Who They Was by Gabriel Krauze review – the double life of a London gangster
The tension between the author’s ultraviolent life on the streets and his university studies are at the heart of this autofictional Booker-longlisted debut
Real Life by Brandon Taylor review – violent legacy of the past
This Booker-longlisted snapshot of the life of a queer black postgraduate forcefully tackles the effects of racism and abuse
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division by Elif Shafak review – a poignant look back at another age
What has happened to the belief that social media can create a new and better world?
Real Life by Brandon Taylor review – a brilliant debut
This tale of a black research student and his ‘benign’ white colleagues crackles with the painful comedy of privilege and prejudice
Tsitsi Dangarembga: ‘I am afraid. There have been abductions’
Four days after the Zimbabwean writer and film-maker made the Booker longlist, she was arrested. She talks about protest, Africa’s film industry and her hopes for her country
At last, a Booker prize longlist I want to read
This list is remarkably different to past years, featuring several black authors and debut female writers. And yes, Hilary Mantel
Daisy Johnson: ‘It’s not an easy time to be looking at yourself or other people’
Ahead of her latest, unnerving novel Sisters, the youngest ever author shortlisted for the Booker discusses her fascination with horror, family and growing up on Harry Potter
Two friends, both up for the Booker prize: ‘We are exploring what it means to feel alien’
Brandon Taylor and C Pam Zhang, whose debuts are longlisted for this year’s Booker, talk about their close friendship, learning to write and dealing with grief
Not the Booker prize longlist: vote now to decide the 2020 shortlist
You have put more than 210 novels in contention - now we need your learned opinions to winnow this down to a shortlist
Booker-longlisted author Tsitsi Dangarembga freed on bail in Zimbabwe
The novelist, whose book This Mournable Body was named as a finalist last week, had been arrested while taking part in anti-corruption protests
Where are the hotshot British male novelists? BAME authors may know
Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Abir Mukherjee, Courttia Newland, Guy Gunaratne, Paul Mendez and Okechukwu Nzelu on why British writers of colour are left out of the conversation
Booker prize-longlisted author Tsitsi Dangarembga arrested in Zimbabwe
Author of This Mournable Body detained as part of sweeping crackdown by security agencies
Booker nominee Avni Doshi: ‘Women feared my ambivalence towards motherhood’
Her venomous debut novel about a fraught mother/daughter relationship shocked India – and now it’s challenging Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel up for third Booker prize as 2020 longlist announced
Author of the Thomas Cromwell trilogy vies with 12 other contenders in a field marked by a high number of debuts
Booker foundation vice-president removed after ‘homophobia’ row
Move comes after Emma Nicholson’s views on same-sex marriage were called attention to by writers, publishers and agents