A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara review – relentless suffering
A very 90s angst permeates this relentlessly harrowing human epic, favourite to win the Man Booker prize
Anne Enright: ‘Ireland is my home but I feel I have been trying to leave all my life’
The writer on her second run at the Booker, emigration and the lasting effects of the financial crash on the Irish people
Man Booker 2015: what can the bookies tell us?
If the bookmakers are right, Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life will win the Booker prize. But last year’s early favourite didn’t even make it on to the shortlist ...
Not the Booker prize 2015: make your submissions now
Our antic, mantic, proudly transatlantic award is back for another year of literary rough and tumble. Use your franchise below
Hilary Mantel attacks critics over BBC’s Margaret Thatcher story broadcast
Exclusive: Author makes spirited response to Mail on Sunday after corporation decides to air The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher on Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime
Award for the Australian books that fly under the radar
A Melbourne book chain has established an award for new writers. Martin Shaw explains why the award exists and the novels awarded this year
The joys of judging the Man Booker prize
Controversy, sexism and a lot of reading – judge Sarah Churchwell works out what to do now the party is over
Man Booker winner Richard Flanagan – in quotes
Why love and war belong together, books are better than film, and rubbish bins are a writer’s best friend. Richard Flanagan, author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North, in his own words
Man Booker prize-winner Richard Flanagan’s acceptance speech in full
The Tasmanian author has won the prestigious award for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North, about prisoners and captors on the Burma railway
Richard Flanagan ‘ashamed to be Australian’ over environmental policies
Man Booker prize winner says he is saddened by the Australian government’s environmental policies and prime minister Tony Abbott’s statement that ‘coal is good for humanity’
Man Booker prize: a history of controversy, criticism and literary greats
As the Man Booker prize is awarded, we take a look at the history of the UK's foremost literature prize
The Man Booker prize 2014 shortlist keeps surprises to a minimum
Justine Jordan: In the year the Americans were feared to be taking over, only two ended up as finalists, with familiar British stars alongside them
Man Booker prize 2014 – let’s play guess the shortlist
Guardian books: It's a traditionally impossible game, but we've had a go on the books desk. What are your predictions?
Not the Booker prize shortlist: a long look at First Time Solo by Iain Maloney
Sam Jordison: The story of a tyro pilot in the second world war isn't awful, but it's hard to find any warmer endorsement
Man Booker prize 2014: a judge speaks up for the longlist
Our choices this year are marked by great ambition and they will continue to draw readers for much longer than the next 12 months, writes Erica Wagner