Arts Oct 14 Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo share Booker Prize By Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Arts Oct 16 Man Booker Prize awarded to ‘Milkman’ author Anna Burns Burns won the prestigious honor Tuesday for her vibrant, violent story about men, women, conflict and power set during Northern Ireland's years of Catholic-Protestant violence. By Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Arts Oct 17 George Saunders wins the Man Booker Prize for a genre-bending ghost story Texas-born author George Saunders, known for his short story collections, is the winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize for his first full-length novel, “Lincoln in the Bardo.” Saunders’ novel focuses on a night in 1862 when President Abraham Lincoln… By Joshua Barajas
Arts Oct 25 Paul Beatty wins Man Booker Prize with ‘The Sellout,’ a sendup of race in America Beatty is the first American ever to win the award in its 48-year history. By Joshua Barajas
Arts Jan 04 Watch 5:24 Man Booker Prize winner Marlon James on the voice of reggae Marlon James, author of "A Brief History of Seven Killings," is the first Jamaican writer to win the Man Booker Prize. James sat down with Jeffrey Brown at the Miami Book Fair to discuss his story, set in the 1970s… By PBS News Hour
Oct 13 Marlon James becomes first Jamaican-born author to win Man Booker prize By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Marlon James is the first Jamaican-born writer to win the 2015 Man Booker prize for Fiction. James’ book, "A Brief History of Seven Killings," explores gang violence in Jamaica through the lens of the attempted killing of Bob Marley in… Continue reading
Sep 15 First-time novelist, first Jamaican among Booker Prize shortlist authors By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins First-time novelist Chigozie Obioma and Jamaican writer Marlon James are among the six authors who have been shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize. The other shortlisted authors are Tom McCarthy (“Satin Island”), Sunjeev Sahota (“The Year of the Runaways”),… Continue reading
Jul 29 Man Booker Prize unveils 2015 longlist By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins The Man Booker Prize for Fiction this morning released its longlist of 13 titles that will compete for the world's most prestigious award for fiction written in English. Continue reading
Jun 01 Why do books about women rarely win top literary prizes? By Joshua Barajas Acclaimed author Nicola Griffith sifted through 15 years of prize-winning books for fiction and found that several of the top literary prizes have rarely awarded anything written from a women's point of view. Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch Booker Prize winner Catton finds harmony in novel’s mix of mystery and astrology Booker Prize winner Catton finds harmony in novel's mix of mystery and astrology… Continue watching