Douglas Stuart’s ‘Shuggie Bain’ won in one of the most politically charged Booker Prize shortlists

Prize shortlists – whether for literature, film or art – reflect the cultural and political moment in which they exist.

Stevie Marsden, The Conversation

· Nov 24, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Scottish-American author Douglas Stuart wins 2020 Booker Prize for debut novel ‘Shuggie Bain’

The writer dedicated the award to his mother, who battled alcohol addiction and died when he was 16.

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· Nov 20, 2020 · 10:19 am

Indian-origin author Avni Doshi’s ‘Girl in White Cotton’ makes it to Booker Prize longlist for 2020

The book was released as ‘Burnt Sugar’ outside India, and deals with the relationship between a woman suffering memory loss and her daughter.

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· Jul 28, 2020 · 08:59 am

Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo share 2019 Booker Prize as judges ‘flout rules’

Evaristo is the first black woman to win the prize, while 79-year-old Atwood is now the oldest person to get the award.

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· Oct 15, 2019 · 07:58 am

Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood lead 2019 Booker Prize longlist

Rushdie was nominated for ‘Quichotte’, and Atwood for ‘The Testaments’.

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· Jul 24, 2019 · 06:49 pm

‘Celestial Bodies’: The Man Booker International Prize winner helps highlight writings by Arab women

Arab Gulf women only really began publishing their writings in the second half of the 20th century.

Shadya Radhi, The Conversation

· Jun 03, 2019 · 05:30 pm