Best books of 2017: the hits and misses of the publishers’ year
The Man Booker winner, the diary of a junior doctor and the secret lives of cows ... Which books made their publishers proud – and which ones made them envious?
October 2017
Let nation speak unto nation in the arts and in life
Alex Clark
Forget the silly row over the nationality of the Booker winner. Celebrate instead the global reach of culture
Notebook
They're patient, complex and poetic – so stop calling them snowflakes
Christina Patterson
The writer Christina Patterson says she has seen the future of poetry, and it’s in safe hands
How do you win the Man Booker prize? Move to New York or London
Lucy Diver
The prize used to champion outsiders. But a 2014 rule change has resulted in the neo-colonial dominance of the US and the UK says freelance writer Lucy Diver
September 2017
My writing day
Fiona Mozley: I’m on the Man Booker shortlist and top of my fantasy football league
The debut novelist, Booker-shortlisted for Elmet, on the joys of daydreaming, stationery and electric guitars
August 2017
Books blog
Up lit: the new book trend with kindness at its core
From Matt Haig’s How to Stop Time to Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, the empathetic literature inspired by a year of tragedies, political upheaval and economic uncertainty
June 2017
The Guardian Books podcast
Reni Eddo-Lodge and Juno Dawson - books podcast
We discuss race, gender and identity with activist Reni Eddo-Lodge and the writer Juno Dawson
April 2017
Man Booker International Prize 2017 – the shortlist in pictures
Vintage Amos Oz vies with feverish Argentinian debut on Man Booker International prize shortlist
March 2017
The Guardian Books podcast
Man Booker International prize and Dorthe Nors – books podcast
Amos Oz and Ismail Kadare named on Man Booker international prize longlist
