Man Booker Prize eligibility, availability rules changed
The Man Booker Prize has made changes to its rules on the availability of longlisted titles and eligibility of international titles, reports the Bookseller. Following complaints that the prize was...
Flanagan wins 2014 Man Booker Prize
Richard Flanagan has won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Vintage).Flanagan was presented with the £50,000 (A$91,233) award at London’s Guildhall...
Man Booker Prize winner announced tonight
The winner of the 2014 Man Booker Prize will be announced in the UK overnight.As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Australian author Richard Flanagan has been shortlisted for the prize for...
Flanagan on Man Booker Prize shortlist
Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Vintage) is on the shortlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize. The shortlist of six, selected from a longlist of 13,...
Man Booker 2014 shortlist announced tonight
The shortlist for the 2014 Man Booker Prize will be announced in the UK overnight. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Australian author Richard Flanagan has been longlisted for the prize...
Catton to be awarded honorary doctorate
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature from Victoria University of Wellington, reports Booksellers NZ. Catton, whose second novel The Luminaries (Granta) won the 2013 Man Booker...
‘Bring Up the Bodies’ wins Costa Book of the Year
Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel Bring Up the Bodies (Fourth Estate) has won the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Award. Mantel was presented with the £30,000 (A$45,147) award...
Man Group to cease sponsorship of Asian Literary Prize
The Man Group, sponsor of the Man Booker Prize, will not continue its sponsorship of the Asian Literary Prize after this year’s prize is awarded in March next year, reports the...
UK sales of Man Booker shortlist down on 2011
In the UK, sales of the titles shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize increased by 193% in the week following the shortlist announcement, but were down 57% compared to the sales of...
Oz, NZ authors nominated for ‘Not the Booker’ Prize
A number of Australian authors have been nominated for this year’s ‘Not the Booker’ Prize, run by the Guardian in the UK. The prize has the same criteria as the...
‘The Sense of an Ending’ by Julian Barnes wins 2011 Man Booker Prize
Julian Barnes has won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sense of an Ending (Jonathan Cape). Barnes, who was the bookies' favourite to win the award, was...
‘The Sense of an Ending’ by Julian Barnes wins 2011 Man Booker Prize
Julian Barnes has won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sense of an Ending (Jonathan Cape). Barnes, who was the bookies' favourite to win the award, was...
Man Booker 2011 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2011 Man Booker Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are:The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes, Jonathan Cape)Jamrach's Menagerie (Carol Birch, Text)The Sisters Brothers (Patrick deWitt,...
Man Booker 2011 longlist announced
The titles longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize have been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes, Jonathan Cape)On Canaan's Side (Sebastian Barry, Faber)Jamrach's Menagerie (Carol Birch,...
‘The Finkler Question’ by Howard Jacobson wins 2010 Man Booker Prize; A&U thrilled at ‘unexpected win’
Howard Jacobson has won the £50,000 (A$80,000) 2010 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Finkler Question (Bloomsbury).The award was announced at a presentation dinner in London overnight. Allen &...
‘The Finkler Question’ by Howard Jacobson wins 2010 Man Booker Prize
Howard Jacobson has won the £50,000 (A$80,000) 2010 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Finkler Question (Bloomsbury).The award was announced at a presentation dinner in London overnight. The Finkler...
Carey on Man Booker shortlist, Tsiolkas misses out
Parrot and Olivier in America by Australian author Peter Carey (Penguin) has been shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize. However, The Slap by fellow Australian Christos Tsiolkas (A&U), which had...
Carey on Booker shortlist, Tsiolkas misses out
Parrot and Olivier in America by Australian author Peter Carey (Penguin) has been shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize. However, The Slap by fellow Australian Christos Tsiolkas (A&U), which had...
Tsiolkas, Carey on Man Booker longlist
Australian authors Christos Tsiolkas and Peter Carey are on the longlist for the 2010 Man Booker Prize. The longlist of 13 titles, announced overnight in the UK, includes Tsiolkas' The...
White, Hazzard in running for ‘Lost’ Man Booker Prize
Novels by Australian authors Patrick White and Shirley Hazzard are among those in the running for a new Man Booker Prize. The Lost Man Booker Prize, announced on 1 February, is...