Booker prize: it has been six years since an Australian was nominated. What gives?

The prize still holds immense power for Australian sales, but a 2014 rule change made it harder for local books to get a look-in

Shehan Karunatilaka’s Booker winner is narrated by a dead man – but it’s a novel full of life

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, about a photographer during Sri Lanka’s civil war, has tremendous comic energy

Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker prize for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Judges described the Sri Lankan author’s second novel as a ‘rollercoaster journey through life and death’ and praised its audacity and ambition

The Booker prize 2022: watch shortlist readings by Jarvis Cocker, Sharon Horgan and more

Performers read from the novels in contention for this year’s prestigious fiction prize in a series of films made by director Kevin Thomas

The Guardian view on Hilary Mantel: a glorious original

Editorial: The author of Wolf Hall will take her own place in history as one of the century’s greatest writers

‘The pen is in our hands. A happy ending is ours to write’: Hilary Mantel in her own words

The Booker prize-winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogy has died aged 70. Here are some of her best quotes on writing, illness, the monarchy and more

‘We’ve lost a genius’: authors and politicians pay tribute to Hilary Mantel

From JK Rowling to Nicola Sturgeon, world laments death of Booker prize-winning author

Booker prize: Alan Garner becomes oldest author to be shortlisted

Only British writer on list will collect prize on 88th birthday if successful, but is up against five other books judges say ‘speak powerfully about important things’

Leïla Slimani: ‘Attack on Salman Rushdie shows why we must not censor ourselves’

The bestselling author fears she too could be a target but says terrorists cannot be allowed to win

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka review – life after death in Sri Lanka

A photographer in the afterlife sets out to expose the carnage of Sri Lanka’s civil wars in a Booker-nominated novel filled with humour and pathos

The Guardian view on book prizes: don’t forget the children

Editorial: In a changing awards landscape, fiction for young readers should not be left out in the cold

Booker prize longlist of 13 writers aged 20 to 87 announced

List comprises 13 writers of fiction, from NoViolet Bulawayo to Leila Mottley, described as ‘stimulating, surprising, nourishing’ by judging panel

The Booker longlist is thoughtfully curated and gives Alan Garner overdue recognition

Form is a preoccupation of the 13-strong selection, which highlights books from small presses in favour of work from more famous names

Booker prize unveils book club challenge

Six groups will be chosen to read a shortlisted book, with the most ‘original and engaging’ readers to be invited to the prize ceremony

Bernardine Evaristo fears publishers may lose interest in black authors

Diversity in book industry must be sustained, and start at the top, Booker prize-winning author tells Hay festival