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The 13 books on the longlist for the Booker Prize

Trinidadian-Irish writer makes Booker Prize longlist

The longlist for the Booker Prize has been announced with no Irish-born authors included this year.

Books • 29 Jul

Samantha Harvey's book 'Orbital' is the second shortest Booker winner

Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize with 'Orbital'

British author Samantha Harvey has become the first woman since 2019 to win the Booker Prize.

World • 13 Nov 24

Colin Barrett made this year's Booker Prize longlist with his book Wild Houses

Why are there no Irish authors on this year's Booker shortlist?

After the success of Irish authors at last year's Booker Prize, this year's committee seems to have passed over several deserving Irish entries. Why is that?

Opinion and Analysis • 25 Sep 24

Five women and one man will feature on the shortlist for the prestigious literary prize

Record number of female authors on 2024 Booker Prize shortlist

This year's Booker Prize shortlist will feature the biggest number of women authors in its 55-year history.

Books • 17 Sep 24

Irish author Colin Barrett makes Booker Prize longlist

Irish author Colin Barrett has been longlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize, for his debut novel Wild Houses.

Books • 30 Jul 24

Jenny Erpenbeck, winner of the International Booker Prize 2024

Book Of The Week: International Booker Prize winner Kairos

In relentless, unflinching present tense sentences, punched on to the page, it explores the extent to which human hearts might rise above history...

Books • 24 May 24

Inside Prophet Song - Paul Lynch on his Booker Prize winner

Irish author Paul Lynch has won the 2023 Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world, for his acclaimed novel Prophet Song.

Booker Prize • 26 Nov 23

Paul Lynch has won the Booker Prize for his novel 'Prophet Song'

Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize for his novel Prophet Song

Paul Lynch has become the sixth Irish writer to win the Booker Prize with his novel 'Prophet Song', which is a vision of a dystopian future.

Books • 28 Nov 23

Irish authors Paul Lynch and Paul Murray are on this year's Booker shortlist

Two Irish authors in the running for 2023 Booker Prize

Two Irish writers have made this year's Booker Prize shortlist.

Culture • 26 Nov 23

A tale of two Pauls - RTÉ Arena on this year's Booker shortlist

With four Irish authors on the longlist, and two making it on to the shortlist, we certainly have skin in the game when it comes to this year's Booker Prize.

RTÉ Arena • 23 Nov 23

Elaine Feeney, based in the west of Ireland, has been nominated for her novel How to Build a Boat

Most Irish authors ever on Booker Prize longlist

Four Irish authors feature on the Booker prize 2023 longlist of 13 books.

Books • 01 Aug 23

Sri Lankan author Shenan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker Prize

Books • 17 Oct 22

Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun (Faber) made the Booker Prize for fiction Longlist

The 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction longlist announced

Books • 27 Jul 21

Final deliberations took five hours, with judges repeatedly told they were not allowed to split the prize

Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo win Booker Prize

Judges have flouted the rules and split the 2019 Booker Prize between Margaret Atwood for The Testaments and Bernardine Evaristo for Girl, Woman, Other

World • 15 Oct 19

Canadian author Margaret Atwood is on this year's Booker Prize shortlist

The Booker Prize 2019 - Sinead Crowley on the shortlist

With topics including climate change, gender fluidity, migration and race, this year's Booker prize long list could not have been accused of ignoring current events, and contained a good mix of literary superstars and newer novelists.

Books • 04 Sep 19

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: a cool elegance that has somewhat disappeared form popular fiction

Review: At the End of the Century, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

The stories of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala are elegantly restrained tales that shed an even, measured light on her vast cast of characters, each of whom seems to get equal consideration and his or her own place in the grand schema of things.

Books • 22 Jan 18

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