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10.04.19
The Man Booker International Prize 2019 Shortlist Announced www.themanbookerprize.com  | @ManBookerPrize | #MBI2019 | #FinestFiction   Read more...
12.03.19
The Man Booker International Prize 2019 longlist announced   The Man Booker International Prize 2019 Longlist Announced www.themanbookerprize.com  |  @ManBookerPrize  |  #MBI2019 #FinestFiction   Read more...
11.12.18
16.10.18
Anna Burns wins 50th Man Booker Prize   Anna Burns wins 50th Man Booker Prize Read more...
12.10.18
    BBC documentary on 50 years of the Man Booker Prize to air on eve of 2018 ceremony   www.themanbookerprize.com @ManBookerPrize | #ManBooker50 | #FinestFiction   Read more...
20.09.18
The Man Booker Prize announces 2018 shortlist   Read more...
23.07.18
  www.themanbookerprize.com  @ManBookerPrize |#ManBooker2018 | #FinestFiction Read more...
20.07.18
#MBI2019 #FinestFiction   The judges for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize are announced today, 20 July 2018, as submissions for the 2019 prize open. Read more...
08.07.18
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje wins the Golden Man Booker Prize Celebrating five decades of the finest fiction www.themanbookerprize.com| #ManBooker50   Read more...
25.05.18
Press release Under embargo until 6.30pm, Saturday 26 May 2018   Golden Man Booker Prize shortlist Read more...
22.05.18
First Polish winner of the Man Booker International Prize, Tokarczuk is one of the country’s most important writers Flights is a meditation on arrivals, departures and impermanence Read more...
12.04.18
Two previous Man Booker International Prize winners are on the shortlist Winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction makes the list Shortlist dominated by independent publishers Read more...
11.04.18
Man Booker 50 Festival  6-8 July 2018 Southbank Centre www.themanbookerprize.com | #ManBooker50 Read more...
05.04.18
Following correspondence with stakeholders and additional guidance on the appropriate terminology from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, changes have been made to the Man Booker International Prize materials. The country/territory of longlisted authors and translators appears, and Wu Ming-Yi is listed as ‘Taiwan’. The prize is not about defining nationality; all global citizens are eligible, provided they are published in translation in the UK. Read more...
12.03.18
• The 13 longlisted books have been translated from 10 different languages, across Europe, Asia, South America and the Middle East • Previous winners Han Kang (2016) and László Krasznahorkai (2015) are both on the longlist Read more...
15.02.18
Golden Man Booker Prize Celebrating five decades of the finest fiction Read more...
02.02.18
The trustees of the Booker Prize Foundation are aware that a letter is in circulation to be signed by publishers asking the trustees for a discussion around the decision to ‘allow American writers to enter the Man Booker Prize’. To date, the trustees have not actually received any such letter but a draft has been seen. Assuming that the content remains the same, the trustees are issuing this statement in response. Read more...
08.01.18
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction announces a change in its rules of entry as the 2018 submission forms are sent to publishers today, 8 January 2018. As of 2018, a new rule has been added specifying that any novel written originally in English and published in Ireland by an imprint formally established in Ireland is now eligible for the prize. Read more...
20.12.17
The judges of the 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary next year, are announced today, 20 December. Read more...
15.12.17
In 2018, the Man Booker Prize celebrates 50 years of the finest fiction with year-long anniversary celebrations and a campaign to introduce new audiences to its winning, shortlisted and longlisted authors. The Booker Prize Foundation, with sponsorship from Man Group, is running a range of global activities to engage the public in the rich heritage of the leading literary award in the English-speaking world, and inspire readers and writers for the next 50 years. Read more...