Elizabeth Mavor

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.

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.

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.

Jul 6, 2023 | virago.co.uk | Elizabeth Mavor