Marvellous debut! Indian-origin author Chetna Maroo's first novel 'Western Lane' earns a spot on 2023 Booker Prize shortlist; winner to get £50,000 cash prizeChetna Maroo, an Indian-origin author, has made it to the shortlist for the 2023 Booker Prize with her debut novel 'Western Lane.' The book...
23 Sep, 2023, 05.26 PM IST
Indian-origin author Chetna Maroo's debut novel shortlisted for Booker Prize 2023London-based Indian-origin author Chetna Maroo's debut novel 'Western Lane' has been shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize. The book, set w...
22 Sep, 2023, 10.07 AM IST
Booker Prize 2023: Dazzling longlist unveiled with 'original and thrilling' literary gemsThe 2023 Booker Prize, which honors an English long-form fiction published in the UK or Ireland, revealed its longlist of finalists on Tues...
01 Aug, 2023, 10.29 PM IST
Indian-origin author Chetna Maroo’s debut novel makes the cut for Booker Prize longlistKenya-born Maroo's novel, set within the context of the British Gujarati milieu, has been praised by the Booker judges for its use of the s...
01 Aug, 2023, 08.43 PM IST
International Booker Prize jury announces shortlist; check out the ‘very cool’ candidatesThe winner will be announced on May 23, 2023. The prize money will be shared between the author and the translator.
20 Apr, 2023, 10.07 AM IST
UK’s Queen Consort Camilla to present Booker Prize for 2022On Monday, the Booker Prize Foundation will conduct its first significant event since 2019 and the Queen Consort Camilla will deliver the p...
17 Oct, 2022, 09.08 PM IST
Jaipur Literature Festival's 16th edition to return on January 19; Nobel, Booker winners to take partThe fest is expected to see participation by over 250 authors, politicians & pop-culture icons.
04 Oct, 2022, 12.18 PM IST
Alan Garner, NoViolet Bulawayo & more: Booker Prize unveils 2022 shortlist including oldest finalist everThe shortlist saw an equal split of men and women battling for the prize which can provide a career-changing boost.
07 Sep, 2022, 11.01 AM IST
Booker Prize shortlist unveiled, British Indian novelist Sunjeev Sahota misses outThe shortlist was chosen from 158 novels published in the UK or Ireland between October 2020 and September 2021. This year's judges include...
14 Sep, 2021, 09.55 PM IST
Booker Prize shortlist author Elif Shafak's 'The Island of Missing Trees' tells the story of love and warThe author didn't know how to approach the story until she found the fig tree.
08 Sep, 2021, 09.40 AM IST
Indian-origin author Sunjeev Sahota's 'China Room' enters the Booker Prize longlist for fictionA six-book shortlist will be announced on Sept 14, and the winner will be crowned on Nov 3 .
27 Jul, 2021, 11.34 AM IST
Indian-origin author Avni Doshi's 2020 Booker Prize race edges to a closeDoshi, born in the US and now living in Dubai, is in the running for the 50,000-pound prize alongside Zimbabwean writer Tsitsi Dangarembga ...
19 Nov, 2020, 11.35 PM IST
Man Booker 2016 nominations out, Elena Ferrante, Orhan Pamuk in contentionThe Longlist has shortlisted 13 books from 155 contenders, and it consists of authors from 12 countries, written in 9 different language.
10 Mar, 2016, 05.53 PM IST
My Booker shortlist days are gone: Salman RushdieSalman Rushdie, chances of being shortlisted for the prestigious literary award are virtually over as young writers are now being preferred...
12 Oct, 2015, 09.47 PM IST
Jhumpa Lahiri, Shamsur Rahman Faruqi in DSC Prize shortlistLahiri's "The Lowland", an intimate portrayal of two brothers and political passion was earlier on the 2013 Man Booker Prize shortlist as w...
28 Nov, 2014, 05.27 PM IST
Kolkata-born author Neel Mukherjee's novel in Booker Prize shortlistNeel Mukherjee's latest novel The Lives of Others, set in troubled Bengal of the 1960s has been shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Priz...
10 Sep, 2014, 04.03 PM IST
- Rushdie, Arundhati to vie for 'Best of the Booker' prize
India-born authors Salman Rushdie and Arundhati Roy would be among those vying for the 'The Best of the Booker', a one-off award to celebra...
21 Feb, 2008, 03.48 PM IST