An extract from On Canaan’s Side

Sebastian Barry’s On Canaan’s Side, a story of family, conflict, the Irish diaspora and the secret history of America told by Lilly Bere of the Dunne family, has been longlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize.

A Q&A with Yvvette Edwards

A Cupboard Full of Coats is Yvvette Edwards’ first novel, published by Oneworld Publications. It has just been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

Watch out for an extract and a competition later this month!

The Far to Go Reading Guide

Download the reading guide to Alison Pick’s Booker long-listed novel, a powerful and profoundly moving story about one family’s epic journey to flee the Nazi occupation of their homeland in 1939, and above all to save the life of a six-year-old boy…

Hilary Mantel, revisited

A transcript of an interview which George Miller conducted earlier this year with 2009 Booker prize-winner Hilary Mantel. In her novel, Wolf Hall, she charts the rise of Thomas Cromwell from abject beginnings to Henry VIII’s right-hand man.

The Decadents Fight Back

September sees publication of Lights Out in Wonderland, DBC Pierre’s third novel; in some ways the concluding fiction in what he has referred to as an End Times Trilogy. Faber editor Lee Brackstone explores the relationships between the three titles, and author DBC Pierre discusses his latest novel.

Hilary Mantel talks about Wolf Hall and winning the Booker

George Miller talks to Hilary Mantel, winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2009 with her historical epic, Wolf Hall.

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Hilary Mantel reading from Wolf Hall

Enjoy this Bookhugger audio exclusive – Hilary Mantel reading from the Man Booker Prize 2009 winning Wolf Hall. Running time: 13 minutes.

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Hilary Mantel wins the 2009 Man Booker Prize with Wolf Hall

The winner of the £50,000 prize was announced at a ceremony at London’s Guildhall this evening – and it was the bookies’ favourite, Wolf Hall.

Booker Prize 2009 shortlist announced

The shortlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize has been announced.

Booker Prize 2009 longlist announced

The longlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize has been announced – featuring a title from Bookhugger publishers Faber & Faber.

A new life for Pi

Seven years, seven million copies and one Man Booker Prize-win later, Life of Pi is getting a makeover. In July, Canongate are bringing out a new edition of this modern classic, complete with a new cover, a new reading guide and a new life ahead of it – they tell us all about it.