The Booker Prizes
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The Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize celebrate the best English-language fiction.
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We're delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2025 shortlist – a feast of fiction from around the world that offers ‘a miraculous lens through which to view human experience’. ➡️ Discover the full list:
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The winner of The 2020 Booker Prize is @Doug_D_Stuart with his debut novel, Shuggie Bain! Follow the link to hear the winner interview now: #2020BookerPrize @picadorbooks @panmacmillan
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We’re delighted to announce that the winners of The #BookerPrize2019 are @MargaretAtwood with The Testaments @ChattoBooks and @BernardineEvari with Girl, Woman, Other @HamishH1931 #FinestFiction
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We are pleased to announce our #BookerPrize2019 shortlist. Watch what our judges had to say about the six selected books. #BookerPrize2019 #FinestFiction #BookLoversDay #shortlist #announcement
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We are delighted to announce our #ManBooker2017 winner is Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders #FinestFiction .
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The 2019 Booker Prize longlist has been announced. Watch what our judges had to say and read more here: #BookerPrize2019 #FinestFiction
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We are delighted to announce that the winner of the #2022InternationalBooker Prize is ‘Tomb of Sand’ by Geetanjali Shree, translated from Hindi to English by @shreedaisy and published by @tiltedaxispress. @Terribleman @JeremyTiang @mervatim @VascoDaGappah @VivGroskop
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We are delighted to announce that the WINNER of the #BookerPrize2022 is ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida ’ by Shehan Karunatilaka. Discover more about the winning book: @shehankaru @sortofbooks @ShahidhaBari @hrcastor @amabanckou @mjohnharrison
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We're delighted to announce that the winner of the #BookerPrize2023 is Prophet Song by Paul Lynch. Huge congratulations to @paullynchwriter. 🎉. Discover the book:
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We’re deeply saddened to hear that Maryse Conde has died. The Grande Dame of Caribbean literature, she was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize twice, in 2015 and 2023, and leaves behind an extraordinary body of work. We send our heartfelt condolences to her family.
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At the #BookerPrize2022 ceremony, @DUALIPA, the award-winning singer-songwriter, delivered a keynote speech about her lifelong love of reading - and how good writing has the power to make people feel seen and heard. Watch here:
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We are delighted to announce the #2020BookerPrize shortlist. Read more: Join us tonight at 5pm BST in a virtual celebration of our #shortlist, livestreamed on our Facebook and YouTube channels. #FinestFiction
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We are delighted to announce the #BookerPrize2022 longlist! From debut novels to returning Booker Prize authors, find out more about the longlisted books and authors: @ShahidhaBari @hrcastor @amabanckou @mjohnharrison
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We are delighted to announce our #ManBooker2018 winner is Milkman by Anna Burns #FinestFiction
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We are delighted to announce that the winner of the #InternationalBooker2023 is ‘Time Shelter’ written by @Gospodinov68 and translated by @rodel_angela - congratulations!
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Congratulations to our #2020BookerPrize winner @Doug_D_Stuart and his novel, Shuggie Bain! Watch to see why judges @leechildreacher, @sameerahim, @lemnsissay, @emilyrcwilson and chair of judges #MargaretBusby chose this wonderful book. @picadorbooks @panmacmillan
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We’re delighted to announce our #MBI2019 winner is Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth and published by Sandstone Press. Read more here:
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Everything you need to know about the winning book: what it's about, why it won, how the author wrote it and what the judges and critics said 📚🏆. Read here:
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We are delighted to announce that the winner of the #2021BookerPrize is 'The Promise' by Damon Galgut! Watch Damon’s winner’s interview live on the BBC now: @ChattoBooks @vintagebooks @penguinrandom
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We are delighted to announce the #InternationalBooker2020 shortlist. Find out more: . #TranslatedFiction #FinestFiction #WorldofWords @TeditorTed @ValeriaLuiselli @luciecampos @JeetThayil @jenniferlcroft
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We are pleased to announce our #ManBooker2018 longlist! Watch what our judges had to say and read more here: #FinestFiction
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Congratulations to the #InternationalBooker2020 winner The Discomfort of Evening, by author @mariek1991 and translated from Dutch by @m_hutchison. @faberbooks #TranslatedFiction #TheDiscomfortofEvening #MariekeLucasRijneveld #MicheleHutchison
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‘All 13 novels cast new light on what it means to exist in our time.’ . We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2023 longlist. Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen. 🎉. Find out more:
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What wonderful news to see International Booker Prize winner Han Kang awarded the #NobelPrize for literature today!.
BREAKING NEWS.The 2024 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”
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We are delighted to announce the #2021BookerPrize longlist! Watch chair of judges Maya Jasanoff introduce the 13 books selected with her fellow judges @horatiaharrod, @nataschaandsons, Chigozie Obioma and Rowan Williams, and read more here: #FinestFiction
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We are delighted to announce the #2021BookerPrize shortlist! Take a look at our six authors’ reactions below, and read more about the shortlisted books here:
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‘Sometimes you encounter a book and cannot work out how this miraculous event has happened’. We're delighted to announce that the winner of the #BookerPrize2024 is Orbital by Samantha Harvey. 🌌✨. Discover the book:
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We are pleased to announce our #ManBooker2017 longlist! Watch what our judges had to say… #FinestFiction
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Shehan Karunatilaka is the winner of the #BookerPrize2022! Watch his full acceptance speech on our website: . @ShehanKaru @SortofBooks
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We are delighted to announce the #BookerPrize2022 shortlist, here’s what the judges had to say about the final six. Find out more about the shortlisted books and authors: .@ShahidhaBari @hrcastor @amabanckou @mjohnharrison
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Lucy Ellmann, when asked about the length of her book, Ducks, Newburyport - an uninterrupted female monologue lasting 1000 pages - ‘I think it’s time for men to shut up’. #BookerPrize2019.
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We’re delighted to announce that our #MBI2018 winner is Flights by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by @jenniferlcroft and published by @FitzcarraldoEds! Read more here: #FinestFiction
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We are delighted to announce our #ManBooker50 winner is The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje @BloomsburyBooks. Read more here:
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We are pleased to announce our #2021InternationalBooker longlist. Watch what our judges had to say: Read more here:
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We are saddened to hear that Martin Amis, one of the most acclaimed and discussed novelists of the past 50 years, has died. Our thoughts are with his family and friends
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We are delighted to announce our #ManBooker2017 shortlist. Watch what our judges had to say. Read more here
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We are delighted to announce the #InternationalBooker2023 longlist. Congratulations to all the authors and translators. Find out more about each of the books here:
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We are delighted to announce the longlist for the #2022InternationalBooker Prize!. Read more here: . #longlist #translatedfiction
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Presenting the winner of the #BookerPrize2023: Prophet Song by @paullynchwriter. Discover the book now:
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We are pleased to announce the #InternationalBooker2020 longlist. Watch what our judges had to say. Read more: #FinestFiction #TranslatedFiction
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Competition time! To win a signed set of the #2021BookerPrize shortlist: follow @TheBookerPrizes; like this post; tag a friend in the comments; and retweet with the hashtag #2021BookerPrize and your favourite to win! You have until 12pm GMT tomorrow, Tues 2 Nov, to enter
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Still looking for the perfect Christmas gift this year? We are giving away two sets of this year’s #ManBooker2018 shortlisted books! Retweet for your chance to win. Winner will be notified today. #Competition #christmaspresents #Reading
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Presenting the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist. Find out more about all the books, authors and translators:
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We're delighted to announce that the winner of the #InternationalBooker2024 is Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann. Discover the book:
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Statement on behalf of the Booker Prize Foundation, 24 June 2020:
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Watch the moment Shehan Karunatilaka was announced as the winner of the #BookerPrize2022. Discover more about ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ @shehankaru @sortofbooks
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Earlier this week, The Queen hosted a reception for Booker Prize authors, past and present. Her Majesty spoke about the power of writing and wished this year’s shortlisted authors the best of luck ahead of tonight’s winner announcement.
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Our two #BookerPrize2019 winners @MargaretAtwood and @BernardineEvari - congratulations again!. #FinestFiction
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We are pleased to announce our #MBI2019 longlist. Watch what our judges had to say. Read more #FinestFiction
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We are delighted to announce the #2022InternationalBooker Shortlist! Congratulations to all six sets of authors and translators. Click here to read more about the six shortlisted books and the people who created them: #shortlist
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We are saddened to hear of the death of Milan Kundera. Kundera was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2005 and was known for his philosophical yet playful novels. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
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Take a look at the moment Geetanjali Shree and @shreedaisy found out that they had won the #2022InternationalBooker Prize! Find out more about ‘Tomb of Sand’ here: @TiltedAxisPress #TranslatedFiction
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We are very sad to hear of the death of Booker Prize shortlistee Paul Auster, whose work touched readers and influenced writers all over the world, and whose generosity was felt in just as many quarters. We extend our condolences to his wife Siri Hustvedt and his family
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Presenting the #InternationalBooker2025 shortlist. Find out more about all the books, authors and translators:
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We're delighted to announce that the winner of the #2021InternationalBooker is 'At Night All Blood is Black' by @DDiop_ecrivain, translated from French by Anna Moschovakis and published by @PushkinPress: #TranslatedFiction #FinestFiction
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We are delighted to announce our shortlist for the 2021 International Booker Prize. Watch our judges @AidaE @OlivetteOtele @george_sziertes @LucyHH and Neel Mukherjee discuss the shortlisted books #2021InternationalBooker #FinestFiction #TranslatedFiction
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We are delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2024 longlist, featuring 13 books ‘that speak of courage and kindness, of the vital importance of community, and of the effects of standing up to tyranny’. ➡️ Discover the full list:
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‘This was not an easy book to write.’. Watch @paullynchwriter's #BookerPrize2023 acceptance speech.
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Everyone at the Booker Prizes is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Hilary Mantel, four-time Booker Prize nominee and winner in 2009 and 2012. We send our sincere condolences to her family, friends and colleagues.
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‘Books helped me to take refuge in the world of others when I was incapable of making one of my own.’. Hear Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's emotional #BookerPrize2023 keynote speech on the power of stories to change our lives.
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We're deeply saddened to hear that A S Byatt, winner of the 1990 Booker Prize, has died. Our thoughts are with her family and loved ones.
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Delighted to announce our #MBI2017 winner is David Grossman’s A Horse Walks Into a Bar translated by Jessica Cohen -
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‘Together these works showcase the breadth of what world literature can do, while gesturing at the unease of our moment.’. We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2023 shortlist. Huge congratulations to all six authors. Find out more:
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The Vegetarian was the first winner of the International Booker Prize after the rules changed in 2016. We spoke to 2024 #NobelLaureate Han Kang about how the novel has been received worldwide – and questioning what it means to be human. 🔗
2024 #NobelPrize laureate Han Kang’s major international breakthrough came with the novel 채식주의자 (2007; ‘The Vegetarian’, 2015). Written in three parts, the book portrays the violent consequences that ensue when its protagonist Yeong-hye refuses to submit to the norms of food
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‘This is timely and timeless fiction, in which there is much at stake.’. We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2024 longlist. Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen. ➡️ Discover the full list:
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Presenting the #InternationalBooker2023 shortlist: six "subversive and sensual" stories from across the world. Congratulations to all the authors and translators! 🎉. Find out more about the books:
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Competition - win a set of the #InternationalBooker2020 shortlist. To enter:.1. Follow @TheBookerPrizes, like and retweet this post.2. Comment with a picture of your favourite tree using hashtag #InternationalBooker2020.Ends Friday. Ts&Cs in thread #InternationalBooker2020comp
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We are delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2024 shortlist, featuring six books ‘that interweave the intimate and political in radically original ways’. ➡️ Discover the full list:
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Take a look at the moment Damon Galgut found out that he had won the #2021BookerPrize! Read more about ‘The Promise’ here: #BookerPrize #ThePromise #DamonGalgut .@chattobooks @VINTAGEBooks @penguinrandom
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Presenting the winner of the #InternationalBooker2024: Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann. 🎉. Here's everything you need to know about this year's winning book. ⤵️.
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Ismail Kadare, who in 2005 became the inaugural winner of the International Booker Prize for his entire body of work. He was twice longlisted after that, in 2017 and just this year.
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Congratulations to Han Kang and @londonkoreanist for winning #MBI2016 with The Vegetarian!
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We’re excited to welcome special guest @BarackObama to tonight’s winner ceremony, speaking about what reading Booker novels has meant to him. Those he's mentioned in the past include: @BernardineEvari's Girl, Woman, Other; @hilarymantel's Wolf Hall and Yann Martel's Life of Pi
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During the press conference with both #BookerPrize2019 winning authors, @BernardineEvari hopes she can be a role model for writers of colour and @MargaretAtwood is giving her share of the prize money to a scholarship for indigenous students #FinestFiction
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We are saddened to hear that the brilliant Fay Weldon has died. As well as being shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1979, she was a judge in 1983 and delivered one of the most memorable speeches in Booker history. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.
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‘Here is storytelling in which people confront the world in all its instability and complexity.’. We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2024 shortlist. Huge congratulations to all six authors. ➡️ Discover the shortlist:
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Now that Time Shelter has become the first Bulgarian novel to win the International Booker Prize, and as today is Bulgaria's Cyrillic Alphabet Day, you might want to know more about Bulgarian literature. We asked the book's translator Angela Rodel to sum it up.
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As 'Time Shelter' becomes the first book translated from Bulgarian to win the International Booker Prize, here’s everything you need to know about the novel. #InternationalBooker2023.
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Watch the moment Prophet Song by @paullynchwriter was announced as the winner of the #BookerPrize2023. Discover the book:
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‘Boulder is a sumptuous exploration of desire, illuminated by inventive and dazzling images.’. Congratulations to Eva Baltasar and Julia Sanches, author and translator of Boulder, on being shortlisted for the #InternationalBooker2023.
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Congratulations to @Gospodinov68 and @rodel_angela for winning the #InternationalBooker2023 with 'Time Shelter'. @wnbooks @orionbooks. Find out more about the novel here:
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Winner of the #ManBooker2015 is Marlon James with A Brief History of Seven Killings http://t.co/aZ5jtxMcVN
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For a chance to #win a signed set of the #2021InternationalBookerPrize shortlist, like and retweet this post using the hashtag #2021InternationalBookerPrizeWin:
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We are delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist – a feast of fiction from around the world, featuring ‘stories from everywhere, for everyone’. ➡️ Discover the full list:
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We spoke to @DUALIPA about the importance of The Booker Prize, how she finds time to read and what's next on her reading list.
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Join David Harewood, Sharon Horgan, Jarvis Cocker, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Anna Friel and Prasanna Puwanarajah as they read from the #BookerPrize2022 shortlist.
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Actor @PaapaEssiedu reads an extract from #2020BookerPrize shortlisted author @blgtylr’s book, Real Life, streamed during the 2020 Booker Prize winner ceremony. @dauntbookspub @riverheadbooks Catch up on tonight's events here:
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