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‘We had never read anything quite like it. It is, in many ways, a dark book but it is a joy to read’
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
'The writer of a children’s book has license to abandon time and place, to create, to propose alternatives.'
As we look toward the Children’s Booker Prize, Penelope Lively reflects on why children’s books matter.
Read the full article from The Observer here: https://pulse.pulse.ly/ispu5h0fu4
As we look toward the Children’s Booker Prize, Penelope Lively reflects on why children’s books matter.
Read the full article from The Observer here: https://pulse.pulse.ly/ispu5h0fu4
Why children’s books matter
Children’s fiction has the power to suggest an alternative way of being. We need it now more than ever
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November 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
'The writer of a children’s book has license to abandon time and place, to create, to propose alternatives.'
As we look toward the Children’s Booker Prize, Penelope Lively reflects on why children’s books matter.
Read the full article from The Observer here: https://pulse.pulse.ly/ispu5h0fu4
As we look toward the Children’s Booker Prize, Penelope Lively reflects on why children’s books matter.
Read the full article from The Observer here: https://pulse.pulse.ly/ispu5h0fu4
Our Monthly Spotlight is in its final week! We spoke with Chigozie Obioma, author of The Fishermen, about the inspirations behind the novel, his connection to his characters, and how being a Booker judge sharpened his reading pace.
🔗 Read the interview below
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🔗 Read the interview below
https://pulse.pulse.ly/hxqxnws0dd
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November 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Our Monthly Spotlight is in its final week! We spoke with Chigozie Obioma, author of The Fishermen, about the inspirations behind the novel, his connection to his characters, and how being a Booker judge sharpened his reading pace.
🔗 Read the interview below
https://pulse.pulse.ly/hxqxnws0dd
🔗 Read the interview below
https://pulse.pulse.ly/hxqxnws0dd
Inspired by our upcoming Children's Booker Prize, we asked Booker-nominated authors past and present to recommend a book they loved as a child...
🔗 Discover the full article by clicking the link below
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/oivb866pzj
🔗 Discover the full article by clicking the link below
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/oivb866pzj
Booker Prize authors on the childhood books that made them fall in love with fiction | The Booker Prizes
From Roald Dahl’s Danny the Champion of the World to Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden, discover the children’s books that were instrumental in sparking Booker Prize authors’ imagination and love of reading
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November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Inspired by our upcoming Children's Booker Prize, we asked Booker-nominated authors past and present to recommend a book they loved as a child...
🔗 Discover the full article by clicking the link below
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/oivb866pzj
🔗 Discover the full article by clicking the link below
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/oivb866pzj
The question on everyone’s lips 🤭
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The question on everyone’s lips 🤭
A Monday morning question: which book(s) did you spend your weekend with?
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A Monday morning question: which book(s) did you spend your weekend with?
As Booker Prize 2025 season comes to an end, we asked the judges which book they'd take with them to a desert island – a great spot for a break after these busy months, perhaps?
Which book would you take? 🏝️
Which book would you take? 🏝️
November 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
As Booker Prize 2025 season comes to an end, we asked the judges which book they'd take with them to a desert island – a great spot for a break after these busy months, perhaps?
Which book would you take? 🏝️
Which book would you take? 🏝️
For over 30 years, Fellows from the Designer Bookbinders society have created unique hand-bound editions of each title on the Booker shortlist.
Find out more about this year’s designers and their beautiful, bespoke books ⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/19ybdm9ezm
Find out more about this year’s designers and their beautiful, bespoke books ⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/19ybdm9ezm
Revealing the hand-bound editions of the Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted books | The Booker Prizes
For over 30 years, Fellows from the Designer Bookbinders society have created unique hand-bound editions of each title on the Booker shortlist. Here, this year’s designers unveil their beautiful, bespoke books
thebookerprizes.pulse.ly
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
For over 30 years, Fellows from the Designer Bookbinders society have created unique hand-bound editions of each title on the Booker shortlist.
Find out more about this year’s designers and their beautiful, bespoke books ⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/19ybdm9ezm
Find out more about this year’s designers and their beautiful, bespoke books ⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/19ybdm9ezm
As Hungarian-British author David Szalay wins the Booker Prize for Flesh, here are eight Booker-nominated novels with Hungarian characters at their heart ⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/xgs7rtbqzu
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/xgs7rtbqzu
Eight Booker-nominated novels featuring characters with Hungarian heritage | The Booker Prizes
As Hungarian-British author David Szalay wins the Booker Prize for Flesh, here are eight Booker-nominated novels with Hungarian characters at their heart
thebookerprizes.pulse.ly
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
As Hungarian-British author David Szalay wins the Booker Prize for Flesh, here are eight Booker-nominated novels with Hungarian characters at their heart ⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/xgs7rtbqzu
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/xgs7rtbqzu
‘I found I’m far harder on books now. I expect more, and I know it can be achieved because I’ve just read 153 books and a lot of them were great’
Sarah Jessica Parker on her year of judging the Booker Prize.
https://nytimes.pulse.ly/w8fgcvzhcs
Sarah Jessica Parker on her year of judging the Booker Prize.
https://nytimes.pulse.ly/w8fgcvzhcs
Sarah Jessica Parker’s Year of Judging the Booker Prize
The actor had to read so many books (153) she bowed out of most family activities. Still, she said, collaborating to pick a winner was worth the sacrifice.
nytimes.pulse.ly
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
‘I found I’m far harder on books now. I expect more, and I know it can be achieved because I’ve just read 153 books and a lot of them were great’
Sarah Jessica Parker on her year of judging the Booker Prize.
https://nytimes.pulse.ly/w8fgcvzhcs
Sarah Jessica Parker on her year of judging the Booker Prize.
https://nytimes.pulse.ly/w8fgcvzhcs
Your weekly edit: Inspired by David Szalay’s Booker Prize 2025 win, we pick out some Booker-nominated gems featuring Hungarians; plus, 10 of the best film adaptations to add to your autumn watchlist.
https://substack.pulse.ly/hulhwlmupo
https://substack.pulse.ly/hulhwlmupo
Your weekly edit
This week, inspired by David Szalay’s Booker Prize 2025 win, we pick out some Booker-nominated gems featuring Hungarians; plus, 10 of the best film adaptations to add to your autumn watchlist
substack.pulse.ly
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Your weekly edit: Inspired by David Szalay’s Booker Prize 2025 win, we pick out some Booker-nominated gems featuring Hungarians; plus, 10 of the best film adaptations to add to your autumn watchlist.
https://substack.pulse.ly/hulhwlmupo
https://substack.pulse.ly/hulhwlmupo
What everyone is saying about the Children’s Booker Prize. ✨
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What everyone is saying about the Children’s Booker Prize. ✨
Have YOU ever judged a book by its cover? 🫵🤨
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Have YOU ever judged a book by its cover? 🫵🤨
Talking genres with Natascha McElhone
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Talking genres with Natascha McElhone
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2015, The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma is our November Monthly Spotlight. The debut novel follows four brothers whose lives unravel after the eldest’s death is prophesised.
Explore our reading guide, author insights and more ⤵️
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Explore our reading guide, author insights and more ⤵️
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Monthly Spotlight: The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma | The Booker Prizes
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2015, Obioma’s debut novel follows four brothers whose lives unravel after the eldest’s death is prophesised
thebookerprizes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2015, The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma is our November Monthly Spotlight. The debut novel follows four brothers whose lives unravel after the eldest’s death is prophesised.
Explore our reading guide, author insights and more ⤵️
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Explore our reading guide, author insights and more ⤵️
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Looking for a great film to cosy up with this autumn? Book-loving film critic Rafa Sales Ross recommends 10 terrific Booker adaptations to add to your watchlist.
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thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
The 10 best films adapted from Booker-nominated novels, according to a film critic | The Booker Prizes
Looking for a great film to cosy up with this autumn? Book-loving film critic Rafa Sales Ross recommends 10 terrific Booker adaptations to add to your watchlist
thebookerprizes.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Looking for a great film to cosy up with this autumn? Book-loving film critic Rafa Sales Ross recommends 10 terrific Booker adaptations to add to your watchlist.
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
This or that: Children's book edition with Alfred Enoch, Samantha Harvey, Stephen Mangan, Sara Pascoe and Phil Wang.
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This or that: Children's book edition with Alfred Enoch, Samantha Harvey, Stephen Mangan, Sara Pascoe and Phil Wang.
In which we ask the Booker Prize 2025 judges, ‘What's it really like to be a Booker Prize judge?’
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In which we ask the Booker Prize 2025 judges, ‘What's it really like to be a Booker Prize judge?’
A Monday morning question: which book(s) did you spend your weekend with?
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A Monday morning question: which book(s) did you spend your weekend with?
What a week. 👏
We've loved every moment of celebrating the Booker Prize 2025, from shortlist readings and cinema viewings to announcing the winner.
Find out everything you need to know about this year's winner, Flesh by David Szalay ⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/yyventshji
We've loved every moment of celebrating the Booker Prize 2025, from shortlist readings and cinema viewings to announcing the winner.
Find out everything you need to know about this year's winner, Flesh by David Szalay ⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/yyventshji
The Booker Prize 2025 | The Booker Prizes
David Szalay has won the Booker Prize 2025 for his sixth work of fiction, Flesh, becoming the first Hungarian-British author to win the award
thebookerprizes.pulse.ly
November 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
What a week. 👏
We've loved every moment of celebrating the Booker Prize 2025, from shortlist readings and cinema viewings to announcing the winner.
Find out everything you need to know about this year's winner, Flesh by David Szalay ⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/yyventshji
We've loved every moment of celebrating the Booker Prize 2025, from shortlist readings and cinema viewings to announcing the winner.
Find out everything you need to know about this year's winner, Flesh by David Szalay ⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/yyventshji
Let it be known that we do not condone bunking off school or stealing books from the library 🫨
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Let it be known that we do not condone bunking off school or stealing books from the library 🫨
Stephen Mangan for the Children’s Booker Prize? ✍️🏆
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Stephen Mangan for the Children’s Booker Prize? ✍️🏆
What do you look for in a book? 📖
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What do you look for in a book? 📖
We do know how to procure a good biscuit, it must be said...
Ayobami Adebayo and Shabaz Ali on the Booker Prize 2025 red carpet
Ayobami Adebayo and Shabaz Ali on the Booker Prize 2025 red carpet
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We do know how to procure a good biscuit, it must be said...
Ayobami Adebayo and Shabaz Ali on the Booker Prize 2025 red carpet
Ayobami Adebayo and Shabaz Ali on the Booker Prize 2025 red carpet
Jason Isaacs’ thoughts on TV and film adaptations - do you agree?
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Jason Isaacs’ thoughts on TV and film adaptations - do you agree?
‘Why children's books matter’ – the keynote speech at the Booker Prize 2025 ceremony was given by Penelope Lively, the only author to have won both the Booker Prize and the Carnegie Medal for children's writing.
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Penelope Lively on why children's books matter | The Booker Prize
YouTube video by The Booker Prizes
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November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
‘Why children's books matter’ – the keynote speech at the Booker Prize 2025 ceremony was given by Penelope Lively, the only author to have won both the Booker Prize and the Carnegie Medal for children's writing.
youtu.be/a8SdOg94uiQ
youtu.be/a8SdOg94uiQ