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A comic, up for the Booker prize? About time too

Nick Drnaso’s Sabrina is the first graphic novel to be longlisted for the prize. It’s good news for everyone who loves books, says independent comics editor Claire Napier

Man Booker prize 2018 longlist includes graphic novel for the first time

Nick Drnaso’s Sabrina, which explores the disappearance of a young woman, ‘does just what good fiction should do’ – and will compete with Michael Ondaatje’s Warlight

New voices, but less global: the Man Booker longlist overturns expectations

A graphic novel, a thriller, a novel in verse and new writers including Guy Gunaratne and Sophie Mackintosh make for an exciting list

Man Booker prize 2018: what are your predictions for the longlist?

The grandest contest in British literature is about to begin. Whose numbers will come up this year?

Not the small print: Terms and conditions for Not the Booker prize 2018

No contest is complete without an elaborate set of rules. These are ours

Not the Booker prize 2018: nominate your favourite book of the year

The literary award decided by Guardian readers is celebrating its 10th birthday – and now it’s down to you to choose the contenders

‘It’s the book that gave me freedom’: Michael Ondaatje on The English Patient

The novel has been translated into 38 languages and the film scooped nine Oscars. Now, as The English Patient wins the Golden Booker prize – voted readers’ favourite in 50 years – the author reveals why he could never have been a writer if he’d stayed in Britain

The English Patient wins public poll of best Man Booker in 50 years

Golden Booker names Michael Ondaatje’s bestselling novel as public’s favourite winner

Man Booker prizewinners criticise decision to allow US writers to enter

Peter Carey calls rule change ‘exercise in corporate branding’ and Julian Barnes says it is ‘daft’

The Man Booker at 50: flawed – but still the best way to judge our literature

The public is invited to choose a ‘Golden Booker’ from five decades of winners. Time will tell if future readers agree

What it is like to win the Booker prize, by Margaret Atwood, Hilary Mantel, Peter Carey and more

As the Man Booker prize turns 50 and readers vote for their favourite ever recipient, novelists reveal the highs (and lows) of winning ‘the Oscar’ of the literary world

Reading group: Help choose a Booker prize winner to read in July

The Golden Man Booker prize judges are making their choice – but we want your ‘gold’. The author will win our attention for a month. Please vote!

Hits and surprises as judges reveal the Man Booker’s shortlist of five golden decades

Mantel and Ondaatje are in but Rushdie’s out as judges name shortlist for public vote on best novel

Will Midnight’s Children come up golden for Salman Rushdie again?

The Man Booker prize is celebrating 50 years of the award with yet another search for the best ever winner. But can anyone beat Rushdie?

Man Booker festival: Peter Carey, Kazuo Ishiguro and Hilary Mantel among lineup

‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ gathering of winners in London in July will include rare joint appearance from mother-daughter honorees Anita and Kiran Desai

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