Man Booker International prize 2018
All the latest news about the 2018 Man Booker International prize.
Book of the day
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk – the entire cosmic catastropheAn astonishing amalgam of murder mystery, dark feminist comedy and paean to William Blake from the Polish winner of the 2018 International Man Booker prize
The Guardian view on graphic novels: expanding the literary horizon
Editorial: Nick Drnaso’s Sabrina presents the judges with an enviable problem of their own making – how to judge it against novels without pictures
The Guardian Books podcast
Olga Tokarczuk's Man Booker win and David Graeber on pointless jobs – books podcastWe discuss the first winner of Man Booker’s £50,000 prize for translated fiction, and the rise of meaningless labour
Olga Tokarczuk's 'extraordinary' Flights wins Man Booker International prize
The Polish novelist takes £50,000 prize, to be shared with her translator, for a story that moves from ‘wit and gleeful mischief to real emotional texture’
'You're getting on my biscuits': can you translate these world idioms? – quiz
With the 2018 Man Booker International prize winner to be announced on 22 May, nominated translators share their favourite sayings that don’t easily translate to English. Can you decipher the correct meanings?
Books interview
Olga Tokarczuk: ‘I was very naive. I thought Poland would be able to discuss the dark areas of our history’The books interview: A literary star in Poland, Olga Tokarczuk is hotly tipped to win the Man Booker international prize. She talks about facing controversy at home and the armed bodyguards hired to protect her
Iraqi Frankenstein story shortlisted for Man Booker international prize
Novels from Iraq, South Korea, France, Spain, Poland and Hungary in running for £50,000 prize
The first book interview
Terror hits home: Gabriela Ybarra on the family stories behind her novelMan Booker prize reverses nationality decision on Taiwanese author
Man Booker prize criticised for changing Taiwanese author's nationality
The Guardian Books podcast
Man Booker International and the Women's prize for fiction: where to start reading? – books podcastMan Booker International prize longlist: Han Kang up for top gong again
Reading group
Reading group: which translated novel should we read in March?As the 2018 Man Booker International prize longlist approaches, we’re asking you to nominate a translated work of fiction to read this month
Books interviewOlga Tokarczuk: ‘I was very naive. I thought Poland would be able to discuss the dark areas of our history’The books interview: A literary star in Poland, Olga Tokarczuk is hotly tipped to win the Man Booker international prize. She talks about facing controversy at home and the armed bodyguards hired to protect her
