Doris Lessing

Nov 22, 2024 | gwinnettforum.com | Kasie Bolling |Elliott Brack |Doris Lessing

Number 23.92  |  Nov. 22, 2024 NEW MARKER: This America 250 Patriot Marker arrived in Lawrenceville this week as a gift to the City of Lawrenceville from the Philadelphia Winn Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, of Lawrenceville. It was placed at the entrance to the Lawrenceville Lawn. In 2020, the United States Congress established the Semiquincentennial Commission, to lead a nationwide commemoration of this historic event.

Jun 3, 2024 | thebookerprizes.com | Alan Hollinghurst |Doris Lessing |Hanya Yanagihara |Henry James

In his 2004 Booker Prize-winning novel, Alan Hollinghurst portrays a ruthless decade through Nick, an increasingly-less-innocent abroad, as he gets caught up in the boom years of the 80s. It is the summer of 1983, and young Nick Guest has moved into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: Gerald, an ambitious new Tory MP, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their children.

Mar 8, 2024 | thebookerprizes.substack.com | Doris Lessing |Margaret Atwood |Martin MacInnes

On Monday, March 11, the International Booker Prize 2024 longlist will be revealed. While you might be wondering which 12 or 13 works of translated fiction will appear on the list, Chair of judges, Eleanor Wachtel, recently alluded to what the panel is looking for while they were reading their way through this year’s submissions.

Mar 5, 2024 | thebookerprizes.com | Doris Lessing |Martin MacInnes |David Mitchell |Yoko Ogawa

In 1938, a radio adaptation of H.G Wells’ classic novel The War of the Worlds sparked panic, convincing some listeners it was a genuine news broadcast and a real-life alien invasion was underway. Fortunately, this was not the case and while humanity endures, this event marked the onset of what is now known as the Golden Age of Science Fiction, a period which heralded a surge in the genre’s popularity, firmly establishing its place in mainstream culture.

Oct 17, 2023 | thebookerprizes.substack.com | Salman Rushdie |Doris Lessing |Jan Morris |Kazuo Ishiguro

Discover more from The Booker PrizesWould you like to get newsletters worth reading about books worth reading? Long reads, original video, exclusive interviews and much more from the world's greatest writers of fiction. Over 57,000 subscribers Last month, on September 21, the Booker Prize 2023 shortlist was announced at a special event at the National Portrait Gallery in central London.