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2 months ago | 
thebookerprizes.com | Hilary Mantel |Brian Moore |Beryl Bainbridge |Graham Swift
The last decade of the 20th century saw A.S. Byatt, Roddy Doyle and J.M. Coetzee win the Booker, but there are many other shortlisted titles that modern readers should seek out Written by John Self Publication date and time: Published February 20, 2025By the 1990s, the Booker Prize was the lynchpin of the literary prize year, and continued to transform the fortunes of its winners.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
ahmedabadmirror.com | Beryl Bainbridge |Patricia Lockwood |Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |Emma Donoghue
In exciting turns within literary affairs, this year’s Booker Prize shortlist made history with a list comprised entirely of women. For reference, the Booker Prize ratio of male to female winners stands at two male authors (36 wins) to one female author (18 wins). In fact, from 2002 to 2019, the Booker Prize was called the Man Booker Prize, a fact that echoes with irony today.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
thebookerprizes.com | Max Porter |Anton Hur |Penelope Fitzgerald |Beryl Bainbridge
Skip to main content Gaby Wood, Chief Executive of the Booker Prize Foundation, reveals the qualities we are looking for when selecting ‘a jury of creative peers’ Written by Gaby Wood Publication date and time: Published July 17, 2024Last week, we revealed the judges for the International Booker Prize 2025 – a panel chaired by bestselling Booker Prize-longlisted author Max Porter and which includes Caleb Femi, Sana Goyal, Anton Hur and Beth Orton.
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
thebookerprizes.com | Beryl Bainbridge |Samantha Harvey |Penelope Fitzgerald
From classics to contemporary, we’ve compiled a selection of Booker-nominated novels that make a big impact in around 200 pages or less. They may be small, but they’re perfectly formed Written by Donna Mackay-Smith & Gazelle Mba Publication date and time: Published September 27, 2024As the late, great Beryl Bainbridge once said, ‘Unless a writer is superb, I don’t think it’s enough just to go wuffling on’.
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Sep 1, 2023 | 
thebookerprizes.substack.com | Bernice Rubens |Elizabeth Mavor |Beryl Bainbridge |Iris Murdoch
‘Each book is a marvel,’ said Esi Edugyan, the author and Chair of the Booker Prize 2023 judges, when we sat down with her recently to chat about this year’s prize. ‘We came up with a list that we really felt was the representation of the best writing that’s being produced today,’ Edugyan added, reflecting how the panel chose their Booker Dozen.
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Sep 1, 2023 | 
thebookerprizes.com | Elizabeth Mavor |Beryl Bainbridge |Iris Murdoch |Elizabeth Bowen
Some of the more intriguing volumes on the Booker Library’s shelves are the ones that have, over the years, fallen out of print. One of these is Elizabeth Mavor’s A Green Equinox. Shortlisted in 1973, today it’s a conspicuous unknown compared to the novels it was up against: Beryl Bainbridge’s The Dressmaker, Iris Murdoch’s The Black Prince, and that year’s winner, J. G. Farrell’s The Siege of Krishnapur. Hopefully though, Mavor’s novel is about to reach new readers.
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Sep 1, 2023 | 
thebookerprizes.com | Elizabeth Mavor |Beryl Bainbridge |Iris Murdoch |Elizabeth Bowen
Some of the more intriguing volumes on the Booker Library’s shelves are the ones that have, over the years, fallen out of print. One of these is Elizabeth Mavor’s A Green Equinox. Shortlisted in 1973, today it’s a conspicuous unknown compared to the novels it was up against: Beryl Bainbridge’s The Dressmaker, Iris Murdoch’s The Black Prince, and that year’s winner, J. G. Farrell’s The Siege of Krishnapur. Hopefully though, Mavor’s novel is about to reach new readers.
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Jun 16, 2023 | 
thebookerprizes.com | Beryl Bainbridge |Ian McEwan
Moreover, he emphasises, he couldn’t have written his next novel Atonement (2001) – the novel that saw McEwan enter what we might call his imperial phase – without Amsterdam. ‘It somehow cleared the decks and opened up the mental space for me to write Atonement. I know the two books are entirely different.
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Feb 24, 2023 | 
thebookerprizes.substack.com | Donna Mackay |Gazelle Mba |Beryl Bainbridge |Muriel Spark
By Donna Mackay-Smith and Gazelle MbaRead this article on our websiteAs the late, great Beryl Bainbridge once said, ‘Unless a writer is superb, I don’t think it’s enough just to go wuffling on.’ A distinctive feature of Bainbridge’s novels - five of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize - is that they were usually brief and to the point.
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Feb 13, 2023 | 
thebookerprizes.com | Shehan Karunatilaka |Beryl Bainbridge |Iris Murdoch |Bernice Rubens
Beryl - after the late Beryl Bainbridge, a Booker Prize legend, who was shortlisted for the award five times, though never won. Iris - after 1978 Booker winner Iris Murdoch, who was nominated for the prize seven times. Iris was also the Greek messenger of the gods. Minerva - after the Roman goddess of poetry, wisdom and the arts. Calliope - after the Greek muse who presided over eloquence and poetry.
