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An extract from On Canaan’s Side
Posted On: August 11, 2011Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Faber
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.
Read More...A Q&A with Yvvette Edwards
Posted On: August 10, 2011Posted In: Articles, Interviews
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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!
Read More...The Far to Go Reading Guide
Posted On: August 9, 2011Posted In: Reading Groups
Publisher: Headline
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…
Read More...Hilary Mantel, revisited
Posted On: November 30, 2010Posted In: Interviews
Publisher: Fourth Estate
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.
Read More...The Decadents Fight Back
Posted On: September 6, 2010Posted In: Interviews, Video
Publisher: Faber
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.
Read More...Hilary Mantel talks about Wolf Hall and winning the Booker
Posted On: December 24, 2009Posted In: Audio, Interviews
Publisher: Fourth Estate
George Miller talks to Hilary Mantel, winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2009 with her historical epic, Wolf Hall.
Read More...Hilary Mantel reading from Wolf Hall
Posted On: December 4, 2009Posted In: Audio, Extracts
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Enjoy this Bookhugger audio exclusive – Hilary Mantel reading from the Man Booker Prize 2009 winning Wolf Hall. Running time: 13 minutes.
Read More...Hilary Mantel wins the 2009 Man Booker Prize with Wolf Hall
Posted On: October 6, 2009Posted In: News
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
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.
Read More...Booker Prize 2009 shortlist announced
Posted On: September 8, 2009Posted In: News
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
The shortlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize has been announced.
Read More...Booker Prize 2009 longlist announced
Posted On: July 29, 2009Posted In: News
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
The longlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize has been announced – featuring a title from Bookhugger publishers Faber & Faber.
Read More...A new life for Pi
Posted On: June 23, 2009Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Canongate
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.
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