The Guardian view on the Booker prize winner: a whole new perspective
Editorial: Samantha Harvey’s Orbital, a love letter to our wounded planet, is the perfect choice for the political moment
‘I’m so not an astronaut!’ Samantha Harvey on her Booker-winning space novel – and the anxiety that drove it
She won the top prize with a time-distorted novel set on the International Space Station. Yet, the writer reveals, Orbital is actually ‘a celebration of Earth’s beauty with a pang of loss’ – fuelled by her anxiety-induced insomnia
Samantha Harvey’s ‘beautiful and ambitious’ Orbital wins Booker prize
The British author’s novel about astronauts on the International Space Station was chosen unanimously as the winner, says judging chair Edmund de Waal
‘This is a book we need now’: Sara Collins on choosing this year’s Booker winner
After reading more than 150 books over seven months, the judges voted unanimously in favour of Samantha Harvey’s Orbital – which pulled them as far away as possible from our planet
Percival Everett and Samantha Harvey favourites to win 2024 Booker prize
American author Everett and British writer Harvey have been given the shortest odds of winning the £50,000 literary prize but Ladbrokes say the ‘race is wide-open’
Paul Bailey obituary
Writer best known for the novel Gabriel’s Lament and a sympathetic biography of the brothel madam Cynthia Payne
Booker prize 2024: and the winner is… you, the reader
The judges have a hard task at this week’s Booker prize ceremony with five of the six shortlisted books worthy winners, though Percival Everett’s James – a retelling of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn – is the title to put your money on
The Guardian view on the Booker prize shortlist: a cause for celebration
Editorial: The most female finalists in the award’s history. What took it so long?
Charlotte Wood on the Booker prize: ‘The global attention is like nothing I’ve seen’
The author is the first Australian to be shortlisted for the $98,000 prize since Richard Flanagan won in 2014
Each of the six Booker novels does something unique
As the Guardian’s fiction editor, I’ve been writing about the Booker prize for years. Now, as a judge, I’ve seen behind the curtain
Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner make the 2024 Booker prize shortlist
The six finalists include five books by women – the highest number of female writers shortlisted in the prize’s 55-year history
Playground by Richard Powers review – the wonder of the oceans
This ambitious, rapturous Booker-longlisted epic explores life underwater, generative AI, climate crisis and the power of play
‘We all read like hell!’ How Ireland became the world’s literary powerhouse
The small island has produced Nobel laureates and Booker winners and hosts a booming writing and publishing scene. What’s the secret to its success?
The Guardian view on list-making: a habit that is part of what makes us human
Editorial: From Homeric epic to the novels of today, the history of literature shows that there is nothing trivial about a list
This Booker longlist might just be the most enjoyable of recent years
No Sally Rooney, one clear favourite and a novel set in space - this is a longlist of unexpected discoveries and big ideas