Anuk Arudpragasam: ‘There’s a lot of laughter in my life, but not when I read’
The novelist, whose A Passage North has been longlisted for the Booker prize, on being inspired by Descartes and the influence of Robert Musil
‘I’ve been poor for a long time’: after many rejections, Karen Jennings is up for the Booker
The South African author struggled to find a publisher for her Booker-nominated novel An Island, which only had a print-run of 500 copies. She talks about rejection, her country and believing in herself
A shared Olympic gold defeats the ‘one champion’ narrative
Mutaz Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi have helped to upturn preconceptions about success, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Rachel Cusk’s singular novel stands out on wide-ranging Booker longlist
Second Place is both timeless and up-to-the minute, with big names Richard Powers and Kazuo Ishiguro among strong international finalists
Booker prize reveals globe-spanning longlist of ‘engrossing stories’
Kazuo Ishiguro makes cut alongside Rachel Cusk and Richard Powers, and novels from Sri Lanka and South Africa compete with choices from the US and UK
At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop review – war and mental collapse
The International Booker prize winner is a brilliant, shifting tale of a Senegalese soldier’s descent into madness
The Promise by Damon Galgut review – legacies of apartheid
The Booker-shortlisted novelist examines South Africa’s broken promises over the last three decades through the story of one white family
Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley review – a dazzling Dickensian tale
Can solidarity among the marginalised bring about social change? A novel set amid the brothels of Soho explores the answer
Jill Hood obituary
Other lives: Family lawyer whose earlier career in publishing saw her involved in helping to establish the Booker prize
Booker winner’s mission to put UK’s forgotten black writers back in print
The Black Britain, Writing Back series curated by Bernardine Evaristo aims to correct ‘historical bias in publishing’
John le Carré never won the Booker – but then he preferred it out in the cold
The late novelist was a shadowy giant of post-war British fiction, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Booker winner Douglas Stuart: ‘I owe Scotland everything’
The author of Shuggie Bain talks about growing up in Glasgow in the 80s, the dangers of ‘poverty safari’ and what he’ll do now he has won the prestigious literary prize
Douglas Stuart’s Booker win heralds arrival of a fully formed voice
Shuggie Bain is heartbreaking, but never mawkish – and already a favourite with readers
Douglas Stuart wins Booker prize for debut Shuggie Bain
Scottish-American wins £50,000 for autobiographical novel about a boy growing up in 80s Glasgow, which is ‘destined to be a classic’
Barack Obama to take part in 2020 Booker prize ceremony
US president to speak about reading Booker novels at the online ceremony, two days after his memoir is published