Annie McDermott

2 months ago | thebookerprizes.com | Martin MacInnes |Annie McDermott

Stuck in a reading rut? These simple tips will transform reading into a rewarding resolution – and make 2025 your best year yet Written by Donna Mackay-Smith Publication date and time: Published January 27, 2025Remember the last time you got completely lost in a book? That moment when the world around you fades, and all that matters is what’s waiting on the next page. It’s one of life’s greatest pleasures – yet sometimes, even for seasoned readers, it can feel like an uphill struggle.

Oct 15, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Mario Levrero |Annie McDermott |Sally Rooney |Louise Erdrich

A delightful artifact that will leave readers wondering if they ever truly understood the world at all. Eleven short stories from the weirder end of South American culture. Best known for his posthumously published work The Luminous Novel (2021), this collection by Levrero (1940-2004) resurrects his earliest fiction, most with shades of paranoia and self-consciousness that would turn Philip K. Dick green.

May 17, 2024 | thebookerprizes.com | Megan McDowell |Annie McDermott |Johnny Lorenz

As a place on the map, Latin America lacks a precise and agreed definition. But what isn’t in doubt is that this collective region – which includes Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile and several other nations – covers a vast geographic area (over 7 million square miles) and a huge number of peoples, cultures, traditions and languages.  Nor is it disputed that this is a region with an extraordinary literary heritage, both historically and currently.

May 16, 2024 | thebookerprizes.com | Sora Kim-Russell |Youngjae Josephine Bae |Kira Josefsson |Annie McDermott

Marianna Datsenko, librarian at Lewisham Library, South East LondonTell us about your experience of being a Reading Challenge Ambassador. What did you enjoy most about the challenge, and how many books did you manage to read? Being a Reading Challenge Ambassador for the International Booker Prize has been an amazingly rewarding and exciting experience.

May 15, 2024 | waterstones.com | Selva Almada |Annie McDermott

Join us for an evening with International Booker Prize shortlisted author of Not a River, Selva Almada, in conversation with Catherine Taylor. Three men go out fishing, returning to a favourite spot on the river despite their memories of a terrible accident there years earlier. As a long, sultry day passes, they drink and cook and talk and dance, and try to overcome the ghosts of their past.