Morning, this is a bit of fun - I just did the Booker Prize quiz to see which of the longlisted titles I should read first and here is my result:
‘You should read: Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
Eleven-year-old Gopi has been playing squash since she was old enough to hold a racket. When her mother dies, her father enlists her in a quietly brutal training regimen, and the game becomes her world.  

Slowly, she grows apart from her sisters. Her life is reduced to the sport, guided by its rhythms: the serve, the volley, the drive, the shot and its echo. But on the court, she is not alone. She is with her pa. She is with Ged, a 13-year-old boy with his own formidable talent. She is with the players who have come before her. She is in awe.’
That actually does sound intriguing!
Take the quiz here > https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/quiz-which-book-from-the-booker-prize-2023-longlist-should-you-read

#bookstodon #AmReading #BookerPrize @bookstodon

The Booker Prize longlist for 2023 has been announced. It comprises 13 titles, including four debut novels. Here's who made the cut, and how the judging panel, helmed by novelist Esi Edugyan, made their selection. “All 13 novels cast new light on what it means to exist in our time, and they do so in original and thrilling ways," Edugyan says.

https://flip.it/o-Za_y

#Books #Bookstodon #BookerPrize #Culture

📚 The Booker Prizes 2023 longlist: 13 fresh books on our startling reality #BookerPrize

"The novels are small revolutions, each seeking to energise and awaken the language", says chair Esi Edugyan. #books

https://howtobe247.com/booker-prize-2023-longlist-13-fresh-books-on-our-startling-reality/
#bookstodon #bookworm

I'm on mastodonbooks.net and typed in #bookerprize and got nothing - my people what is evening happening here?

I was really looking forward to reading this year's International #BookerPrize winner, Time Shelter by #GeorgiGospodinov. But after finishing it, I feel like I was born in the wrong place or time to really appreciate it, not knowing like 95% of the historical references. Do any #bookstodon folks have recommendations of what Gospodinov book to read next, perhaps to help me grasp some of his Bulgarian references?

Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel named winners of the International #BookerPrize

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/international-booker-prize-georgi-gospodinov-time-shelter-101684982075858.html #press

Georgi Gospodinov becomes the first Bulgarian writer to win the International Booker Prize.

Translated by Angela Rodel, his novel 'Time Shelter' beat 5 other works on the shortlist in the competition led by a panel of judges which boasted prize-winning French-Moroccan novelist, Leïla Slimani at the helm.

Gospodinov and Rodel were given the honour at a glitzy ceremony at London’s Sky Garden on Tuesday night.

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/05/24/georgi-gospodinov-becomes-first-bulgarian-writer-to-win-international-booker-prize

#Bulgaria #BookerPrize #Gospodinov #Literature

Georgi Gospodinov’s ‘Time Shelter’ wins the International Booker Prize https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/05/23/time-shelter-international-booker-prize-2023/ #books #BookerPrize #bookstodon

The shortlist of the 2023 International Booker Prize was announced today at the London Book Fair. Six titles are contention for the award, with the winner being named on 23 May 2023

#BookerPrize #InternationalBooker2023 #fiction #LiteraryAwards

https://disassociated.com/2023-international-booker-prize-shortlist/

From BooksMoviesCoffee:
The Birthday Party, by Laurent Mauvignier
No, really, comparing it to Proust is a compliment.

Link
https://booksmoviescoffee.substack.com/p/the-birthday-party-by-laurent-mauvignier #bookstodon #reading #BookerPrize

Pink News: Booker Prize nominee Eva Baltasar on breaking boundaries in lesbian motherhood novel Boulder https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/10/eva-baltasar-booker-prize-boulder-interview/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #bookerprize #LGBTbooks #Culture #sapphic #Books #books

A memorial for Hilary Mantel is planned for 20 April at Southwark Cathedral in London: Hilary twice won both the #WalterScottPrize and the Booker Prize and the event will include readings from her work. Learn more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/21/hilary-mantel-memorial-southwark-cathedral-tickets

#HilaryMantel #HistoricalFiction #WolfHall #London #memorial #writingCommunity #bookerPrize

Remembering Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet and short-story writer Keri Hulme on her birthday with this full-length documentary directed by Dame Gaylene Preston. It follows Hulme two years after she won the award for her debut novel, The Bone People: #Māori #KeriHulme #Writer #Aotearoa #Wāhine #BookerPrize #Indigenous

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/kai-purakau-1987

The Booker Prize has been on the lookout for a name for the statuette presented to winners of the British literary award, and have published a shortlist of six potential names. Voting is open to everyone until Monday 20 February 2023. The winning name will be announced a week later.

https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/vote-for-your-favourite-name-in-our-booker-prize-trophy-competition

#LiteraryAwards #BookerPrize

A lovely opportunity for #HilaryMantel fans: you could win a special edition of WOLF HALL, our first ever #WalterScottPrize winner, with this competition over at @Thebookerprizes to rename their trophy

>> https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/name-the-booker-prize-trophy-and-win-a-folio-society-edition-of-wolf

#BookerPrize #historicalFiction #WolfHall @bookstodon

The Booker Prize is looking for a name for the trophy they present to winners, in the same way the Oscar statuette is known as an Oscar. You have until Friday 27 January 2023 to submit your suggestion:

https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/name-the-booker-prize-trophy-and-win-a-folio-society-edition-of-wolf

#literature #literaryawards #bookerprize

I'm one of the judges – and in distinguished company – for a fun new competition, coming up with a name for the Booker Prize trophy!

Get your votes for "Trophy McTrophyface" in now.

#BookerPrize #Literature

https://thebookerprizes.substack.com/p/name-the-booker-prize-trophy-and

Who else has read Booker Prize winner 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida' by Shehan Karunatilaka? I read it on my Kindle and enjoyed it so much I had to go out today and buy a paper one so I can lend it to people! It is funny and moving and tragic and... just read it! #Books #FridayReads #BookerPrize

Najbolji nagrađivani romani u svetu u 2022.
Od Pulicera do Bukera, od Nebule do Edgara i PENa.

#PulitzerPrize
#BookerPrize
#nebulaawards
#PEN #Edgar

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https://bookmarks.reviews/the-award-winning-novels-of-2022/

@lachlan @nancylwayne @vanbadham
Agree wholeheartedly. Would make an excellent nomination for the #BookerPrize or a #WalkleyAwards