Catton wins Governor General’s Literary Award in Canada
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton has won the 2013 Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction (English language) in Canada for her Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries (Granta). Catton, who...
Australians among members of new Man Booker International advisory council
Australian author Thomas Keneally has been announced as a member of a new advisory council for the £60,000 (A$100,385) Man Booker International Prize, along with Australian-born critic and former publisher...
Granta reprints 25,000 copies of ‘The Luminaries’ for Australia; second reprint expected before Christmas
UK publisher Granta has reprinted 25,000 copies of Eleanor Catton’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries for the Australian market, and the publisher’s Australian distributor Allen & Unwin expects the...
Eleanor Catton wins 2013 Man Booker Prize
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton has won the 2013 Man Booker Prize for The Luminaries (Granta), with an award worth £50,000 (A$84,000) presented at London’s Guildhall on 15 October. Catton is the second...
Quote of the week
‘I am very aware of the pressures upon contemporary publishing to make money and to remain competitive in a competitive world, and I know that it is no small thing...
Man Booker Prize restricts publisher submissions
The Man Booker Prize has introduced a restriction on the number of books each publisher can submit for the prize. As of 2014, the number of submissions granted to each...
US writers to be eligible for 2014 Man Booker Prize
Books by US writers will be eligible for the Man Booker Prize for the first time in 2014, reports the Sunday Times. The prize, established in 1968 and worth £50,000 (A$85,000),...
Man Booker Prize 2013 shortlist announced
The Luminaries by New Zealand author Eleanor Catton (Granta) is one of six books shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize. The full shortlist is: We Need New Names (NoViolet...
Man Booker Prize 2013 longlist announced
The Luminaries by New Zealand author Eleanor Catton (Granta) is among the 13 books longlisted for 2013 Man Booker Prize. The Luminaries is Catton’s second novel, following The Rehearsal, which was first published by...
‘Bring up the Bodies’ wins 2012 Man Booker Prize, second for Mantel
Hilary Mantel has become the third author to win the Man Booker Prize twice, after she was announced the winner of the 2012 award for her novel Bring Up the Bodies...
Man Booker: Even if you can get the shortlisted titles, will they sell?
The shortlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize was announced earlier this month, and so far, it has been met with positive reactions from the trade. There are some favourites...
Man Booker Prize 2012 shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Garden of Evening Mists (Tan Twan Eng, Myrmidon Books) Swimming Home (Deborah Levy, And...
Man Booker Prize 2012 longlist announced
The titles longlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize have been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Yips (Nicola Barker, Fourth Estate) The Teleportation Accident (Ned Beauman, Sceptre) Philida (André...
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,...