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Booker prize 2011

October 2014

  • Booker winner 86 Kingsley Amis

    From the Guardian archive
    Man Booker prize: a history of controversy, criticism and literary greats

    As the Man Booker prize is awarded, we take a look at the history of the UK's foremost literature prize

August 2012

  • Jane Rogers

    Paperback Q&A
    Paperback Q&A: Jane Rogers on The Testament of Jessie Lamb

    Jane Rogers on her five-year quest and cold determination to unlock the true voice of her 16-year-old heroine

November 2011

  • Reading on deckchairs

    Rick Gekoski: finger on the page
    The bibliophile on holiday

    Rick Gekoski
    Rick Gekoski: Jolly pastimes, fine scenery and sociability are all very well. But they can't really compete with reading
  • Robert McCrum

    Robert McCrum on books
    Here's an idea that ticks all the boxes

    Robert McCrum
    Robert McCrum: Could the book-in-a-box pioneered by 60s avant gardist BS Johnson be making a comeback?
  • Booker prize shortlist

    You told us
    Don't confuse 'readability' with dumbing down

    Graham Joyce
    Graham Joyce: Jeanette Winterson's criticism of the Booker prize and her narrow definition of literature is nothing more than cultural elitism
  • George Shaw

    Jonathan Jones on art
    The Turner prize needs to learn from its fractious literary cousin

  • Julian Barnes

    Robert McCrum on books
    The Booker's narrative arc must change if its cultural dominance is to continue

  • In praise of ...
    In praise of… short novels

    Editorial: Journalists have always proved it is possible to work within the disciplines of limited space, as in the writing of third leaders
  • Julian Barnes

    Shortcuts
    When is a short novel a 'novella'?

    Julian Barnes's Booker-winning The Sense of an Ending is only 150 pages long. So is it a novella?

  • Author and former MI5 chief Stella Rimington

    Books blog
    Booker prize 2011: Stella Rimington's broadside against critics was entertaining, for all the wrong reasons

    Sam Jordison: Stella Rimington's Booker ceremony diatribe against critics made for great TV, but comparing publishers to the KGB? Really?
  • The Kid's Speech watch this tv highlights

    TV tonight
    TV highlights 18/10/2011

    A Culture Show Special: The Booker Prize 2011 | Fame In The Frame | Romanzo Criminale | Behind Rebel Lines | Mary Queen Of Frocks | The Kid's Speech
  • Books blog
    Readers' Booker reviews

    Should it be Julian Barnes or Carol Birch? Our readers give their views on the most controversial ever Booker prize

  • Man Booker prize 2011 jury

    Booker prize populism may well backfire

    John Self
    John Self: The 2011 jury's prioritisation of 'readability' squanders the award's prestige and is actually putting some readers off
  • Andrew Motion

    Booker prize divides quality from readability, says Andrew Motion

  • Great literature will live on with or without a prize

  • Robert McCrum

    Robert McCrum on books
    Julian Barnes for the Booker? It could just happen

    Robert McCrum
  • This books shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize

    Man Booker prize: this year's judges are betraying authors and their readers

  • Booker prize 2011 judges

    Robert McCrum on books
    Man Booker prize faces fresh challenger

    Robert McCrum: A new award, the Literature prize, is laying claim to the Booker's status as a 'standard of excellence'

September 2011

  • Man Booker prize 2011 shortlist

    Books blog
    The Booker shortlist's sales are nothing to glory in

  • Man Booker prize judges

    Booker prize shortlist breaks sales records

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