The Booker Prize winner is to be announced on October 18 and promotes... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

    The authors shortlisted for the Man Booker 2011 literary prize, from left, Carol Birch, Stephen Kelman, Patrick deWitt, Esi Edugyan, and AD Miller pose on October 17, 2011 ahead of a book-signing session in London. The Booker Prize winner is to be announced on October 18 and promotes...

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Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist, poet and Booker Prize-winner Michael Ondaatje, left, talks with Amitava Kumar as an Indian artist walks past during the Jaipur Literature Festival, in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Booker-Prize winning author...

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  2. Julian Barnes Julian Barnes
  3. Carol Ann Duffy
  4. Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie
  5. Kazuo Ishiguro Kazuo Ishiguro
  6. Gurinder Chadha Gurinder Chadha

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  1. It was enormously exciting. I had no [inkling] that it would win the Booker Prize, or sell a million copies or change the fortunes of the little company I worked for. I didn’t discover the book — publishers don’t often discover books — but I remember the point in which it discovered me.
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