Why are Irish publishers shut out of the Man Booker prize?
While the award aims for ever greater inclusivity, one of the newer rules closes the competition to some of the very best writing in English
Predicting the Man Booker shortlist: how the literary times are changing
As the prize prepares to announce its finalists, we attempt to read the literary tea leaves – while admitting that 2016’s outcome is the hardest to predict for years. Let us know your thoughts
Hystopia by David Means – review
Traumatised Vietnam vets maraud the streets of a reimagined 60s America in this ambitious but problematic contender for this year’s Booker
The Not the Booker prize 2016 shortlist revealed: time to get reading!
Our longlist of 147 contenders has now been narrowed to six novels, all of them from indie publishers. Now help us choose the winner
Elizabeth Strout: ‘I don’t care how badly my characters misbehave’
The US novelist, longlisted for this year’s Man Booker, talks inspiration, warts-and-all writing and her long slog to success
Leading lights and fresh stars shine in Man Booker prize 2016 longlist
With striking US fiction edging out strong British contenders, this year’s selection provides many welcome surprises
Man Booker prize 2016: who will make the longlist?
There are a lot of contenders, with new work from Ian McEwan, Don DeLillo and Jonathan Safran Foer all in the running. Who do you think will get on – and who should?
The big question: are books getting longer?
A new survey of bestsellers and critics’ picks has concluded that the average book is now 25% bigger than 15 years ago. But not everyone reads things this way
Marlon James: ‘Ultimately, I’m a rock kid’
The Man Booker winner’s 6 Music DJ set includes songs by Black Sabbath and Sonic Youth – a far cry from the conventional choices of most literary musos
Marlon James’ Man Booker prize heralds a new Caribbean era
The award for A Brief History of Seven Killings is a sign that our writers need no longer choose between ‘satire’ and ‘the sacred’
Man Booker winner Marlon James: ‘I was the nerd, I wasn’t into sports, assumed gay’
The novelist talks about nearly packing it in after his first book was rejected 78 times, growing up listening to Eurythmics and Pet Shop Boys – and A Brief History of Seven Killings, his multi-voiced epic about the attempted assassination of Bob Marley
Life Drawing by Robin Black; Euphoria by Lily King – love triangles that didn’t make the cut
It’s awards season again, but what of the literary gems that get left behind?
Man Booker 2015 shortlist showcases tales of a globalised world
Though judges didn’t ‘go looking for diversity’, they found it in six challenging tales from writers of four different nationalities
Who will be on the Man Booker shortlist?
As the judges prepare to unveil this year’s contenders, now’s your chance to join the speculation
Bill Clegg: ‘I really understand the loneliness, excitement and vulnerability it takes to create a book now’
The feted US literary agent on addiction, attempted suicide, and having his first novel longlisted for the Booker prize