Hamish Hamilton

3 weeks ago | thebookerprizes.com | Hamish Hamilton |Deborah Levy |Déborah Levy

As the film adaptation of Hot Milk is released, Deborah Levy reflects on novels and films, fiction and non-fiction, stage and screen, and shares her reading, listening and watching recommendations Publication date and time: Published June 4, 2025Swimming Home was recently adapted into a film and Hot Milk will be released soon. Did you ever think ‘this would make a great film’ when you were writing either?

3 weeks ago | thebookerprizes.com | Hamish Hamilton |Deborah Levy |Déborah Levy

Today I dropped my laptop on the concrete floor of a bar built on the beach. It was tucked under my arm and slid out of its black rubber sheath (designed like an envelope), landing screen side down. The digital page is now shattered but at least it still works. My laptop has all my life in it and knows more about me than anyone else. So what I am saying is that if it is broken, so am I.

3 weeks ago | thebookerprizes.com | Hamish Hamilton |Deborah Levy |Déborah Levy

Skip to main content A middle-aged woman and her daughter arrive in southern Spain in search of a medical cure in Deborah Levy’s Booker shortlisted novel, which explores the strange and monstrous nature of motherhoodA playwright and non-fiction writer as well as a novelist, Deborah Levy is the author of nine acclaimed novels.

3 weeks ago | thebookerprizes.com | Hamish Hamilton |Deborah Levy |Déborah Levy

Two strangers arrive in a small fishing village in southern Spain. The older woman, Rose, is suffering from mysterious paralysis, driven to seek a cure beyond the bounds of conventional medicine. Her daughter, Sofia, has spent years playing the reluctant detective in this mystery, struggling to understand her mother’s illness.

3 weeks ago | thebookerprizes.com | Hamish Hamilton |Deborah Levy |Déborah Levy

To celebrate our Monthly Spotlight for June, Hot Milk by Deborah Levy, enter our competition to win a copy of the novel and a limited-edition Booker Prize tote bag.  Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2016, Hot Milk explores the strange and monstrous nature of motherhood, testing the bonds of parent and child to breaking point. A film adaptation, directed by Rebecca Lenkiewicz and starring Fiona Shaw and Emma Mackey, is set to be released in UK cinemas in July 2025.