From Themanbookerprize.com The Man Booker Prize The prize, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2008 after launching in 1969, aims to promote the finest in fiction by rewarding the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. To maintain the consistent excellence of […]
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Remember this? Fanatics celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2007. Fanatics celebrated every fanatical year of their first decade by going back in time, through the Top 10 books from each and every year. We picked our favourites from the bestselling titles from 1998 to 2007 (We’ve extended this to include the last five years). In […]
Trolling the internet for interesting book news I have come across a disturbing trend in mainstream book review media. More and more the book reviewers seem to choose titles that are extremely highbrow and literary and in many cases inaccessible for most of the people on the street. The Guardian in the UK released a list […]
Jeannette Winterson, author of the famous Sexing The Cherry, has written for the Guardian about the fuss around the Man Booker Prize, and why the judges are letting down the potential of the prize: I am sorry that the Booker judges were thrilled to be seen as champions of the jolly good read. I wish they […]
There are so many awards every year for books, so why is the Man Booker so important? Huffington Post puts it best here: The prize is seen as a mark of literary quality – which means a guaranteed rise in book sales. Winning books are often optioned for movies, they get a huge amount of international […]
